Math Lessons

1. Web mastering lessons
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 1995 Grade(s): 8 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 004046
   URL: http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/sboone/Lessons/
   This Internet site provides access to problem solving lessons for algebra developed by Susan Boone, a high school algebra teacher in the Houston, Texas area, as a part of her participation in GirlTECH 1995 (a program funded by Center for Research on Parallel Computing, Rice University, and the Rice University School Mathematics Project). The lessons use the Internet as a source for information, which is incorporated into the lesson's problem.
   http://www.enc.org/resources/records/0,1240,004046,00.shtm
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2. Mathematics lessons that are fun, fun, fun!!!
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 1998 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 014712
   URL: http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site is designed to provide teachers with mathematics lessons that they can use online or in the classroom. The fifteen lessons range from those appropriate for primary grades to high school and include topics such as counting, fractions, algebra, geometry, and calculus.
   http://www.enc.org/resources/records/0,1240,014712,00.shtm
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3. Manipula math with JAVA
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 1996 Grade(s): 5 - Post-Sec. Cost: Free ENC#: 011230
   URL: http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/index.html
   This Internet site, developed and maintained by International Education Software (IES Inc.), uses interactive animation to explore an extensive set of sophisticated mathematical concepts. The web site is designed for middle school geometry students, high school students, college students and all who are interested in math.
   http://www.enc.org/resources/records/0,1240,011230,00.shtm
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4. High school mathematics web activities
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 1998 Grade(s): 7 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 011990
   URL: http://www.arches.uga.edu/~eglazer/webprojects.html
   This Internet site, created by former high school mathematics teacher Evan Glazer, contains student projects ready for classroom use. Each project begins with a problem solving scenario, then provides a detailed list of requirements for carrying out the project and making the final report.
   http://www.enc.org/resources/records/0,1240,011990,00.shtm
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5. Interactive mathematics miscellany and puzzles
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2000 Grade(s): 5 - Post-Sec. Cost: Free ENC#: 002256
   URL: http://www.cut-the-knot.org/content.shtml
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site contains interactive mathematical games and puzzles as well as information about the mathematical concepts used to create them. GAMES AND PUZZLES presents such games as Magic Squares, Towers of Hanoi, and Nim, which can be played by the user and then explored through the authors in depth discussions of the embedded mathematics.
   http://www.enc.org/resources/records/0,1240,002256,00.shtm
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6. Net lessons: web-based projects for your classroom
   Date: 1997 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: $24.95 ENC#: 013993
   This resource book, written by a teacher/curriculum designer, focuses on developing curriculum for using the Web. It offers guidelines for getting started with the Internet activities in the classroom and for enhancing the existing curriculum with technology.
   http://www.enc.org/resources/records/0,1240,013993,00.shtm
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7. Teaching mathematics with the Internet
   Date: 1998 Grade(s): 7 - 12 Cost: $37.95 ENC#: 014149
   This resource book, part of TEACHING WITH THE INTERNET series, offers step-by-step Internet lesson plans, online projects, and classroom activities that aim to apply mathematics to real-life situations. Each of the seven books in the series includes a dedicated Web site which lists all the URL addresses cited in the lesson plans.
   http://www.enc.org/resources/records/0,1240,014149,00.shtm
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8. Shape makers: developing geometric reasoning with the Geometer's sketchpad
   Date: 1998 Grade(s): 5 - 8 Cost: Out of Print ENC#: 012573
   This text and accompanying software for Macintosh and PC computers are designed to provide mathematics teachers of grades 5 to 8 with engaging student activities using The Geometer's Sketchpad. SHAPE MAKERS was developed with the philosophy that instruction should be inquiry-based, with students learning mathematics as they solve problems and share their ideas with one another.
   http://www.enc.org/resources/records/0,1240,012573,00.shtm
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9. Calculator-Based Ranger (CBR)
   Date: 1997 Grade(s): 6 - 12 Cost: $120.00 ENC#: 013862
   This kit contains a hand held, calculator based, sonic motion detector designed to help math and science students in high school and college collect, view, and analyze motion data. With this Calculator-Based Ranger (CBR) and a Texas Instruments graphics calculator, students can explore the mathematical and scientific relationships between distance, velocity, acceleration, and time using data collected from activities they perform.
   http://www.enc.org/resources/records/0,1240,013862,00.shtm
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10. Data collection activities for the middle grades with the TI-73, CBL and CBR
    Date: 1998 Grade(s): 5 - 8 Cost: $23.75 ENC#: 013896
    This book of data collection investigations integrates mathematics and the sciences with a focus on data collection. It aims to mesh scientific concepts with the mathematics that is behind them.
    http://www.enc.org/resources/records/0,1240,013896,00.shtm
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11. Algebra, data, and probability explorations for middle school: a graphics calculator approach
    Date: 1998 Grade(s): 6 - 8 Cost: $16.95 ENC#: 013636
    This book contains 88 hands-on activities with teacher notes that aim to familiarize middle school students with graphing calculators, while teaching new math content. The book is divided into three teaching modules.
    http://www.enc.org/resources/records/0,1240,013636,00.shtm
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