Math Topics

Lists of web sites categorized by subject areas within mathematics.

Algebra

1. Interactive math tools
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2004 Grade(s): Pre-K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 025708
   This Internet site contains 22 Java applets which let users explore applications of math from fractions to vector sums. There are applets for students to manipulate a fraction pie or an abacus, to explore volume and factoring, and to draw shapes or show simple fractals.
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2. Jim Loy's mathematics page
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2003 Grade(s): 6 - Post-Sec. Cost: Free ENC#: 027665
   This Internet site provides many lesson resource materials for teachers and students pertaining to areas such as arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and precalculus. Topics featured include sequences and series, Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry, complex numbers, fractals, chaos, and number theory.
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3. Math, calculations and computations
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2004 Grade(s): 4 - 8 Cost: Free ENC#: 029767
   This web site provides movies, activities, cartoons, and more to teach students about math. Each movie on a specific topic comes with a ten-question quiz to test users' understanding.
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4. A fractals unit for elementary and middle school students
   Featured in ENC Focus   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2004 Grade(s): 4 - 8 Cost: Free ENC#: 002032
   This web site, for students and teachers in grades 4 to 8, provides a unit on fractals. The unit is designed to introduce students to fractals and the underlying mathematics; it focuses on fractals generated by iterating line drawings, such as the Koch snowflake and so-called 'Jurassic Park' fractal.
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5. Nick's mathematical puzzles
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2003 Grade(s): 11 - Post-Sec. Cost: Free ENC#: 027660
   This Internet site, updated weekly, presents 68 math puzzles designed to be educational and fun for students. Pre-college math skills are necessary for solving the puzzles, which address topics such as algebra, calculus and geometry.
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6. ExploreLearning: experience math and science with gizmos
   Featured in ENC Focus  
   Date: 2003 Grade(s): 6 - Post-Sec. Cost: $149.00 ENC#: 029377
   This Internet site, developed for grades 6-12, offers a variety of interactive math and science simulations that are designed to promote experimentation and be easy-to-use. The simulations are virtual manipulatives that, the authors believe, use research-proven instructional strategies that promote conceptual understanding and higher-order thinking skills.
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7. Math in the workplace
   Featured in ENC Focus  
   Date: 2003 Grade(s): 9 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 028641
   This Internet site is designed to excite and motivate students to learn math by demonstrating the relevance of mathematics in the world today. The site contains numerous real-world problems intended to show students how math is used in a wide variety of careers.
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8. Maths online: a gallery of multimedia learning material for school and distant learning
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2002 Grade(s): 9 - Post-Sec. Cost: Free ENC#: 026478
   This Internet site features a Gallery with interactive learning units designed to facilitate understanding of abstract mathematical ideas. With the units, the student can explore concepts ranging from the definition of a set to topics in the study of vectors, trigonometry, and calculus.
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9. Regents Exam Prep Center. Mathematics A.
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2004 Grade(s): 9 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 020761
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site, designed to help students earn a passing grade on the New York State Mathematics A Regents Examination, features lessons, practice problems, and teacher resources. The New York test requires students to demonstrate their ability to apply facts and definitions, solve problems, and show their understanding of mathematical procedures and problem-solving strategies.
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10. Ask Dr. Math
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 2003 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 003521
    This Internet site features a question and answer service for K-12 math students and their teachers. Visitors fill out a web form to send questions on mathematics related topics to Dr.
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11. ON-Math, Online Journal of School Mathematics
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 2003 Grade(s): 3 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 025860
    This Internet site features the Fall 2002 premier issue of the online journal developed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). The goal is to provide a range of ideas about teaching and learning mathematics.
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12. New Zealand maths
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 2003 Grade(s): K - 10 Cost: Free ENC#: 027103
    This Internet site features weeklong units of work with reproducible lesson materials based on the New Zealand Mathematics Curriculum Strands. The Curriculum is designed for six levels that roughly encompass grades K to 10 in the US.
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13. Suzanne's mathematics lessons 2001
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 2003 Grade(s): 5 - 8 Cost: Free ENC#: 011220
    This Internet site, developed by middle school teacher Suzanne Alejandre, is a source of Web units, illustrated lesson plans, and interactive classroom activities for grades 5 to 8. Topics for the Web units range from the geometric constructions of circles with a discussion of symmetry to crystallography and fractals.
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14. Interactive mathematics
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 2003 Grade(s): 8 - Post-Sec. Cost: Free ENC#: 028744
    This Internet site is designed to help students learn mathematics by directly engaging them in a variety of lessons and tutorials that cover a broad range of topics in algebra and basic mathematics. Teachers may use these resources for classroom lectures.
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15. Purplemath, your algebra resource
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 2003 Grade(s): 8 - 10 Cost: Free ENC#: 026833
    This Internet site features student algebra lessons on material ranging from preliminary algebra topics, such as absolute value and rounding and significant digits, to advanced algebra topics including complex numbers, logarithms, and exponential functions. Each lesson provides an explanation of the topic, practical tips, hints, and examples.
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16. ALEKS, Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 2003 Grade(s): 6 - Post-Sec. Cost: $17.95 ENC#: 028743
    This Internet site provides an interactive one-on-one tutor for the assessment and learning of mathematical skills. The automated tutor is designed to help students work on the math concepts they are most ready to learn by assessing the individual student's current level of understanding of basic arithmetic concepts.
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17. High school operations research (HSOR): mathematics for decision making in industry and government
    Featured in ENC Focus   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 2003 Grade(s): 9 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 011878
    This web site features eight real-world mathematics applications in teacher-friendly modules ready for use in grades 9 to 12. The site, developed and maintained as a joint project of the Industrial and Manufacturing Department at Wayne State University and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, aims to motivate students to learn mathematics by demonstrating ways in which the mathematics they are studying is actually used in industry and government.
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18. Balanced assessment in mathematics
    ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 2002 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 026769
    This Internet site for mathematics educators contains over 300 free assessment tasks with scoring rubrics for use in grades K to 12 classrooms. The assessments are designed to help students become more proficient at demonstrating their mathematical knowledge using critical thinking skills and mathematical actions.
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19. The Math Forum Internet mathematics library
    Featured in ENC Focus   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 2003 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 014856
    This Internet site is an annotated catalog of mathematics and mathematics education web sites assembled by the Math Forum. It features hierarchical categories (mathematical topics, resource types, mathematics education topics, and educational levels) for browsing and a power searching feature for more defined searches.
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20. Learning math: patterns, functions, and algebra
    Featured in ENC Focus   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
    Date: 2001 Grade(s): K - 8 Cost: Free ENC#: 028833
    This Internet site offers a college-level online mathematics course designed to teach the content of patterns, functions, and algebra to teachers of elementary and middle school. The site focuses on key ideas of algebraic thinking and attempts to engage teachers through video lessons, problem-solving activities, and online demonstrations.
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