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Mathematics

  • Biographies of Women Mathematicians—Highlights the numerous achievements of women in the field of mathematics.  (http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm)

  • Coolmath.com—An amusement park of math for students ages 13+.  Includes interactive activities to sharpen math skills, play math-related games, and explore new math concepts.  Includes special sections for teachers and parents.  (http://www.coolmath.com/)

  • Cornell Math & Science Gateway—Provides links to resources in mathematics and science for educators and students in grades 9-12. (http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/MathSciGateway)

  • Figure This! Math Challenges for Families—Provides interesting math challenges for middle school students.  Funded by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education.  (http://www.figurethis.org/index.html)
  • Frank Potter’s Science Gems—Contains links for mathematics to over 2000 Internet resources for lesson plans and activities for kindergarten through secondary level. (http://www.sciencegems.com)

  • MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive—Provides information on the history of mathematics, including biographies, historical articles, quotations, and much more.  (http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history)

  • Math Central: A K-12 Math Education Website—Provides a meeting place for teachers to share resources, a service to teachers, students and parents who may need an answer to a mathematical question, and a facility to allow teachers to carry on a dialogue amongst themselves. The Resource Room includes lesson plans for grades K-12, divided by grade levels and curriculum strands. Maintained by mathematics faculty and student at the University of Regina, Saskatchewan. (http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/index.html)

  • The Math Forum—Extensive site which includes lesson plans, problems and solutions, new trends and issues in mathematics, and links to high quality Internet resources. The site is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and hosted by Swarthmore College. (http://mathforum.org)

  • Math in Daily Life—Shows how math affects your everyday decisions, from savings and credit to cooking and home decorating.  (http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath)

  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics—Professional association for mathematics teachers. Includes information on current issues and research in mathematics, upcoming conferences, links to related mathematics sites, and job listings.  Also contains information about the Standards 2000 Project.  (http://www.nctm.org)

  • Welcome to the Math LeagueThe Math League is dedicated to bringing challenging mathematics materials to students from 4th-12 grades. Includes a handy reference guide for math topics.  (http://mathleague.com)

  • Word Problems for Kids (Grades 5-12)—Contains word problems for students and teachers to improve problem solving skills. Includes assistance through helpful hints. (http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/welcome.html)


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