Mathematics

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A Guide to Writing in Mathematics Classes
http://www.fandm.edu/Departments/Mathematics/writing_in_math/guide.html This site is a wonderful resource for math teachers who have been asked to include writing as a part of their curriculum.

Algebra Lesson Plans
http://forum.warthmore.edu/algebra/alg.units.html This page contains links to a variety of lesson plans for Algebra and other related materials.

An Usual Day at an Unusual School
http://www.c3.lan1.gov/mega-math/workbk/logic/loplay.html This series of scenes allows students to use logic and critical thinking skills.

AP Calculus
http://www.seresc.k12.nh.us/www/alvirne.html This page contains links to problems of the week, sample multiple choice AP questions, calculus resources, and an archive of problems and solutions.

Arithmetic Lesson Plans
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/arithmetic/arith.units.html This page contains links to various lesson plans and materials related to basic arithmetic.

Arts Edge Subject Area Resources: Math
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/db/cr/icr/math.html This page contains links to a variety of lesson plans and interactive math-related activities.

Ask Dr. Math
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/drmath.high.html This page contains links to tons of questions and answers about math and is categorized by topic. Topics include: Algebra, Analysis, Calculus, Complex Numbers, Discrete Math, Equations, Fractals, Graphing Calculators and Computers in Math, Interest, Linear Algebra, Permutations and Combinations, Physics and Chemistry, Probability, Statistics, Trigonometry, and many more.

Basket Math
http://www.scienceacademy.com/BI/index.html An elementary series of problems that, when answered correctly, produce a basketball player who shoots and makes a basket. Available topics include: bar graphs, basic operations, decimals, exponents, factoring, map reading, order of operations, perimeter, rounding numbers, verbal reasoning, and word problems. The site is also available in Spanish (although there are some spelling errors).

Calculation Practice
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/k12/mathtips/calc.practice.html This page contains a list of calculations for students to attempt in their heads after learning a variety of math shortcuts.

Calculation Tips and Tricks
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/k12/mathtips/beatcalc.html This page contains links to tons of tips for helping students to do math in their heads (without a calculator) and is categorized by topic. Sample topics include: Squaring Numbers, Division, Multiplication, etc.

Calculus Lesson Plans
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/calculus/calculus.units.html This page contains links to a variety of lesson plans and materials for Calculus.

Critical Thinking Puzzles
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/k12/k12puzzles/critical.thinking This page contains links to sample critical thinking puzzles from a book called __Critical Thinking Puzzles__.

Fractions
http://www.kidsolr.com/math/fractions.html Very basic fraction tutorial that explains fractions and gives students the opportunity to practice equivalent fractions, reducing fractions, improper and mixed numbers, and performing basic operations on fractions with mixed numbers

Free Math Resources
http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/cfapps/free/displaysubject.cfm?sid=6 Contains links to well-designed online projects related to a wide array of topics in Math.

Gelatinous Vector Components
http://www.madsci.org/experiments/archive/854443128.Ma.html This lesson plan contains instructions for an experiment using Jello which demonstrates the x and y components of vector force.

GetSmarter
http://www.getsmarter.org/ This site contains links designed to allow students to test and compare their math and science skills to those of students throughout the world, along with activities to help strengthen those skills.

GetTech
http://www.gettech.org/default2.asp This site, designed primarily to appeal to students, contains Interactive activities designed to give them opportunities to strengthen Math and Science skills and to expose them to career opportunities that require those skills. Be sure to click around the student section for high school and the teacher resource section. (There are wonderful links to other really useful sites as well as some great teacher materials and printable worksheets that encourage students to think about how they might use math and science in the future.)

Gödel, Escher, Bach
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0465026567/ref=sib_rdr_fc/102-0381816-8063329?%5Fencoding=UTF8&p=S001#reader-page Teachers can gain lots of insights about how to help students see relationships between various disciplines from this great book that illustrates the intimate relationships, patterns, and interdependencies that exist between mathematics, art, and music.

High School Teacher’s Place
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/teachers/high/discussions.html This page contains links to lesson plan collections for various levels and courses, multiple on-line high school math forum discussions, on-line discussion lists, and on-line newsgroups and is categorized by topic (geometry, algebra, calculus, etc.).

Julia and Mandlebrot Sets
[|http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/julia/julia.html] A simple, illustrated explanation of Julia and Mandelbrot sets that contains links to tutorials on complex numbers.

K-12 Math Puzzles from the Math Forum
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/k12/k12puzzles/ This page contains links to several math puzzles.

Lessons Developed by Susan Boone
http://www.crpc.rice.edu/CRPC/GT/sboone/Lessons/lptitle.html This page contains links to a variety of projects and interactive activities designed to encourage students to apply their knowledge of mathematics. All lessons require students to gather data and to interpret it using various mathematical formulae and equations. Sample titles include: A Functional Housing Market, The Internet Pizza Server, Pop Clock, Indy 500, and Houston Area Real-Time Traffic Report.

Math Forum Student Center
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/students/ This page contains links to a variety of pages for math students (including internet math hunts, student showcase, problems of the week, and projects of the month) and is categorized by grade level (Elementary through Graduate)

Moving Out
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/36.html This lesson gives students a taste of reality by asking students to simulate (and graph expenses related to) “moving out.”

Music in American Culture
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/vc/techrole/txtsld007.htm This sample slide from an on-line PowerPoint presentation shows how someone created fractals using a numerical adaptation of Mozart’s dice game.

Selected Math Resources by Subject
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/math.topics.html This page contains links to internet resources for various mathematics courses and is categorized by level (K-12, College, and Advanced) as well as by course (Alegbra, Calculus, etc.).

Statistical Concepts: Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion
http://ericir.syr.edu/virtual/Lessons/Mathematics/Statistics/STA0001.html Students participate in physical activities (line-ups and etc.) to practice calculating the mean, median and mode of a set of numbers.

Student Showcase
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/students/showcase/ This page contains links to a variety of student-generated projects, pictures, and reports related to math. Sample titles include: Geometry Independent Projects, Student Tessellations, Uni- and Bi-variate Data Analysis, Mayan Arithmetic, Fractals and Tessellations, Way Cool Math Projects from Corona Avenue Elementary, and the World’s Largest Icosahedron.

National Library for Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics
http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html This stellar site contains virtual manipulatives that reinforce skills in algebra, data analysis and probability, geometry, measurement, and number and operations. The annotated lists of manipulatives are even sorted by grade level (K-12)!

Water to the Max
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/Mathematics/Geometry/GEO0006.html This post describes a hands-on activity which allows students to explore the relationship between angles and distance.

Zero In
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/paths/fractions/zero.in.html This site details a card game which allows students to practice fractions.