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Apply now for the Presidential Award for
Excellence in Mathematics and Science
Teaching
http://www.paemst.org
The Internet is a valuable resource to
keep busy teachers updated with the best
practices and resources in teaching
mathematics.
NCTM is the National Council of
Teachers' of Mathematics.
This site provides
research, standards, lessons and more to
keep teachers updated with top-notch
resources and information. By
joining NCTM, teachers have access to
Illuminations, a website dedicated to
collecting standards-based mathematics
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General Resources
for K-12
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National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
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site is an invaluable website that provides virtual
manipulatives to engage students in mathematical
concepts. This site is an NSF supported project
that began in 1999 to develop a library of uniquely
interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept
tutorials, mostly in the form of Java applets, for
mathematics instruction (K-12 emphasis). The project
includes dissemination and extensive internal and
external evaluation. |
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Math
Thesaurus is a
valuable resource for teaching
vocabulary to students. It
is imperative for all students
to know and understand the
mathematics terminology to
apply the mathematics
concepts. This site
provides definitions, images,
and animations to help all
students understand the
concepts. |
Tennessee
Academic Vocabulary
- Academic Vocabulary is an
initiative of Tennessee's Department of
Education. The goal of this project is
to provide teachers a list of common
terms or phrases aimed at improving
vocabulary development of students in
Tennessee. This site is dedicated
to the
sixth step
in that process by providing a
collection of games and activities
designed to review and strengthen
vocabulary development. |
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Teacher Lessons
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Marco Polo for Education
- is a teacher portal that
provides valuable teacher-tested
resources for educators.
Click on the search button and
enter subject area, grade level,
and topic. A wealth of
quality lessons will be
available at a click. The
portal links the top educator
resources of NCTM Illuminations,
Science Net Links, National
Geographic, Read, Write & Think,
and Arts Edge. M2T2 Materials
- Mathematics Materials for
Teachers of Tomorrow have
quality standards-based lessons.
These activities provide
hands-on, inquiry lessons to
teach students mathematical
understanding. These file
are PDF and can be downloaded to
your computer. Check the
materials carefully, as
activities require certain
manipulatives or the work sheets
printed in color. If you
would like training to use these
materials, contact us!
Read about the overview of M2T2.
Click on the goals below to see
the lessons.
Upper Elementary
(Grades 4-6) Activities in
Middle School
(Grades 7-8)
Activities in
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Technology Resources
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http://www.keypress.com -
Sketchpad
- Dynamic geometry software is one
of the most valuable tools to
help students construct
knowledge and apply geometric
concepts in problem solving
situation. Key Curriculum
Press offers several resources
(modules) that are vital to
implementation in the classroom.
Actual Sketchpad galleries
provide real life examples used
in the classroom.
Even if you do not have
Sketchpad, use the
java gallery and resources
of Sketchpad online activities
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SmartBoards
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http://www.shodor.org/interactivate
- The Shodor Organization
provides resources and training
for math and science educators.
Interactivate provides great
applets to provide students a
visual, hands-on method of
learning mathematics and
science.
http://www1.center.k12.mo.us/edtech/resources/SBsites.htm
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Interactive site for SmartBoard
users!
http://www.educational-freeware.com/category-Mathematics.aspx
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The website specializes in
finding and reviewing
high-quality free learning
software and websites from the
Internet - mostly for kids, but
also for grown-ups. The site
hosts a large selection of web
based software.
http://k12podcasts.pbwiki.com/
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Free podcasts for the K-12
community!
http://epnweb.org/ -
The Education Podcast Network is
an effort to bring together into
one place, the wide range of
podcast programming that may be
helpful to teachers looking for
content to teach with and about,
and to explore issues of
teaching and learning in the
21st century.
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