Government Sites
CryptoKids - (National
Security Agency/Central Security Service) - Peer into the secret world of cryptology: making and breaking
codes. Play lots of games and activities at this site too!
Federal
Resources for Educational Excellence - Read all kinds of interesting documents from a variety of
categories including science, math, history, and language art. Not to be missed!
MapStats for
Kids - Check out this site and you can learn concepts about maps and statistics through cool
games.
Math -
FREE - (Department of Education) - Simulations of key math concepts, online challenges for
students, activities for families, and more.
Taking America's Measure - (National Institute of Standards and Technology) - Today,
the modern products we take for granted like computers, video games, mobile phones, and DVD players
depend on having one very precise, very reliable measuring system that everyone has agreed to use. But
what exactly is a measuring system and what does it mean to you? Find out while having fun at this site with
puzzles, riddles and games.
Other Resources
Countdown -
COUNTDOWN makes math 'work.' Each week the program introduces a different math concept through direct
instruction and reinforces lessons with literature, manipulatives, activities and related computer instruction.
Education Place - For Educators - Developed by Houghton Mifflin, this site contains a
number of helpful online educational, interactive materials for students from kindergarten to 8th grade.
Engineering K-12 Center - Educators - This site is designed to help K-12
educators meet these challenges by providing lesson plans to use in classrooms, highlighting engineering
outreach programs to introduce to pre-college students, and serving as a hub for engineering education
resources.
Figure This Math Challenge - Teacher Corner - Figure This! demonstrates
challenging middle school mathematics and emphasizes the importance of high-quality math education for all
students.
Kidsnewsroom - Teacher Resources - Collected
from various states nationwide, such as Texas (Texas Assesment of Knowledge and Skills or TAKS),
Californina (Standardized Testing and Reporting or STAR), Virginia, New Jersey and Florida, these exams
contain real questions used on actual tests between the years of 2003 and 2006.
Math - Natioanal Science Digital
Library - Browse by category or search math topics.
Math and Reading Help - Lesson Plans - Articles
on creating good lesson plans.
Math Ideas for Science Fair Projects - This site has a good collection of math fair
projects.
Math in
Daily Life - Join us as we explore how math can help us in our daily lives. In this exhibit, you'll
look at the language of numbers through common situations, such as playing games or cooking.
Math-and-Reading-Help - Math and Reading Help is a directory of
original articles, tips, and resources.
National Science
Digital Library - NSDL - NSDL is a digital library of resource collections and services, organized
in support of science education at all levels.
New York Times - Math and Economics - Explore current
issues in depth or search math and economics by subject.
PBS Teachers -
Math - Teachers can search PBS resources by subject and grade level.
Project Interactivate Assessment Toolkit - Well-known for its offering of
interactive math activities, has created a toolkit page with links to over 50 explorers, games, and quizzes in
which students can tailor their activity by problem type, level, and time to solve. In addition, these assessment
tools will keep track of the score for progress-monitoring.
StudyJams - Four animated middle-school aged mentors guide you through
topics using videos, tutorials, and karaoke songs. StudyJams is a subscription based service. Each parent
account comes with three kid accounts. Parents are able to track site usage and measure success with
quizzes.
Teaching Math: A Video Library - This series shows teachers demonstrating "the fine
art of guiding students through reasoning and problem solving." Students chime in with comments about their
experiences, and the overall learning milieu is improved as a result. The series contains twenty episodes
which cover patterns, congruence, exponential functions, and the very act of communicating about
mathematical ideas.
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