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Mathematics Resources on the Web
The sites listed below are designed for students to use alone or with an adult to reinforce skills, deepen their understanding of concepts and explore different areas of mathematics. All of these sites allow opportunities for students and parents to engage in meaningful explorations and discussions focusing on mathematics.
http://everydaymathonline.com/
This is the website of publisher of the math program, Everyday Mathematics, used by K-4 students. The site contains math games and an interactive student reference book. A username and password (distributed by classroom teachers) are required to access the site.
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/
The National Center for Education Statistics has created this site to help students easily create bar, line, area, pie and XY graphs. Students are able to choose the type of graph they would like and enter their own data. The graphs may be printed or downloaded to your computer.
http://senseanddollars.thinkport.org/
This Thinkport website was designed to help older students, grades 5-8, learn the basics of budgeting, charge/credit, income, inflation, and investments. It offers many activities having to do with money, personal finance, and economics.
http://fen.com/studentactivities/Piggybank/piggybank.html
The Family Education Network has created this site for learning to count money. Students select coins as they fall from the top of the screen into a piggy bank to reach a give amount. There are two levels to accommodate students.
http://www.aaamath.com/
This site has hundreds of pages of basic math skills. Students may choose a grade level and specific topic to practice. There is interactive practice on every page along with an explanation of the math topic. A great site for students to practice and reinforce basic facts.
http://www.mathcats.com/
This website promotes open-ended and playful explorations of important math concepts. It is an interactive website that provides math explorations, trivia and classroom activities for all ages.
http://www.rainforestmaths.com
This site is designed for students in grades K-6. There are activities in all strands of mathematics. Students choose the strand and the subject within the strand. Many of the activities illustrate strategies that help illustrate the concept to students. This is a good site for parent/child interaction. Parents are able to work with the child to help make connections.
**Measurement caution – all measurements are done in metric, no standard measurement.
http://www.sums.co.uk/playground/hd6a/playground.htm
This site offers younger students the opportunity to interpret line graphs. Students may either answer questions about line graphs or correct “mistakes” in line graphs. A great site for discussion about line graphs!
http://www.auntymath.com
This site poses math challenges appropriate for children K-5. Every other week a new math challenge is presented in the form of a story. Students are encouraged to solve the challenge in many different ways. The solution may be submitted to “Aunty Math” and Aunty Math posts a reply to all students.
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
This site funded by the National Science Foundation supports students understanding of mathematics through the use of “virtual manipulatives”, objects that help students visualize relationships in mathematics. This site supports interactive learning at the elementary and middle school levels.
http://www.mathpuzzle.com
This site is recommended for middle school students. It is a collection of mathematical puzzles designed to stimulate students thinking. There are archives of puzzles and links to other mathematical sites. The puzzles on this site change on a regular basis.
http://www.crick.northants.sch.uk/assets/Flash%20Studio/cfsmaths/Crazy/crazy.htm
This site is very challenging. Students are asked to use multiple steps to arrive at a given target number. Students must think flexibly and use mental arithmetic to accomplish the task!
The sites listed below are resources to support the learning of basic number facts. Most of the sites are in the forms of games the reinforce combinations of ten, addition, subtraction, multiplication or division facts.
http://www.learningbox.com/i_index.htm
BT Bear Catch Ten - Sums to 10
Students click on different combinations of number blocks to make the sum of 10.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/add/add.html
Students identify number combinations that equal a particular sum. The visual is a traditional addition table.
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=29
The product game is an interactive game in which students work with factors and multiples to reinforce their multiplication facts.
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ArithmeticFour/
Arithmetic Four - A version of Connect Four – Students are asked to answer basic fact questions. Once a number sentence is answered correctly, students may place a chip on a board to connect four chips.
http://www.carstensstudios.com/mathdoodles/numberjump.htm
Students must think flexibly with numbers from 1-9 to hit a target number.
http://www.carstensstudios.com/mathdoodles/connectsums.html
Students are identifying sums that equal a target number. Students click on the face of dice and beat a timer to hit the sums given.
http://www.carstensstudios.com/mathdoodles/sumsstacker.html
This site is challenging! Students must move dice to create stacks that are equal to the target sums. Students are working with at one time three target sums!
The sites listed below are resources that are more general. They are intended to provide you with information that will enable you to understand and support your child’s mathematical learning and understanding.
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
This site funded by the National Science Foundation supports students understanding of mathematics using “virtual manipulatives”, objects that help students visualize relationships in mathematics. This site supports interactive learning at the elementary and middle school levels.
http://illuminations.nctm.org
This site is created by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics to support the teaching and learning of mathematics for all students. There are materials and links to other sites that promote quality standards based learning.
http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com
This is an animated and interactive math dictionary with over 500 common mathematical terms. Each term is illustrated and examples are supplied to reinforce understanding.
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