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Math Sites for Everybody!

1. National Library of Virtual Manipulatives - http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html - This site is a great place for teachers and students.  The site has a plenty of applets that allow users to either learn by doing or through demonstration of math concepts of all levels.
2. AAA Math - http://www.aaamath.com/index.html - This site is very basic, but a good place for a help on a variety of math concepts.  I have found the site to be easy to follow because it is very organized and contains useful guides for teachers and students of math.
3. PBS - http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/math.htm - For math specifically, you can search all of PBS and its great resources for the benefit of math material.  The site allows you to search by level and area.  From there, you can enjoy what PBS has to offer in the area.  PBS is always a great resource!
4. Cool Math - http://www.coolmath.com/ - This site is geared for everybody involved in math.  The site has links for kids, parents, and educators.  The site seems to be set-up to draw the younger math student’s attention with help in a variety of areas in math.  The math has a variety of activities like “Lemonade Stand” math.
5. FunBrain - http://www.funbrain.com/ - This site is mostly for students.  This site will offer games for those who want to learn at the same time.
6. Figure This! Math Challenges for Families - http://www.figurethis.org/ - This site is for both teachers and families.  With 80 different challenges, there is sure to be one that will tie into the math concept that you are teaching.  They have the challenges numbered 1-80 or indexed by the math concept that it is related to.
7. Math is Fun - http://www.mathsisfun.com/ - For students who are looking for the fun side of math, this site is for them.  With puzzles and activities to help understanding in different areas in math, this site can go a long way for your math needs.
8. Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators - http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/math.html - This site is designed to help all people involved in education.  The link is a webpage within the site that contains a list of useful math links.  Otherwise you can search this site for articles and lessons based on mathematics.

Teacher's Section

1. The Math Forum - http://mathforum.org/ - This website is hosted by Drexel University.  The site is great for teachers and students.  It offers a ton of problem solving problems with solutions and some great math ideas for teachers.
2. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics - http://www.nctm.org/ - This website serves as the ultimate math teacher resource site.  The site holds the national standards of math for all levels of math.  There is plenty of good information here.
3. Annenberg Media - http://learner.org/resources/browse.html - This site contains a variety of on demand video for teachers.  The videos contain information on a large scale.  I have found some good videos that demonstrate unique ways to teach algebraic concepts.
4. Instructional Video Resources - http://www.coe.uga.edu/twt/resources/instructional-videos.html - This site is contained on University of Georgia’s website.  The site contains a list of great instructional service sites that contain video of all sorts.
5. Math.com - http://www.math.com/ - You are probably thinking, “How did you find this site about math?”  Well, even though there is a lot of advertising and it has a basic website structure, this site does hold value.  I like the calculators for use with demonstrations in class.
6. Mathematics Resources - http://www.abc.se/~m9847/matre/index.html - It looks like some people spent some time searching on the Internet and put together a great list of resources from fun math to calculus.
7. Math Goodies - http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/ - This site offers lessons for math.   Some lessons are free, but most of them require you to pay a fee for a CD full of lessons.  The site does still offer a lot of free resources and they are separated by concept.
8. New Math Teacher’s Website - http://people.clarityconnect.com/webpages/terri/terri.html - This site is made by a teacher for teachers.  Specifically, this site was made for new teachers, but seems to be a great source for all teachers.  I like the “most loved math problems” page.
9. Teachers.net - http://teachers.net/mentors/math/ - The linked site is a chat board that allows teachers and pre-service teachers to chat and share ideas.  I looked at only a few blogs and found some good ideas already.
10. Illuminations - http://illuminations.nctm.org/ - A part of the parent site NCTM.org, Illuminations offers a lot of great activities for math teachers.  You can learn how to tie the standards to your lessons.
11. MathWorld - http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ - I like this site for more of the research end of math.  The site covers a variety of math topics.  There is even math for recreation.
12. WebMath - http://www.webmath.com/ - An interesting way to show math concepts.  This site lets you put in your own numbers and the site will display results for you.  For example, I put in a two-step algebra equation and it walked me through the steps as if the computer was thinking and talking me through the process.  Just another approach at reaching understanding of a variety of topics.
13. Computing Technology for Math Excellence - http://www.ct4me.net/ - This site displays information about incorporating technology for math.  The site shows some information about the organization like their initiatives and available software programs.  There is one project called MMAP that is designed to improve mathematics at the middle school level.  Considering I teach junior high math and am curious about IT, I think this is a good site to refer to in the future.

Mr. Carroll.
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