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Useful links for Mathematics Teachers General The Fields Medal
There are
amusing stories about why there are no Nobel Prizes in Mathematics (see
The Fields
Medal was set up as a result of the efforts of the Canadian mathematician Other relevant information is at http://www.mathunion.org/General/Awards.html
Sudoku puzzles daily
Lots of real, raw data is NOW AVAILABLE. And the
data is all about
Australian students! Activities derived from the math used in the TV show NUMB3RS and created by practicing classroom teachers and mathematicians especially for years 7 -12, and will be available at http://www.cbs.com/primetime/numb3rs/ The Mathematical Association of Western Australia have a competition running in 2006.
PBS Kids: Game Central Large selection of games for all ages http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games.html
Beat the clock Addition and Subtraction game. http://www.coolmath4kids.com/mathgames/arithmattack/index.html
Learning Planet Interactive Maths Games http://learningplanet.com/stu/kids0.asp
Home Energy Project - Origin Energy http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Maths/index.html Helping you Child Learn Maths Is an article that contains activities for children aged 5 through 13. http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/glossary/middle/glossarys.html Maths Glossary Clearly explains the meanings of maths words. From Peter Fox's
workshop at the MASA conference:
www.cut-the-knot.org www.curriculum.edu.au/assessment Assessment for Learning Project
http://math-and-reading-help-for-kids.org Title: Helping Kids with Math and Reading Description: 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.
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.
mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.roman.html Continuing the Roman Numeral theme this site contains various types of examples as well as a list of associated web sites.
New Zealand Maths 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.
Mrs Glosser's Math Goodies 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!
+Plus 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."
Project Interactive
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."
Math Forum "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."
Maths Goodies "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."
SMARD Website "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." American National Council of Mathematics
Teachers Australian Bureau of Statistics Burkard Polster’s pagehttp://www.maths.monash.edu.au/~bpolster/adelaide.html Here there is information on juggling and also the origami session.
Barry Kissane’s pageThere are two versions: http://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/~kissane/epublications.htm This is the pdf version http://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/~kissane/papers/MASA04.pdf This will download
the pdf into someone's browser (or onto their
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: Symmetry and Tesselations http://ccins.camosun.bc.ca/~jbritton/jbsymteslk.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
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
Spreadsheets in Education http://www.sie.bond.edu.au/index.htm
Calculator Sites
LUMAT
Charlie Watson's web site HP CALCULATOR INFO The HP HOME view SHARP CALCULATOR INFO TI CALCULATOR INFO Boards of Studies in other states. VCE
The
NSW Board of Studies site The WA Curriculum Council
October 2005 R Beer Smith |
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