Other Mathematics
Associations
The Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT)
Canberra Mathematics Association (CMA)
Mathematical Association of Victoria (MAV)
Mathematics Association of NSW (MANSW)
Mathematical Association of Western Australia (MAWA)
Mathematical Association of Tasmania (MAT)
Queensland Association of Mathematics Teachers (QAMT)
Mathematics Teachers Association of the Northern Territory
(MTANT)
Australian Mathematics Trust
Teacher Links
Please contact
us if there is a site you think should be added to our list - including a small
review if possible.
Lots of real, raw data is NOW
AVAILABLE. And the data is all about
Australian students!
http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/cashome.nsf/home/home
CensusAtSchool is a resource that allows you and your students to access
random samples of raw data. 112,000 students have provided their data
for the database. Students have taken over 50,000 samples to use
in their classrooms.
Student Links
The MacTutor History of Mathematics
archive:
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history
Mathematics Quotation Server:
http://math.furman.edu/~mwoodard/mquot.html
NOVA: Science in the News:
http://www.science.org.au/nova
Math Forum:
http://mathforum.org
Maths Goodies:
http://www.mathgoodies.com
Assistance for students trying to
make course selections for uni:
University of South Australia, Mathematics Department:
http://www.unisa.edu.au/maths
ACER- Australian Council
for Educational Research
ACSA- Australian
Curriculum Studies Association
AISSA - Association of
Independent Schools of SA
AQF- Australian
Qualifications Frameworks
Australian College of
Education
Catholic Education SA
DEST- Department of
Education, Science & Training
DETE - Department of
Education, Training and Employment
EdNA- Education Network
Australia
MCEETYA- Ministerial
Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs
NTIS- National Training
Information Service database
SACSA - South Australian Curriculum Standards and Accountability
Secondary School
Assessment Board of South Australia
South Australian
Curriculum Standards and Accountability FRAMEWORKS
Websites that practice basic skills for Ages 6-11 in an
interactive way:
Compete with others around the world in Maths World Cup
http://www.math-exercises-for-kids.com/competition/math-world-cup.php
Children can choose from ten levels and different kinds of basic skills
exercises : additions, subtractions, multiplications, divisions, problems,
numbers and measuring exercises
www.math-exercises-for-kids.com
Sites of Interest
http://interactivemaths.net
It now has over 220 quality
interactive digital resources for teaching mathematics from early primary to
late secondary.
http://www.math-teacher.com
Description: Math teacher at all school levels
www.hasesandharris.com.au
One of MASA’s most devoted sponsors
and Revision Guide publishers.
http://mufacts.org
It has proved helpful to many
students over the years including adults as well as regular elementary and
secondary students.
Surveying Task Force -
Learn about a profession that
allows the practical application of maths and a great diversity of indoor and
outdoor work.
www.alifewithoutlimits.com.au
Useful links for
Mathematics Teachers
General
An interesting source of
statistical information from the Electronic Encyclopedia of Statistical Examples
and Exercises for your perusal:
http://www.whfreeman.com/eesee/eesee.html
Division of Fractions paper is
available for download at:
http://republicofmath.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/division-of-fractions/
The
Fields Medal:
http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~alopez-o/math-faq/node50.html
There are amusing stories about why there are no Nobel Prizes in Mathematics
based on a presumed antipathy or rivalry for the affections of a woman between
Alfred Nobel and the Swedish mathematician Gosta Mittag-Leffler.
The Fields Medal was set up as a result of the efforts of
the Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields (see
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Fields.html and links from this page); the first Medal was awarded in
1936, and following a break for the Second World War, Fields medals have been
awarded every four years since 1950. A total of forty-three medals have been
awarded between 1936 and 2002.
Other relevant information is at
http://www.mathunion.org/General/Awards.html
Sudoku puzzles daily:
http://sudoku.com.au
Lots of real, raw data is NOW AVAILABLE. And the data is
all about Australian students!:
http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/cashome.nsf/home/home
CensusAtSchool is a resource that allows you and your
students to access random samples of raw data. 112,000
students have provided their data for the database.
Students have taken over 50,000 samples to use in
their classrooms.
The Educational Services Unit of the ABS aims to develop and
enhance statistical literacy among Australian students and provide a range of
free online educational resources to facilitate this. Their site features the
flagship educational project, CensusAtSchool, a diverse range of
Mathematics, SOSE/HSIE and Geography classroom activities designed by practising
teachers, simplified ABS datasets, Indigenous Statistics for Schools, assistance
to teachers, games, education news, and much more!
Direct
access to the site is:
http://abs.gov.au/education.
Additionally, educators may also
wish to have direct access to the CensusAtSchool webpages, which are available
through the following
http://abs.gov.au/censusatschool.
Activities derived from the math used in
the TV show NUMB3RS and created by practicing classroom teachers and
mathematicians especially for years 7 -12:
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/numb3rs/
The Mathematical Association of Western
Australia have a competition running in 2006:
www.havesumfunonline.com
PBS
Kids: Game Central:
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games.html
Large selection of games for all ages
ArithmATTACK:
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/mathgames/arithmattack/index.html
Beat the clock Addition and Subtraction game
Learning Planet Interactive Maths Games:
http://learningplanet.com/stu/kids0.asp
Home Energy Project - Origin Energy:
www.originenergy.com.au/hep
Helping you Child
Learn Maths:
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Maths/index.html
Is an article that contains
activities for children aged 5 through 13
Maths Glossary:
http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/glossary/middle/glossarys.html
Clearly explains
the meanings of maths words.
From Peter Fox's workshop at
the MASA conference:
www.sodaplay.com
A construction site that has many useful activities.
This site contains many activities for use in the
classroom:
www.cut-the-knot.org
Useful for Maths and Physics classrooms:
http://webphysics.nhctc.edu/vidshell/clips.html
Assessment for Learning Project:
www.curriculum.edu.au/assessment
Helping Kids with Math and Reading:
http://math-and-reading-help-for-kids.org
Math and Reading Help for Kids is a
growing directory of original articles and resources centered on the topic of
children's education. The purpose of this site is to provide a centralized
information portal to help parents and children make informed decisions about
school related issues.
Showcase of a hundred mathematics
sites carefully chosen by Dr. Boris Handal. Ideal for individual learning,
homework, classroom discussion or student projects:
Maths Internet Guide
This site includes a wide variety of
information: Possibly a site to help with school projects. Sections include
Inventions & Discoveries, Weights & Measurements and This day in history. There
is a Kids area with money around the world and maths problems using Roman
Numerals:
infoplease.com
Continuing the Roman Numeral theme
this site contains various types of examples as well as a list of associated
web sites:
mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.roman.html
New Zealand Maths:
http://www.nzmaths.co.nz
This is the website for New Zealand
Maths. It has some great features including some nice lesson plans complete with
worksheets for R-8/9. It's similar in some ways to the approach taken in the
MCTP materials. Well worth a look for inspirational introductions and concept
revision. Just click on the strand you are interested in, then Units Of Work to
get to a list of the lessons available.
(Review by Glenys Thompson Coordinator - Mathematics/Student Development Plans )
Mrs Glosser's Math Goodies:
http://www.mathgoodies.com
An oldie but a goodie, Mrs Glosser's
Math Goodies is an excellent resource for teachers and students alike. It
includes on line learning activities as well as worksheets, puzzles and a feast
of other interesting sections. Don't be put off by the US-feel to some of the
questions - I've used the activities extensively and it seems to work!
(Review by Glenys Thompson Coordinator - Mathematics/Student Development Plans )
+Plus:
http://plus.maths.org/index.html
An on-line magazine with regular and
feature articles on a wide range of Mathematics topics especially emphasising
the beauty and application of Mathematics. "Plus provides feature articles,
which describe applications of maths to real-world problems, games, and puzzles;
reviews of popular maths books and events; a news section, showing how recent
news stories were often based on some underlying piece of maths that never made
it to the newspapers; a puzzle for you to sharpen your wits against; a lucky dip
of mathematical curiosities; and opinions on various maths-related topics and
news stories. We have a regular interview with someone in a maths-related
career, showing the wide range of uses maths gets put to in the real world."
(Text from the web site.) (Added by Dean Bennett - Teacher - Woodcroft College.)
Project Interactive Lessons:
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/lessons
"These lessons are designed to give
teachers a script to follow when using the activities and discussions developed
for Project Interactivate. Each lesson gives prerequisites, preparation
instructions, a suggested outline, and alternate outlines."
(Text from the web site.) (Added by Dean Bennett - Teacher - Woodcroft College.)
Math Forum:
http://mathforum.org
"The Math Forum is a leading center
for mathematics and mathematics education on the Internet. The Math Forum's
mission is to provide resources, materials, activities, person-to-person
interactions, and educational products and services that enrich and support
teaching and learning in an increasingly technological world."
(Text from the web site.) (Added by Dean Bennett - Teacher - Woodcroft College.)
Maths Goodies:
http://www.mathgoodies.com
"Math Goodies is a free math help
site featuring interactive lessons, homework help, worksheets and forums! We
have over 400 pages of activities for students, teachers and parents."
(Text from the web site.) (Added by Dean Bennett - Teacher - Woodcroft College.)
SMARD Website:
http://smard.cqu.edu.au
"SMARD is the Secondary Mathematics
Assessment and Resource Database. It is owned and managed by the Queensland
Association of Mathematics Teachers and sponsored by Sharp Corporation. SMARD
provides an opportunity for secondary maths teachers to share quality assessment
and resources."
(Text from the web site.) (Added by Dean Bennett - Teacher - Woodcroft College.)
American
National Council of Mathematics Teachers:
http://www.nctm.org
This is the American National Council of Mathematics Teachers site which has
many activities for both the teacher and student.
(Added by Teresa Hanel - Teacher - Scotch College, President MASA)
Here there is information on
juggling and also the origami session.
This will download the pdf into
someone's browser (or onto their computer, depending on how it is configured).
It is 260 K
The following are the websites that
Barry showed in his keynote address and they can all be accessed from the pdf
version by just clicking on the links:
Fibonacci and the golden ratio:
http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fib.html
Investigating patterns: Tesselations:
http://www.barcodesinc.com/articles/create-tessellations.htm
Powers of 10:
http://www.wordwizz.com/pwrsof10.htm
Histograms:
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/histogram/index.html
The best and worst of statistical
graphs:
http://www.math.yorku.ca/SCS/Gallery/
Mathworld by Wolfram Research:
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/
ENC is a K-12 Maths and Science
teacher centre from the USA:
http://www.enc.org/features/dd/?ls=fe
Mathforum has a weekly electronic
newsletter:
http://mathforum.org/electronic.newsletter/
The Journal of Online Mathematics
and its Applications from the Mathematical Association of America:
http://www.joma.org/
Spreadsheets in Education:
http://www.sie.bond.edu.au/index.htm
Calculator Sites
CASIO
CALCULATOR INFO
This is the general CASIO site where you can start a
general search about service's and products:
http://www.casio.com/index.cfm
This is a special educational website from Japan:
http://www.casio.co.jp/edu_e/map/index.html
This is a special educational website from the USA:
http://.casio.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=education.home
Sites for the
classpad include
Mainly a German site but there are some versions in
English as well:
http://www.classpad.de
This a website all about the Classpad with downloadable
e-activities:
http://classpad.net
This site is supported by Saltire Software:
http://www.classpad.org
The publisher of ClassPad 300 books. Some pages can be
downloaded:
http://www.saltire.com
Barry Kissane's home page:
http://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/%7Ekissane
This site is from Barry Kissane from
Murdoch Uni in WA. It contains lots of useful information and not just for CASIO
users.
LUMAT:
http://www.LUMAT.net
Anthony Harradine from PAC has put together this site which provides material
for SA Teachers.
Charlie
Watson's web site:
http://www.cworks.starwon.com.au
Charlie Watson from Perth started this site many years ago and provides material
for CASIO users.
HP CALCULATOR
INFO
The HP HOME view:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~ccroft
Colin Croft from St. Hilda's in Perth has developed the material on this site
for HP users. Colin started to set up this site when Graphics
Calculators were introduced into WA.
SHARP
CALCULATOR INFO
The Sharp Corporation of Australia:
http://www.sharp.net.au/product_sales/calcs/graphics/graphic1.htm
This site provides information for SHARP users.
TI
CALCULATOR INFO
TI Education:
http://education.ti.com/educationportal/index.jsp
This is the TI education site which provides many helpful hints.
Boards of Studies in
other states
VCE:
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/index.htm
This is the Victorian Board of Studies site where you can downlaod the recent
VCE exams.
(Added by Teresa Hanel - Teacher - Scotch College, President MASA)
The NSW
Board of Studies site:
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc_exams/index.html
The NSW Board of Studies site has the papers from 2002 that you can downlaod.
(Added by Teresa Hanel - Teacher - Scotch College, President MASA)
The WA Curriculum Council:
http://www.curriculum.wa.edu.au
The WA Curriculum Council has information on their courses, however if you need
to purchase copies of their exams, they can be purchased from MAWA
(Added by Teresa Hanel - Teacher - Scotch College, President MASA)
