Resources for Textbook/Curricula Adoption

Mathematics Dictionaries

  • Interactive Mathematics Dictionary: This dictionary is designed by mathematics educators at the University of Georgia as part of the InterMath website for middle school students, teachers, parents, and others interested in topics in the middle school matheamtics curriculum. It has definitions, examples, related terms, checkpoints, links to additional information, and challenge problems and investigations, and a link to send ideas for further investigations to the site. http://www.intermath-uga.gatech.edu/dictnary/
  • A Maths Dictionary for Kids by Jenny Eather: This site has definitions and examples for an extensive mathematics dictionary and includes self-checking assessment items to check understanding of the concepts. http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html

Links to Curricula, Programs, Problems, and Other Resources:

  • Achieve Mathematics Partnership (Eighth Grade Assessment): Created by the nation's governors and business leaders, Achieve helps states prepare all young people for postsecondary education, work and citizenship by raising academic standards and achievement in America's schools. Contains current news stories on education, by state.http://www.achieve.org/achieve/achievestart.nsf/pages/partnr
  • Advanced Placement (AP) Central (High School): Designed for AP coordinators, teachers and students. This site contains course descriptions, practice tests, conference dates and updates on all things AP. http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/
  • AIMS (Activities Integrating Math, Science, and Technology: K - 9): This site has games and other activities for integrating math and science. They also sell computer games, books, materials, and have a magazine. http://www.aimsedu.org/
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science: This site has web resources for families, teachers, and children that provide an expanding universe of intriguing activities that encourage teachers, parents and children to discover science together by observing the world around us, asking questions, and seeking answers. http://www.aaas.org/
  • Annenberg/CPB - media for the preschool - HS classroom: Provided by Annenberg/CPB, this site is a professional development site that offers on-line courses for teachers. Most are free but can also be purchased on video. http://www.learner.org/
  • ARC Center (elementary grades standards-based mathematics programs): The ARC Center promotes the wide-scale and effective implementation of standards-based mathematics curricula.  http://www.arccenter.comap.com/
  • Aunty Math: Fun Challenges for Kids: This site has math challenges for students in grades K - 5. Students can send in solutions and view those from others. http://www.auntymath.com/
  • The Braden Files: Curiosities of Math, History, Parachuting, etc. (Grades 7 - up): Several news stories are posted about various topics including a variety of mathematical gems. http://braden.weblogs.com/
  • Canadian Mathematical Society: Includes information about Canadian related mathematical activities.  Available in English and French.http://camel.math.ca/
  • CASIO Classroom (K - 12): Programs and lesson plans for calculator activities. http://www.casio.com/education/
  • Center for Gifted Education Policy: The Center's mission is to generate public awareness, advocacy, clinical applications, and cutting-edge research ideas that will enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with special gifts and talents in all domains, including the academic disciplines, the performing arts, sports, and the professions. www.apa.org/ed/cgep.html
  • Center for Technology and Teacher Education: Mathematics (K - 12): The members of the Center's mathematics group are developing materials to prepare teachers to use technology to enhance and extend students' learning of mathematics. http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/teacherlink/content/math/
  • COMPASS (secondary standards-based mathematics programs): COMPASS provides information and assistance with the implementation of five comprehensive curriculum projects that support the Standards set forth by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. http://www.ithaca.edu/compass/
  • Cut-the-Knot: Tons of interactive mathematics miscellany and puzzles.Great site to visit in the computer lab.  Includes links to many, many other mathematics websites.  Just a great mathematics web site. www.cut-the-knot.org/games.shtml
  • Diagnostic Tests for Mathematics (K - algebra): End of year tests for grades 3, 4, 5, 6, and pre-algebra. ftp://www.uky.edu/pub/arsi/diagnostictests/diagtests.pdf
  • DoYourMath: "Math here is friendly." Has practice sites for pre-SAT, SAT, AP  and Calculus.  Recommends books, has math expert to answer your questions, puzzles, bi-weekly section for all interested in cool math.  $100 contest for first person to solve an on-line problem. Greatest unsolved problems of the 21st century and a $12 million reward for solving any of them. http://www.doyourmath.com/
  • Educational Realms: This site has picked up much of rhe information that was previously on the ERIC Clearinghouse for Science Mathematics and Environmental Education (K - College): http://www.stemworks.org/
  • Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC) (preschool - college):K - 12 math and science teacher center. Includes links to a classroom calendar, lessons and activities. http://www.enc.org/
  • Encarta Teacher Resources (preschool - college): Encarta has links for references, homework, colleges, e-learning, etc.  The homework link has 2 links to help students with actual homework problems.http://encarta.msn.com/
  • ERIC Educational Resources Information Center (K - college): http://www.eric.ed.gov/
  • Exemplars: K-12 Standards Based Performance: Exemplars offers differentiated, classroom-tested, standards-based assessment and instruction materials keyed to national standards and including rubrics and annotated benchmark papers. http://www.Exemplars.com/
  • Exit Checklist ( Grade 6): ftp://www.uky.edu/pub/arsi/checklist.pdf
  • Explorer Educational Resources (K - 12 Math and Science): Website is an educational site that contains many questions asked by people of all ages.  It tells you how to solve all types of mathematical problems.  It also contains problems meant to be solved by groups.It is a fun and enjoyable site. http://explorer.scrtec.org/explorer/
  • Exploring Data (Introductory HS Statistics): This website contains many activities, worksheets, and data sets to help teachers across America. There are many resources on this site giving you a wide variety of mathematical subjects.  It also contains articles written by other teachers all across America. http://exploringdata.cqu.edu.au/
  • Fibonacci Numbers and Pascal's Triangle (middle and high school): The website has links with information about Blaise Pascal (Pascal's triangle) and Leonardo Fibonacci who introduced the Hindu - Arabic number system in Europe. http://milan.milanovic.org/math/english/contents.html
  • Figure This! Math Challenges for Families: This website has math challenges for middle school families. The website has a teacher corner, family corner, challenge index, math index, and Figure This Awards, that you can go to and browse.  http://www.figurethis.org/
  • First LEGO League (FLL) Jr. Robotics Competition (ages 9 - 14): This website inspires children around the world to work together.  There are two main parts to the website.  One is robot games that include mission and scoring, rules, and field set-up.  The other part is research assignments and resource links. http://www.firstlegoleague.org/
  • Free Puzzles: (Warning: Site had ads for Casinofever.com, with a link to it) Has links to puzzles in geometry, logic, math, misc., weight & moves.  Each topic button sends you to your choice of several puzzles that have a difficulty level rating so you can choose the level you‚Äôd like to try.  Lots of puzzles and games.  You must be a member (free) to receive solutions. http://www.freepuzzles.com/
  • Funbrain: Great site for k ‚Äì 12 teachers, stucents and parents.  Includes several games for students.  The teacher link has a web-based grade book that allows access from home or school, a game finder that finds games for your topic, a curriculum guide for games, lesson plans and a quiz lab which is free for 30 days and costs $24.95 per year.  Includes other subjects - Spanish, social studies and science. http://www.funbrain.com/
  • Geometry Center (high school): The Geometry Center is a mathematics research and education center at the University of Minnesota. The Center has a unified mathematics computing environment supporting math and computer science research, mathematical visualization, software development, application development, video animation production, and K-16 math education. http://www.geom.umn.edu:80/
  • Geometry from Peru (middle and high school): This website has geometry problems, Inca geometry quizzes, quotes, and inspiration.  It also has many different activities that you can try.  Some of the games are really fun to play. http://agutie.homestead.com/files/index.html
  • Get Smarter (Council on Competitiveness: K - 12): It is a kid/teens friendly place with three different sections- elementary, middle, and high school.  It has quizzes from the released items from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) that let you compare your knowledge to students from around the world. It also offers technology in math and science. http://www.getsmarter.org
  • Hewlett-Packard in Education (K - 12 and College): This website is about government and education.  For a higher education, they have a grant initiative for educators.  You can enter for a chance to win a discourse equipped Hp mobile classroom.  http://government.hp.com/
  • Index to Journal and Contest Problems (high school and above): The website has an index to different mathematical topics and terms to make it easier for you to find problems and definitions. http://problems.math.umr.edu/index.htm
  • Indiana Department of Education: http://www.doe.state.in.us/
  • International Math Olympiads Problems (high school): http://imo.wolfram.com/problemset/
  • The Jason Project (middle school math, science and technology): The JASON Project travels the world, taking students and teachers on an exciting educational adventure integrating math and science, http://www.jasonproject.org/
  • Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (high school): JSHS invites high school students to conduct an original research investigation in the sciences, engineering, or mathematics, and to participate in a regional or state symposium sponsored by universities or other academic institutions. http://www.jshs.org/
  • Kentucky Commonwealth Virtual Library: You can find books, magazines, catalogues, and stats and learn the basics about finding and using on-line information. There is a special site for kids. http://www.kyvl.org/
  • Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education: The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education is responsible for general planning and oversight of Kentucky's Higher Education System. http://www.che.state.ky.us/index/index.asp
  • Kentucky Department of Education: The Kentucky Department of Education is a service agency of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.  They provide resources and guidance to Kentucky's public schools and districts as they implement the state's required curriculum. http://www.kde.state.ky.us/
  • Kentucky Virtual High School: This is an internet high school website.  You can take courses online and can apply to take classes and get credits for high school. http://www.kvhs.org/
  • Kids Math in Iwate, Japan (elementary and middle school): This site has puzzles, riddles and articles for teachers and students. http://www.michinoku.ne.jp/~sugayuki/home1.html
  • Lanius Mathematics Lessons (K - 12): Fun math lessons for teachers and students. http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/
  • Learning Studio at the Exploratorium (Grades 1 - 12): The Learning Studio, the Exploratorium's library/computer center, provides a wide variety of electronic, multimedia, and print-based learning resources. http://www.exploratorium.edu/ls/index.html
  • Let's Get Real Team Academic Competitions (grades 6 - 12): Let's Get Real™ is a national academic competition and an opportunity for teams of students to gain experience working on real business problems. It has new challenges every year. http://www.LGReal.org/
  • Making Mathematics: Mentored Research Projects for Young Mathematicians (grades 7 - 12): This site has mathematics projects, a teacher handbook, and a mentor handbook for information on pursuing mathematics research projects with middle- and high school students. http://www2.edc.org/makingmath/
  • Math Archives: Links to all sorts of math related activities ‚Äì contests and competitions ( HS and college),  K -12 teaching materials, calculus resources. Http://archives.math.utk.edu/
  • Math Applets (K - 12): Look at the math applets under the Resources button for activites in all topic areas. http://www.albertaonline.ab.ca/
  • Math Forum (K - 12): This site has math resources for students, teachers and parents.http://mathforum.org/
  • The Mathman: This site gives students and teachers of all ages insight into important mathematical ideas, including calculus, assuming only that one can count.http://www.shout.net/~mathman
  • Math Projects for Science Fairs (elementary - HS): This website gives you examples of projects to do for math and science fairs. It gives you games, schedules, and other reference websites. http://camel.math.ca/Education/mpsf/
  • Math Solutions Online (K - 8): This site has a newsletter and other resources to help you improve mathematics instruction. http://www.mathsolutions.com/
  • MATtours Simulations (Grade 5 - HS): This includes tours of simulations of learning and teaching mathematics. http://www.edmath.org/MATtours/simulations/index.html
  • Mathematically Sane (Teachers K - college): This site promotes the rational reform of mathematics education and includes links to research on teaching and learning mathematics. http://www.mathematicallysane.com/
  • Mathematics Assessment Resource Service (MARS) (K - 12): The Mathematics Assessment Resource Service, works with districts and states on performance assessment design and implementation, and on professional development for designers and teachers. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/education/MARS/
  • Mathematics Center - Houghton Mifflin (K - 7): The Mathematics Center has math-related resources that include Professional Development, Intervention, Data Place, Brain Teasers, textbook support, math links, and projects. http://www.eduplace.com/math/
  • Mathematics Pentathlon (K - 7): This is made for children grades K-7 to help them have fun while learning.through competitions that use five games per level from kindergarten through seventh grade. http://www.mathpentath.org/
  • Mathematics Problems of the Week Contest Page (Elementary - HS): (You could win a TI calculator) http://www.olemiss.edu/mathed/contest/contests.htm/
  • MathsChallenge.net (Ages 11 +): A webiste dedicated to the puzzling world of mathematics with a variety of puzzles and challenges. http://www.mathschallenge.net/
  • MEAP: Elementary - HS Michigan state assessment: http://www.meritaward.state.mi.us/
  • Mega Mathematics (Los Alamos National Laboratory): The MegaMath project is intended to bring unusual and important mathematical ideas to elementary school classrooms so that young people and their teachers can think about them together. http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/
  • Michigan Council of Teachers of Mathematics: Information on conferences, awards, publications, and other links. http://www.mictm.org/
  • Michigan Department of Education Mathematics Webpage: http://cdp.mde.state.mi.us/mathematics/default.html
  • Modelling Middle School Mathematics (video lessons and web-based materials for 5 NSF projects): http://mmmproject.org/
  • MyMathMan Online Tutor: (By Glenco)  On line tutor for Algebra I, Geometry and GED.  Must sign up as a user (free) to access math lessons. http://www.mymathman.com/
  • NAEP Mathematics and Science Released Items (Grade 3 - HS): http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ITMRLS/search.asp?picksubj=Mathematics
  • NASA's Educaton Program (K - College):http://education.nasa.gov/home/index.html
  • National Center for Educational Statistics: "The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), in the U.S. Department of Education, is the primary federal resource for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations." http://www.nces.ed.gov/practitioners/
  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM K - 12): The premier organization for mathematics teachers, this site has NCTM Principles and Standards, newsletters, applets, research, links to other resources, http://www.nctm.org
  • National Mathematics Resource Centers - Resources on reform mathematics curricula.
  • National Research Center for the Gifted and Talented (K - 12): Site has a wide range of online resources including newsletters, research, links to other resources, and print materials. http://www.ucc.uconn.edu/~wwwgt/nrcgt.html
  • National Science Teachers Association (NSTA; K - 12): The premier organization for science teachers, this site has conference information, research, and links to other resources, http://www.nsta.org/
  • National Security Agency (Elementary - HS): Activities for teachers, parents, kids, and youth to look at the secret world of crytology. Lots of interesting puzzles and challenges. http://www.nsa.gov/kids/intro.htm
  • NKU College of Education: http://www.nku.edu/~education/
  • North Central Mathematics and Science Consortium (K - 12): http://www.ncrel.org/msc/msc.htm
  • Ohio Department of Education: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/
  • Polymath Love Software for Macintosh (Grades 5 - 8) : Over 300 free middle grades math programs for the Macintosh http://www.polymathlove.com/samples.html
  • Problems with a Point (Grades 6 - 12): This site complements existing curricula by providing a resource for teachers who use a problem-centered approach. This resource will also help parents and tutors support problem-based learning in out-of-school settings. http://www2.edc.org/mathproblems/default.asp
  • Project M3: Mentoring Mathematical Minds. Great resources for elementary teachers, students and parents. http://projectm3.org/
  • Project Skymath: Making Mathematical Connections: Activites from the SkyMath module use the Science and Language of Patterns to Explore the Weather (Middle School - NASA): http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/blynds/Skymath.html
  • PBS Mathline (preschool - 12) This site has over 4500 free lesson plans and activities and includes a search engine to help find activites tied to topics and grade levels: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/math.htm
  • PBS Kids: Cyberchase for Parents and Teachers: This area has all of the information you'll need to help children have fun, think and do math with Cyberchase on TV, online, in the classroom, and at home. It includes a search engine to find activities on particular topics. http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/classroom/index.html
  • Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics & Science Teaching (Elementary - HS): http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/pres_awards/
  • PuzzleMaker (Elementary - HS): http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/
  • Rubric Design Checklist (Elementary - HS): ftp://www.uky.edu/pub/arsi/rubricdesignchklst.pdf
  • QCA World Class Tests (Elementary - HS): http://www.qca.org.uk/ca/tests/wct/index.asp
  • San Francisco Exploratorium (Elementary - HS): Webcasts, online activites, and other resources for teachers and students in math and science: http://www.exploratorium.edu/
  • Science Education at NKU: http://www.nku.edu/~scienceed/
  • Secondary Mathematics Assessment and Resource Database (SMARD) Queensland, Australia (ages 8 and up): The site provides an opportunity for secondary maths teachers to share quality assessment and resources. http://smard.cqu.edu.au/
  • Show-Me Center (middle grades standards-based mathematics programs): Site has a showcase for video and curricular resources for middle grades mathematics teachers. http://showmecenter.missouri.edu/
  • Singapore Math & Science Books (K - college): The official U.S. distributor for many Singapore publishers they offer K-12 Mathematics, Science and English books.http://singaporemath.com/
  • Stock Market Game Worldwide (Grades 4 - College): http://www.smgww.org/
  • Task Design Checklist for Open-Ended Questions (all levels): ftp://www.uky.edu/pub/arsi/taskdesignchklst4oeq.pdf
  • Teacher Education Materials Project (TE-MAT): A Searchable Database for K-12 Mathematics and Science Professional Development Providers: http://www.te-mat.org/
  • Teacher's Professional Growth Fund (KY middle grades teachers): http://www.kde.state.ky.us/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Middle+School/Teachers+Professional+Growth+Fund/default.htm
  • Texas Instruments (K - college): http://www.ti.com/calc/
  • Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS Report:: Elementary - HS) http://ustimss.msu.edu/
  • The United States Dept. of Education Math Related Sites (preschool - college): http://www.ed.gov/free/s-math.html
  • U. S. Department of Education Math and Science Education Expert Panel. (1999). Exemplary and Promising Mathematics Programs. Washington, D. C.: USDoE.
  • U. S. First Robotics Competition (high school): The FIRST Robotics Competition is an exciting, multinational competition that teams professionals and young people to solve an engineering design problem in an intense and competitive way. http://www.usfirst.org/
  • WorldCom Marco Polo (Preschool - HS): Access lesson plans, student activities, reviewed Web sites and other MarcoPolo resources in all subject areas. http://marcopolo.worldcom.com/
  • World of Numbers (Grades 7 - 12): A collection of recreational topics. http://www.worldofnumbers.com/index.html
  • XCalibre: Opportunities for Gifted and Talented Students (Kindergarten - College): http://www.xcalibre.ac.uk/

Upcoming Conferences and Summer Programs for Math Teachers:

  • EARCOME 3   -   Symposium on Creativity (August 7 - 12, 2005 in Shanghai, China)
      At the International Conference EARCOME 3 there will be a special "Symposium on Creativity in Mathematics Education" (Chairs: Hartwig Meissner (Germany), Linda Sheffield (USA) and Tomoko Yanagimoto (Japan), Local Chair WANG Shangzhi (China)). Colleagues from all around the world are welcome to participate. Deadline for proposals for active contributions will be Feb. 16, 2005. For more details see the EARCOME 3 web page.
  • National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) 52nd Annual Convention
    (November 9 - 13, 2005 in Louisville, Kentucky USA)
    The National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC, United States) will feature a special strand on "Advanced Math and Science" at their annual convention this year. Mathematics and science educators from around the world with expertise in serving students who are mathematically gifted, talented and creative are invited to submit proposals to present in this strand. Registration fees will be waived for accepted international speakers. Applications for speakers are due in February 11, 2005. For more details see http://www.nagc.org or email Linda J. Sheffield. Be sure to mark your proposal for the Special Strand on Advanced Math and Science
  • IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute (PCMI) (for high school teachers and above) - June 26 - July 16, 2005: http://www.admin.ias.edu/ma/
  • The Northwest Mathematics Interaction (NWMI) at the University of Washington (HS and MS) - Aug. 8 - 13, 2004 http://www.math.washington.edu/~nwmi/sum/summer2003/summer2003.html
  • Promys for HS Teachers: Boston University, July 5 - Aug. 13, 2004: http://math.bu.edu/people/promys/
  • The Ross Program for HS Teachers - Ohio State - June 21 to July 9, 2004: http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/ross/
  • Western Kentucky University - Advanced Placement Institutes and Math Vertical Team Institutes (middle and high school): http://www.wku.edu/gifted/

Interactive Mathematics Games, Websites, Applets and Virtual Manipulatives:

Hotllinks to Additional Math Applets: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listmathpermr1.html#cat4

Web Sites on Brain Functioning

 

Web Sites on Mathematics Assessment - Disaggregated Data by Ethnicity, Gender, and Specific Programs

Webquests in Mathematics and Science:

Rich Learning Tasks and Rubrics

 Core Content Area

Grade Level

Name of Item (all files in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Core Content Area

Grade Level

Name of Item (all files in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Number and Computation

Middle School

Finding Sums

Geometry and Measurement

Middle School

Total Rectangles

Middle School

Alphabet Transformations

Alphabet Rubric

Probability and Statistics

Middle School

Binostat

Algebra

Middle School

Sir Trap's Pattern

Middle School

1, 2, 3

 Open Response Questions from Around the World: Additional open response questions from released state and international testing as well as exemplary teacher developed items.

Open-Ended Lesson Plans

 

Other Open-Ended Problems:

 

Grade Level Competency Charts (K - 12):

IEQ2005 Link

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