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  1. The Abacus - the art of calculating with beads.
  2. Accessing and Investigating Data Using the World Wide Web - students use census data available on the Web to examine questions about population
  3. Algebra - Topics in Mathematics
  4. Algebra Explained - For those who are having trouble with the concept.
  5. Algebra Help - in-depth algebra help through algebra history, an online textbook, and various articles covering everything from basic algebra fundamentals to the latest-and-greatest algebra software help available
  6. Algebra Pinball - a pinball machine reports the top scores - compete with others for the top Algebra Pinball scores [40 topics]
  7. Algebra I - online math course
  8. Algebra II at Miss Hall's School - a variety of help topics are available
  9. Applications of Culture in Mathematics - seven complete lesson plans and materials in .pdf format A lesson plan can be found at this site
  10. Arithmetic - Topics in Mathematics
  11. The Art of Problem Solving - A list of sites which are good resources for those seeking practice problems-multiple difficulty levels
  12. Ask Dr. Math: Questions and Answers - Elementary School Level, Middle School Level or High School Level. You can also submit your own questions.
  13. Biographies of Mathematicians Full Chronological Index covering over 30 centuries.
  14. Buy Low, Sell High - Students learn how to invest in corporate stocks by creating investment "portfolios." They develop worksheets to track each portfolio's performance, and then report results to the class. (Uses MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel) A lesson plan can be found at this site
  15. Buying a Dream Car - This practical spreadsheet lesson offers easy answers to life's perplexing math problems like, "How much will my dream car really cost after financing?" (Uses MS Excel) A lesson plan can be found at this site
  16. Calculators On-Line provides links to almost 7000 calculators
  17. Calculus@Internet offers a set of links to higher level mathematics topics
  18. Calculus; It's Hot, It's Fun, and It's a Challenge - A list of Calculus resources from Cynthia Lanius
  19. Calculus Tutorials for those afraid of Calculus
  20. Careers in Mathematics - Why should you consider a major in mathematics?
  21. CBL Made Easy - from Vernier An Adobe Acrobat document in .pdf format
  22. Check Writing Skills - a template to print blank checks for practice.An Adobe Acrobat document in .pdf format
  23. Coin Flipping page - flip up to 100 coins and see the total number of heads and tails. This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  24. Coolmath.com - Not much for lower level classes, but check it out for the fun stuff. Make sure that you take Karen's Genius Test. If you have taken her genius test, check out one of her other tests. If you enjoyed the Genius test, try some of Karen's other puzzles on the same page as her genius tests. (Caution: this site has gone overboard on advertising. The material there is still good, just be advised.)
  25. The Connected Curriculum Project provides Interactive Learning Materials for Mathematics and Its Applications
  26. Create a Graph - Sometimes, complicated information is difficult to understand and needs an illustration. At this National Center for Education Statistics site you will find four different graphs and charts for you to consider. This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  27. Davitily Math Problem Generator - add a title then select Create Document, select add problems to select from four areas (Basic math, Algebra, Geometry, or SAT math), select from more specific menus, add the number of problems you want then select the gray Back to button to see a printable document. [online test not available in this free version].
  28. Equation Match - Find matching pairs of equations by working out the value of X in each equation. This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  29. Exercises in Math Readiness - A very thorough site with all levels of higher mathematics. Site includes tutorials along with exercise practices for subjects that include algebra, trigonometry, geometry, logarithmic functions, complex numbers, truth tables and direct and indirect proofs.
  30. Factorial Calculator - enter the number you wish to find the factorial of
  31. Factorization and Roots of Polynomials - A dozen lessons starting with Polynomial Long Division.
  32. Figure This! - (math challenges for middle school) Great for a morning activity site.
  33. Finite Mathematics and Applied Calculus Resource Page posted by the Mathematics Department of Hofstra University.
  34. Fun and Sun Rent-a-Car - students use tables, graphs, linear functions to solve a real-world problem A lesson plan can be found at this site
  35. The Geometry Junkyard has links to what must be every single geometry page on the entire web.
  36. Glossary of Mathematical Mistakes: This is a list of mathematical mistakes made over and over by advertisers, the media, reporters, politicians, activists, and in general many non-math people. The author lists an actual example of each for learning purposes.
  37. Good News Bears Stock Market Project - An interdisciplinary Web-based Interactive Stock Market Learning Project. [This formerly dead site makes a comeback thanks to the wayback machine]
  38. Graphics for the Calculus Classroom - excerpts from a collection of graphical demonstrations developed for first year calculus.
  39. Graphing Calculator links from Calculus@Internet
  40. Graphing Calculator Tutorials from Texas Instruments
  41. Graphing Linear Equations - an internet project
  42. High School Ace - math resources
  43. History of Math - The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
  44. Interactive lessons for Middle School Math -These activities are designed for either group or individual exploration into concepts from middle school mathematics. Categorized by concept.
  45. Interactive math lessons - use a problem-solving approach and actively engage students in the learning process.
  46. Interactive Mathematics - Use Flash, Scientific Notebook and LiveMath to explore mathematics and get a better understanding of what it all means. Play and learn! Check out the extensive math lessons. [categorized by concept]
  47. Internet School Library Media Center Mathematics Resources K-12
  48. Java Script math applets This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data | Middle School | Trigonometry | Calculus | Vector | Complex number | Conics | Miscellaneous
  49. Learn to Solve Word Problems - (a collection of word problem solvers that solve your problems and help you understand the solutions) All problems are customizable (meaning that you can change all parameters). This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
    1. This is an Internet4Classrooms WebQuestMore word problem practice can be found here - Taming Word Problems - a WebQuest
  50. Lemonade Stand - This is the WWW version of that classic game, with a few differences. For one, you have the option to advertise to try to attract more customers to your stand. You also have $.75 per day rent, which means every day you're not selling, you're losing money - just like real life. This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  51. Making Ends Meet - Students create a monthly budget, showing income earned from an imaginary job versus estimated monthly expenses. They then encounter unexpected monthly expenses and must adjust their budget. (Uses MS Word, and Excel)
  52. Math Art - (high school) A WebQuest combining the fields of art and geometry
  53. Math Continuum - Numbers, Pattern/Relations, Shape/Space, Statistics/Probability
  54. Math Mistakes - real mistakes from real student work and math facts students should know (algebra, trigonometry, and calculus)
  55. Math Goals - (high school) Resources for many math concepts
  56. Math Goodies - a free educational web site featuring interactive math lessons.
  57. Math Links and On-line Tools: List of useful links to online tools and mathematical subjects
  58. The Math Forum: Internet Resource Collection
  59. Math In Daily Life: How do numbers affect everyday decisions - A complete math unit from Annenberg CPB
  60. Math History Topics Index
  61. Math League Help Topics - This is a help resource for 4th through 8th grades. You will find help tutorials for the following topics: Whole numbers and their basic properties; Decimals, whole numbers, and exponents; Using data and statistics; Fractions; Geometry; Ratio and proportion; Percent and probability; Integers; Metric units and measurement; Introduction to algebra; and Positive and negative numbers.
  62. Math Resources - A search engine for math topics and lessons found on the web. Topics include calculus, geometry, probability, algebra, general math, and discrete math. Choose the grade level and the audience for a selective search.
  63. A video is available through this linkMath TV: Video Word Problems - [Grades 5+] Math TV is a project whose goal is to help middle school students learn how to solve challenging word problems. Each of the nineteen math problems comes with step by step video solution, follow up problems, an online calculator, and sketch pad.
  64. A video is available through this linkMathVids - a website providing high quality, instructional, free math videos to middle school, high school, and college students who need math help
  65. Mathematical Tables and Formulas
  66. Mathematics Discovery Applets - Numbers, Pattern/Relations, Shape/Space, Statistics/Probability This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  67. Mathematics for Morons Life Us (Geometry) - After each section, there is an optional quiz that you can take to see if you've fully mastered the concepts
  68. Mathematics of Cartography - several map activity from Cynthia Lanius
  69. Mathematics Lessons - from Schools of California Online Resources for Educators (SCORE) - the K-7 list is organized by Standard and the 8-12 list is organized by subject A lesson plan can be found at this site
  70. Mathematics Outline Structure - An extensive collection of lesson plans to download in ClarisWorks or Acrobat (PDF) format
  71. Mathematics Problem Solving worksheets This link includes something for the teacher to print
  72. Measurements Converter - Conversions available for the following: Weight, Capacity and volume, Length, Area, Speed, Pressure, Temperature, Circular measure and Time. This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  73. Mega Mathematics: Math activities posted by Los Alamos National Laboratory.
  74. Metric and English conversion utility: distance, weight, and liquid volume conversions. They also have a new applet based conversion utility. This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  75. Metric Conversion - Imperial Conversion (courtesy FPSI French Property) includes; length, area, volume, mass, force, pressure, work, power, temperature, and fuel mileage This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  76. Try to solve the Middle School Problem of the Week put up by the Math Forum Project of Swathmore College. High school teachers, your class may not be eligible to submit answers, but you can find some challenging problems here.
  77. Middle & High School Math Topics from the Awesome Library 
  78. Middle School Math Webquests - caution, some quests have "gone missing"
  79. Million Dollar Mission - a mathematics fantasy
  80. Money Math - Lessons for Life - Targets Middle School students An Adobe Acrobat document in .pdf format A lesson plan can be found at this site
  81. National Math Trail - an educational adventure for K-12 teachers and their students
  82. Number Gossip - Enter a number and the site will tell you everything you wanted to know about it but were afraid to ask. [For example, I found out that unreasoned fear of the number 13 is termed triskaidekaphobia]
  83. On Line Math Applications - multi-link site
  84. On-line Math Learning Center - interactive quizzes on a variety of concepts
  85. Patterns in Math - Jill Britton, mathematics instructor at Camosun College, Victoria, BC in Canada has a fantastic set of links related to Investigating Patterns. If you find these useful in your classroom you might also check out Escher in the Classroom or Tessellated Polyhedra.
    1. Number Patterns Fun with Curves & Topology
    2. Symmetry and Tessellations
    3. Polyhedra Pastimes
  86. Personal Energy Meter - (for grades 5 - 8) Students take a look at their own energy use, tally up the costs in dollars and the environmental impact , and then think of ways to save. They explore energy conservation techniques and advocate for conservation in their own communities. (Uses MS Word, and Excel) A lesson plan can be found at this site
  87. π
    1. A Common Book of π - a brief history of extended precison approximations of pi, including Archimedes' method for estimating pi, a page full of "oh, wow!" formulas used to estimate pi over the centuries, and a brief look at a modern algorithm used to compute pi
    2. Pi through the Ages includes an interesting mnemonic for the decimal expansion of pi. Each successive digit is the number of letters in the corresponding word. With this mnemonic you can remember pi to 3.14159265358979323846264... If you are interested in a bit of whimsy, check out a couple of pi carols to sing on pi day, March 14.
  88. PowerPoint Shows [listed alphabetically, not by topic]
    1. A PowerPoint show related to this standardAlgebra: More Equations and Inequalities - This 129 slide show presents seven lessons; Simplifying Algebraic Expressions, Solving Two-Step Equations, Writing Two-Step Equations, Solving Equations with Variables on Each Side, Inequalities, Solving Inequalities by Adding or Subtracting, and Solving Inequalities by Multiplying or Dividing. Explanation is presented and student response opportunities are given. - an Interactive Chalkboard from Glencoe Math This interactive site would work well on an interactive whiteboard
    2. A PowerPoint show related to this standardFactors and Fractions - This 110 slide show presents eight lessons; Factors and Monomials, Powers and Exponents, Prime Factorization, Greatest Common Factor (GCF), Simplifying Algebraic Fractions, Multiplying and Dividing Monomials, Negative Exponents, and Scientific Notation. Explanation is presented and student response opportunities are given. - an Interactive Chalkboard from Glencoe Math This interactive site would work well on an interactive whiteboard
    3. A PowerPoint show related to this standardGeometry - this 125 slide show presents nine lessons: Angles, Making Circle Graphs, Angle Relationships, Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Similar Figures, Polygons and Tessellations, Translations, and Reflections. Explanation is presented and student response opportunities are given. - an Interactive Chalkboard from Glencoe Math This interactive site would work well on an interactive whiteboard
    4. A PowerPoint show related to this standardLinear Relations and Functions - This eighteen slide show presents four topics; Constant Function, Absolute Value Function, Step (Greatest Integer) Function, and Piece-wise Function. Explanation is presented and student response opportunities are given. - an Interactive Chalkboard from Glencoe Math This interactive site would work well on an interactive whiteboard
    5. A PowerPoint show related to this standardMatrices - This thirteen slide show provides three examples; Organize Data in a Matrix, Dimensions of a Matrix, and Solve an Equation Involving Matrices. Explanation is presented and student response opportunities are given. - an Interactive Chalkboard from Glencoe Math This interactive site would work well on an interactive whiteboard
    6. A PowerPoint show related to this standardPoints, Lines, Planes, and Angles - This fourty-seven slide show presents two lessons; Points, Lines, and Planes, Linear Measure and Precision. Explanation is presented and student response opportunities are given. - an Interactive Chalkboard from Glencoe Math This interactive site would work well on an interactive whiteboard
    7. A PowerPoint show related to this standardProbability and Statistics: Algebra II - This 137 slide show presents nine lessons; The Counting Principle, Permutations and Combinations, Probability, Multiplying Probabilities, Adding Probabilities, Statistical Measures, Normal Distribution, Binomial Experiments, and Sampling and Error. Explanation is presented and student response opportunities are given. - an Interactive Chalkboard from Glencoe Math This interactive site would work well on an interactive whiteboard
    8. A PowerPoint show related to this standardRational Expressions and Equations - This twenty-three slide show presents six lessons; Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions, Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions, Graphing Rational Functions, Direct, Joint, and Inverse Variation, Classes of Functions, and Solving Rational Equations and Inequalities. Explanation is presented and student response opportunities are given. - an Interactive Chalkboard show This interactive site would work well on an interactive whiteboard
    9. A PowerPoint show related to this standardSolving Quadratic Equations - This fifteen slide show presents how to colve quadratic equations by factoring. Explanation is presented and student response opportunities are given. - an Interactive Chalkboard show This interactive site would work well on an interactive whiteboard
  89. Review Lessons On:
    1. Calculus - major areas covered include: Logarithms and Exponential, Sequences, Series, Techniques of Integration, Local Behavior of Functions, Power Series, Fourier Series and Mathematical Tables
    2. Differential Equations
    3. Factorization and Roots of Polynomials - A dozen lessons starting with Polynomial Long Division
    4. Fractions - This math review is targeted toward those individuals who have forgotten what they once knew about fractions. You may need the entire review or just portions of the review. Subjects covered are: Simple Fractions, Complex Fractions, Compound Fractions, Decimals, Percentage and Rules.
    5. Inequalities - Basic Rules, The Real Number Line, Interval Notation and Set Notation, Absolute Value Inequalities, Solving Polynomial Inequalities by Graphing, Solving Polynomial Inequalities Analytically, Solving Rational Inequalities Analytically
    6. Inverse Functions - four lessons
    7. Logarithms and Exponential Functions - thirteen lessons
    8. Solving Equations - lessons on Linear Equations, Equations Containing Radicals, Equations Containing Absolute Value(s), Quadratic Equations, Equations Involving Fractions, Polynomial Equations of Degree Higher than 2, Exponential Equations, Logarithmic Equations and Trigonometric Equations.
    9. Trigonometry
    10. Units of Conversion - Basic to the understanding of unit conversion is the understanding of equivalence, the understanding of the multiplicative identity of 1, and how the two are related.
  90. Roman Numeral Calculator - Whether yov're bvilding a road, designing an aqvadvct, or covnting yovr gladiators, Compvter Romanvs will make the job easier. This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  91. Sample Exams - quizzes in each of the following areas: Intermediate Algebra, Mathematics for Social Sciences I, Mathematics for Social Sciences II, Pre-Calculus, Calculus and Differential Equations.
  92. Scatter Plots
    1. Creating an Excel XY (Scatter) Plot - simple explanation An Adobe Acrobat document in .pdf format
    2. Creating a Scatter Plot in Excel - two elaborate examples of scatter plots; Beer's law scatter plot and linear regression, and creating a scatter plot of titration data
    3. Explanation of Scatter Plots from the Engineering Statistics Handbook
    4. Scatter Plot Applet - This applet draws a scatter plot of points (a,b), where the data is taken from an input table. The table is on the left side of the applet and can be edited by the user. This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
    5. This is an Internet4Classrooms step-by-step moduleUsing Excel to create a Scatter Plot - an Internet4Classrooms module
    6. Weather and Spreadsheets - Java applet which allows you to enter data and display a scatter plot or a column chart of the data entered This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  93. Sloane's On-line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences - To look up a number sequence in the database, enter it at this site and click "Submit":
  94. Spreadsheet ideas
    1. Examples of spreadsheets created by students as they tracked a stock portfolio
    2. Spreadsheets in the Classroom - including sample activities to introduce spreadsheets to students.
    3. Spreadsheet Resources
  95. Statistics Introduction Lessons -Lessons and online activities for range, mean, median, and mode.
  96. T1-83 and 84 - Free online courses using these in your classroom coming in Jan 07
  97. Tips & Tricks to use in solving K-12 Math Problems, Puzzles. Check out the tips on how to beat the calculator.
  98. Trigonometry - a short course - These notes are more of an introduction and guide than a full course. There are a few exercises for you to work on. Dave uses Java to teach the concepts.
  99. Trigonometric Functions and Calculus for Liberal Arts and Business Majors: A Complete Text Resource on the World Wide Web.
  100. The USA Mathematical Talent Search - A free mathematics competition open to all United States middle and high school students.
  101. Webmath! - over 100 instant-answer, self-help, math solvers, ready to help you get your math problem solved
  102. Word Problems For Kids - Hosted by St. Francis Xavier University, this site features about 4 dozen word problems, and solutions, for each grave level from 5 - 12
  103. Writing Fractions as Percent - unit 4 from Ms. Glosser's Math Goodies

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