General Mathematics Sites

1. Mathematics Games and Student Activities
2. Mathematics Lessons Plans
3. Interactive Learning and Problem Solving Activities
4. Word Searches and Puzzles in Mathematics
5. Assessment for Mathematics
6. Concept Maps for Mathematics
7. Misconceptions for Mathematics

2. Mathematics Lessons Plans

1. Appetizers and Lessons for Mathematics and Reason
This site provides links to lessons and activities for math students and teachers.
2. Awesome Library
The Awesome Library is a resource for teacher made lesson plans in a wide variety of subjects. You can search the database by subject area and grade level.
3. Canada's Schoolnet
   This site contains different word problems at various levels from Grade 5 through Grade 12.  I would recommend this site as a teacher lesson site only because the answers are too easily accessible from the page.  These would make excellent bridge type problems to connect two days of work or as an "in the door" activity.  May also be used as test type questions.  The site is easy to use and would prove very friendly to students as well.  Answers are provided as well as hint pages.
4. Crystallographic Polyhedra New
This site has an applet that shows the structure of various polyhedra. You can rotate and change the size of the figures. Really cool site.
5. Ed helper/math New
At the beginning of the school year, sign-up for ed helper.com…just a reminder to teachers. A great site for math resources for teachers K-5 grades.
6. Estimating Scoops
This is a video lesson that will help teachers of small children prepare for a lesson of estimating. Suggestions for an activiy are given.
7. Free Function Plotting New
MathGV(tm) is a mathematical function graphing software program for Windows 95/98/ME, NT4, 2000 and XP. It can plot 2 dimensional, parametric, polar, and 3 dimension functions.
8. GirlTECH Math Site
   GirlTECH teachers designed these lesson plans to take full advantage of Internet resources and to teach mathematics and science concepts in new and exciting ways. This site contains many lesson plans and activities which allow students to work on math problems.
9. Imagine the Universe! Lesson Plans
This has several lesson plans that relate to math and science used at the Goddard Space Flight Center. Really good Lesson Plans!
10. Lesson Plans with Student Interactive applets
A collection of lesson plans with worksheets and interactive applets for student use. Multiple topics are included: Number and Operations, Geometry and Measurement, Function and Algebra, Probability and Data Analysis.
11. Mathematics and Children's Literature
This is a unit using children's literature to connect to a number of the NCTM standards. The five lessons can be geared toward the grade level of your choosing by modifiying the worksheets included in the lessons. The literature used is fun for any grade level. At the high school and middle school levels, you may need a "buy in" from your students as you are using stories generally geared toward younger children
12. Math.com
    This site is a database of lesson plans. Type in a key word and it will give you several lessons.
13. Math Files
    Teachers can print off crossword puzzles, charts, checks, and other activities to use with their students for number sense, algebra, shapes, measurement, and data handling. Also, by clicking on "games" teachers can find interactive games for students to play.
14. Math Goodies
    Math Goodies is a free educational web site featuring interactive math lessons, homework help, worksheets, puzzles, message boards, and more! They have over 400 pages of free math activities and resources for students, teachers, and parents. This site also includes homework help. This is designed primarily for grades 4-7.  The lessons are free, however not all items are free.
15. Math Practice
    This site is for teachers.  You can create worksheets for Pre-Algebra and Algebra.  They will also provide answers.  It will generate hundreds of problems for you if you want them.  They can be printed and used right away.
16. Math Stories
    This site offers a variety of worksheets in all areas of mathematics and is organized according to grade level. The worksheets contain story problems that address different computation areas.  A basic yearly membership fee is needed to access this site.
17. Mega Math
    This teacher resource site provides background information, vocabulary, materials, key concepts, activities, and evaluation suggestions for unusual yet important elementary mathematical ideas. The seven unit topics range from graphs to algorithms.
18. New York Times
    Data base of lesson plans for all subjects.  Teachers can sign up and have a lesson plan for their subject and grade level emailed to them once a week.  Lesson plans are arvchived and searchable.  This site also offers word of the day, test prep question of the day, and much more.
19. PBS Teacher Resources
    Lesson Plans, activities and more can be found using a keyword search or you can browse at this PBS teacher resource site.
20. Pi and Simulation
This site is a good resource for teachers when teaching about pi. Several activities are given for finding pi through probability.
21. Problems With A Point
This site provides a range of lessons, some of which incorporate technology. The users search by math topic and sub-topic; math background; problem solving skills; list of technology; and key words. Each lesson presents a short description of the activity, the technology required (if any), and printable versions of the problems, hints, and solutions.
22. Purplemath: Your Algebra Resource
Informational site consisting of lesson plans relating to topics from beginning algebra to advanced algebra.
23. Lesson Plans Page.com
A site that links to lesson plans.  Most activities or lessons are for grades K-4.
24. Project SkyMath
    This web page is designed for middle school mathematics teachers. It contains all of the information needed for teachers to use the 16 classroom activities of SkyMath, including the module itself.  The 16 activities take at least 6 weeks to cover.  These activities cover a variety of math strands, which are covered through weather measurement. The module may be downloaded in sections, each section containing 3-4 activities. Each activity may be used independently, or the entire module may be used. This is an excellent site!
25. Smallville's Prairie Project
This interactive Internet and hands-on project focuses on a highly engaging problem regarding potential development of a prairie site. The problem is open-ended and lends itself to a variety of investigatory directions. Students solve a problem similar to a wide variety of real-life problems in many communities. Appropriate for grades 9-10. Connections to social studies, biology, environmental science and English.
26. Smile Program Mathematics Index
    This is a great general site for many diffent lesson plans K-12. It covers many of the benchmarks for Geometry and Measurement from elementary to high school.
27. Supplying Our Water Needs
The goal is to investigate the problem (water supply), as defined by the students, using a variety of tools: appropriate technology to collect and analyze water data; telecomunications to gather data and for collaborative research with experts and other students; and multimedia technology to report and present the process and results of their research. During the project, each team is responsible for developing a plan for conducting their research and for managing their plan. Appropriate for high school math or science as this is an interdisciplinary project.
28. Teacher Vision - Learning Network
    This site provides lots of good things for teachers and students, including lesson plans, on-line puzzles, classroom management ideas, math handouts and reference sheets, graphic organizers, and free newsletters. There are on-line projects and quizzes for students.
29. The Educator's Reference Desk
This site includes grade specific lesson plans by other educators (K-8) that can be implemented by the teacher. Some of the lesson plans include printable worksheets.
30. The MathPage
Lessons in: Skill in Arithmetic, Topics in Trigonometry, Topics in PreCalculus, The Evolution of the Real Numbers.
31. The MathPage - Trigonometry
This site includes several trigonometry topics including ratio and proportion, pythagorean theorem, radicals, solving right triangles, measurement of angles, radian measure, evaluating pi, law of sines, law of cosines, etc.
32. The National Math Trail
    This site is an excellent project site.  "Math is all around you" is the central tenant of this site.  It allows teachers/students to look at and post math problems from every day life.  If a teacher needs a long term project, then this is the site for you!
33. The Skyscraper Page
    This site is a super teacher resource that uses some excellent illustrations and actual pictures of skyscrapers and other architecture.  Illustrations of skyscrapers are displayed on a graph with a bevy of statistics.  This would be a good resource for spreadsheets because of all the data present.  Many uses for real life applications.
34. Trigonometry Helper New
Solves your trigonometry problems with step-by-step explanations, as well as giving definitions and examples of different trig terms.

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