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Government Sites
CryptoKids - (National
Security Agency/Central Security Service) - Peer into the secret world of cryptology: making and breaking codes.
Play lots of games and activities at this site too!
Federal
Resources for Educational Excellence - Read all kinds of interesting documents from a variety of
categories including science, math, history, and language art. Not to be missed!
MapStats for
Kids - Check out this site and you can learn concepts about maps and statistics through cool
games.
Math -
FREE - (Department of Education) - Simulations of key math concepts, online challenges for
students, activities for families, and more.
Taking America's Measure - (National Institute of Standards and Technology) - Today,
the modern products we take for granted like computers, video games, mobile phones, and DVD players
depend on having one very precise, very reliable measuring system that everyone has agreed to use. But what
exactly is a measuring system and what does it mean to you? Find out while having fun at this site with puzzles,
riddles and games.
Other Resources
Advancing Student Achievement - Math Grant
Program - This program supports your efforts in the classroom by integrating hands-on, practical
mathematics skills brought to life by your desire to apply for funding and local actuaries ready to help.
Countdown -
COUNTDOWN makes math 'work.' Each week the program introduces a different math concept through direct
instruction and reinforces lessons with literature, manipulatives, activities and related computer instruction.
Education Place - For Educators - Developed by Houghton Mifflin, this site contains a
number of helpful online educational, interactive materials for students from kindergarten to 8th grade.
Engineering K-12 Center - Educators - This site is designed to help K-12
educators meet these challenges by providing lesson plans to use in classrooms, highlighting engineering
outreach programs to introduce to pre-college students, and serving as a hub for engineering education
resources.
Figure This Math Challenge - Teacher Corner - Figure This! demonstrates
challenging middle school mathematics and emphasizes the importance of high-quality math education for all
students.
InterMath - InterMath is a
professional development effort designed to support teachers in becoming better mathematics educators. It
focuses on building teachers' mathematical content knowledge through mathematical investigations that are
supported by technology.
Math - Natioanal Science Digital
Library - Browse by category or search math topics.
Math and Reading Help - Lesson Plans - Articles
on creating good lesson plans.
Math Ideas for Science Fair Projects - This site has a good collection of math fair
projects.
Math in Daily
Life - Join us as we explore how math can help us in our daily lives. In this exhibit, you'll look at
the language of numbers through common situations, such as playing games or cooking.
Math Maven's Mysteries Teacher's Guide - The Math Maven is always finding
herself in the middle of a fun new mystery and she counts on her "super sleuths" to crack the case. Each
mystery focuses on a particular area of math reasoning and computation and requires students to use creative
thinking and sharp math skills to help her find the solution.
Math-and-Reading-Help - Math and Reading Help is a directory
of original articles, tips, and resources.
Mathematics - New York Times - Explore current issues in depth or search math
and economics by subject.
Mathematics Across the Curriculum's Electronic
Bookshelf - Features an interdisciplinary approach to a mathmatecal topic.
National Science
Digital Library - NSDL - NSDL is a digital library of resource collections and services, organized
in support of science education at all levels.
PBS Teachers -
Math - Teachers can search PBS resources by subject and grade level.
Project Interactivate Assessment Toolkit - Well-known for its offering of
interactive math activities, has created a toolkit page with links to over 50 explorers, games, and quizzes in
which students can tailor their activity by problem type, level, and time to solve. In addition, these assessment
tools will keep track of the score for progress-monitoring.
Teaching Math: A Video Library - This series shows teachers demonstrating "the fine art
of guiding students through reasoning and problem solving." Students chime in with comments about their
experiences, and the overall learning milieu is improved as a result. The series contains twenty episodes
which cover patterns, congruence, exponential functions, and the very act of communicating about
mathematical ideas.
Youth Education: Hitting the Fundamentals - Math
Programs - Empower your students in a fun, engaging way to think of mathematics.
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