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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