Website Wednesday--Math Resources

Illuminations : http://illuminations.nctm.org/ 
From the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Great collection of lessons and activities for all grades.

PBS Teachers: Math Resources : http://www.pbs.org/teachers/math/ 
Search by grade level and topic for an extensive list of resources.

Cool Math 4 Kids : http://www.coolmath4kids.com/ 
This site calls itself an amusement park of math activities designed for fun.

A Maths Dictionary for Kids : http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/
An animated interactive dictionary for students which explains over 600 common mathematical terms in simple language.

Figure This! : http://www.figurethis.org/index.html 
This site is designed to help families enjoy mathematics outside school through fun and engaging, high-quality challenges.

Shodor Interactives : http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/ 
Portal to over 100 interactive activities.

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives : http://nlvm.usu.edu/ 
Library of interactive, web-based, virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials for grades K-12.

Archimedes Laboratory : http://www.archimedes-lab.org/ 
Puzzles, tests, math games, brain-teasers, Tangram-like manipulatives, mental tricks, and more.

Math in the Movies : http://www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/mathmovies/index.html 
This site features movie scenes that involve Math problems.

ERIC - Hands on Math http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/16/17/f1.pdf 
A sizable PDF resource with a considerable array of hands-on math activities for your classes.

Bitesize : http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/ 
This website offers ready to go mini-units on numbers, shapes and measurement, and handling data.

Seeing Math-Secondary : http://seeingmath.concord.org/sms_interactives.html 
Interactive tools to clarify key mathematical ideas in middle and high school mathematics. Click the sample activity in each interactive for instructions.

AAA Math : http://www.aaamath.com/ 
Select a grade level (K-8) from the top of the page.

MathPuzzle : http://www.mathpuzzle.com/ 
Comprehensive site of math puzzles.

Algebra.help : http://algebrahelp.com/ 
Collection of lessons, calculators, and worksheets created to assist students and teachers of algebra.

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