Website for Bennett/Nelson textbook
Website for another Math for Elementary Teachers text, by Tom
Bassarear
Mifflin publisher's website for Bassarear's book
Mental
Arithmetic in everyday life
BBC
"NumberTime drill with animated cartoon characters, incl chutes/ladders
Subtraction
New:
MathStories
and ExploreMath
Using
Calculators and Hundred Boards: Displaying Number Patterns
Creating,
Describing, and Analyzing Patterns
Developing Geometry Concepts Using Computers: get your turtle into
the pond.
Rectangles,
Parallelograms, and other shapes
Learning
about Multiplication via dynamic area model
Length,
width, perimeter, and area
Pythagorean
theorem -- beautiful applet
Math
and Science - K-12 Math via T.H.E. Journal
By Mathematical Topic:
Many
Ways of doing subtraction, etc... (nice diagrams!)
Geometry (including GSP)
Geometric Mystery or, why
we need at least some formality/proof in geometry,
to avoid visual slight-of-hand fooling us!
Measurement books for children
GSP
lesson and examples (download) from Robert J. Fisher Professor of
Mathematics Idaho State University -- Robert J. Fisher Professor of
Mathematics Idaho State University
Worksheets for Informal Geometry includes intro to GSP
Key
Curriculum Press on Sketchpad
http://bigbox.unl.edu/plane/bin/gsp_a.htm
Tutorial based closely on Mel Thornton's notes... from geometry course
(mostly traditional, but some interesting parts)
GSP activities?
GSP
introductory lab
Not Yet Sorted by Mathematical Topic
Sites
on Cooperative Learning
Breaking
Away from the Math Book lots of activities...
BBC's
NumberWork web site.
Maths Year (1/5/00 BBC); good links:NRICH Online Maths Club
& European
SchoolNet Maths Dept & BBC MegaMaths
& Maths Year 2000
Student
Showcase K-12 students' math works, hosted by Math Forum.
eplay do a search for "math"
Do Math
NCTIssues in the
Undergraduate Mathematics Preparation of School Teachers
"excellent resources for teachers in grades 4-9. " by St. Cloud profs
Melissa
H-B lots of links for teachers
Books, Projects, and more
AAAS
Project 2026: Evaluates current middle-school books.
page of
links which might turn up good MATH links so look thru each of the
links on this page saying "math"
Writing
Assignments in Math (Platonic Realms)
MathAcademy
PlatRealms' TEXTS (good readings) (including about MATH ANXIETY)
Lesson Plans from Pat
Bagget, "Breaking Away from the Math Book".
Gideon's
Democracy
and Education (By John Dewey himself...)
anova/gb (Great Books)
Eisenhower
National Clearinghouse Online
and its
Digital
Dozen Math/Science Web Sites
"The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education
(ENC) searches the Net for new and fascinating resources for math and
science teachers and classrooms, and each month recognizes a selection of
these as the Digital Dozen. Web sites that are considered for inclusion in
ENC Online's Digital Dozen are matched against the following criteria:
1. Supports educational reform efforts and national standards
2. Well organized and easy to navigate
3. Purposeful and attractive use of graphics and other multimedia
4. Reflects cultural diversity
5. Current and accurate information that is regularly updated
6. Depth of coverage of specific topics
7. Promotes cross-curricular learning
8. Provides innovative or cutting-edge resources for educators"
Also from BBC: A
Democratically-run school and One
teacher's point of view there (Summerhill); and School
Defends its freedoms (About Summerhill).Backing
for Threatened school & pupils
vote for more lessons
Pupils
are 'best aspect of teaching' , and teachers
seek working hours limit
New
tests for secondary schools /
Ability
Settings
Teachers
'ill-prepared for classroom'