Online Math Resources
The BBC’s Number Time
A ton of tasks and games for building number sense… WOW!! Movies too!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/numbertime/
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
http://nlvm.usu.edu/
Hundreds of free applets on math, divided up by grade and mathematical strand...
Hear your pattern!
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/patterns/patterns.html
Calculator and a hundreds chart that interact together
http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/chap4/4.5/index.htm#applet
Bouncing Number Line:
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_107_g_3_t_1.html
Home math activities
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Math/mathhome.html
Grocery store math activities
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Math/grocerymath.html
Real world math activities
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Math/mathgo.html
Fun math activities
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Math/funmath.html
The Futures Channel
This site features on-line video interviews with people in sometimes unusual careers.
Each one explains how math and science play a critically important role. Teacher
tasks are suggested for follow up.
http://www.thefutureschannel.com
BBC Numeracy site for intermediate students
Hosted by Pythagoras and Hypatia, this interactive site has applets addressing space
and shape, number, data and algebra. Each game includes “Key Ideas” feature - an
illustrated glossary of the math behind the games Really fun!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/gameswheel.html