The math section of Techrich class links to sites that involve computaions in their activities or provide practice of math skills.
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Radical Math
A site dedicated to integrating math with social issues. You can search their site by math concept or social issue. They have ideas, lesson plans and ways for you to contact other like minded teachers.
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National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
A great collection of hundreds of math activities that can be enjoyed online or downloaded to a desktop. Perfect for letting students experience math.
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Stock Market Game
Students create an online portfolio of $100,000 in stocks and track them throughout the simulation. The site has prepared lessons, worksheets and activities for teachers to use. Its a fun way to teach meaningful skills and a great introduction to the world of stock investment.
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Math Playground
Great assortment of math manipulatives, activities, lessons and of course games for students K-8. The activities and games range from very simple to high level problem solving. Its a great supplement to a math classroom
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Mathematrix
A recreational math site created by a University student that is devoted to some of the lesser known realms of math such as bubbles and a short proof of the "happy equation". The love of math grew exponentially with this bunch, to the point that they have composed poetry about theorems and designs. |
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Topology and Geometry
This page provides links to downloads of free math software that lets students explore some challenging concepts. The Kali and the Kaleido Tile freeware can be enjoyed by anyone from K-16. Anyone can use these patterns to make some fabulous artwork. Great extension activities for math and makes colorful math decorations for the classroom. |
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Neave Fractal
There is a creative fellow in London who has some time and some great Flash skills. His name is Paul Neave and he has produced several fun Flash programs on his site Neave.com. This one lets you explore the nature of fractals as you navigate over it and zoom in like a map. I don't know how you could use this in Math class, but it sure is fun. |
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Coolmath
Not just a fun site of math games but they also have lessons, a math dictionary and a pretty good graphing math calculator. If you can handle the vivid colors on a black backround, then it is a good site for reference and fun. It might feel like a site for 3rd grade, but it has some higher level concepts and critical thinking. |
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Math Guide
More geared towards high school math, this site has a nice list of lessons and resources. There is also a good essay about the benefits of mathematics and a list of careers that use math. |
