General Resources

1. Miscellaneous Sites
2. Multiple Subject Indexes
3. Mathematics History, Jokes, and Humor
4. Mathematics Dictionaries

1. Miscellaneous Sites

1. A Comprehensive Table of all SI Prefixes
This site provides a good reference for teachers. The table shows powers of 10 along with the metric and English prefixes.
2. AAA Math New
This site is a great resource for teachers and students who work with grades K- 8. There are definitions,examples and games to play.
3. Awesome Library Middle-High School Math New
This site offers teachers a wide variety of sites that they can reference. There are forums, games, lesson plans and activities from Pre-Algebra to Pre-Calculus.
4. DMP Homepage
   The Discrete Mathematics Project homepage for the University of Colorado at Boulder.
5. eThemes
   eThemes is an extensive database of content-rich, age-appropriate resources organized around specific themes. These resources are created for educators to use in their classrooms.
6. Famous Mathematicians Names New
This site gives pictures and names of famous mathematicians.
7. Figure This! Math Challenges For Families
   A thought-provoking site for grades 5-8 that presents students and their families with math challenges to figure out. Each challenge has suggestions for getting started and provides hints, an answer, other related problems, extensions, interesting facts, and resources.  Teachers could use these as extensions of their lessons in the classroom or they could have students access the site and work through the challenges. A site with problems and challenges from Algebra, Number Sense, Geometry, Measurement, and Statistics and Probability.   Excellent resources for families in English and in Spanish can be found by following the Family Corner link.
8. Games and Things
   This site takes students through games to learn money skills.  It describes information on getting a paycheck and paying income taxes.  It also explains saving, investing, and borrowing money.  Teachers must register at the site before using it.
9. Geometry Constructions
Here you will find 13 geometry constructions explained step by step with illustrations provided. It can be printed out for an easy, well-organized, and complete reference guide to constructions.
10. Kids Know It Network
Four catchy math songs. Great way to teach vocabulary and difficult concepts.
11. Links For Teacher-Ed
    This site offers a directory of math links for teachers of grades 5-12.  The cool math site also offers math activities.
12. Livegrpahics 3d applets
This site has a very large array of 3d animations.
13. Make a Fractal

    This site allows a student to design their own fractal by changing colors and patterns within it. Student designed fracts can be saved in poster form. It also describes how fractals are generated, and has many links to other sites about fractals.

14. Making Mathematics
This site contains a list of mathematics research projects for students in grades seven through twelve. The list of projects tells to which category of math the project relates such as algebra, patterns, or reasoning. The site also has examples of completed projects.
15. Mathematics
This is a wonderful site for K-12 teachers and students alike. It has links to almost any field in education that is covered in the school curriculum. You're sure to be fascinated by the wealth of information that this site contains.
16. Mathematics Animated
This site has animations that show proof of the Pythagorean Theorem as well as higher mathematics.
17. Math.com
This site is a good resource for teachers. The site have various calculators (basic, scientific, square root, circle, prime number, quadratic equation, percent probability, savings, and trigonometry), games, conversion tools, and other resources.
18. Math Dictionary for Kids
    An easy to use dictionary for math students.
19. Mathematics Internet 4 Classrooms
Outstanding! This database contains games, activities, and resources for teachers at the elementary, middle school, and high school level.
20. Math in the Home
    Games and activities to explore math concepts for grades K-4. Will work very well in a hands-on atmosphere. Makes use of inexpensive household items.
21. Math Reference Tables
Good reference site containing a variety of reference tables including multiplication and addition charts, conversion charts, and lists of formulas. Labeled and easily accessed.
22. NASA - Learning Resources
This site is the start point for anyone that wants to find ANYTHING to relate NASA to the classroom. It shows you how to use and search the site as well as where to look for other resources.
23. National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Math
Outstanding!. This site is an excellent teacher resource. It contains numerous student interactive virtual activities that are listed according to grade-level and subject-matter.
24. Online Graphing
    Outstanding - Will graph functions like a graphing calculator would do, only easier.  Great for those without access to graphing calculators.
25. Practical Uses of Math and Science
Pumas is a collection of one-page examples of how math and science topics taught in K-12 classes can be used in interesting settings, including everyday life. The examples are written primarily by scientists and engineers, and are available to teachers, students, and other interested parties via the PUMAS Web Site. Our goal is to capture, for the benefit of pre-college education, the flavor of the vast experience that working scientists have with interesting and practical uses of math and science...
26. Prime Number
This site is a good reference for teachers to use when teaching prime numbers. The definition of a prime number is given as well as a list of primes. Special prime numbers are also given for example palindromic primes are listed.
27. Sieve of Eratosthenes

    Students explore an interactive Sieve of Eratosthenes to predict what numbers are factors of one another and make predictions based on patterns that develop. Worksheets, lesson plans and other teacher resources are available.

28. The Math Forum (MS & HS)
    General site for multiple math topics. Includes the following categories: Student Center, Teachers Place, Research Division, Parents and Citizens. Includes problems of the week that students respond to and solutions are given the following week. Past problems are also available.
29. The Mint
    Designed to teach children to be money smart.  The Site covers earning, saving, spending, tracking, investing, and owing.
30. Venn Diagram
    This is a source for teachers or students to learn more about Venn diagrams.The site includes ways to use Venns and how to create your own.  There is a database of Venn Diagrams to view also.
31. Virtual Manipulatives
    A library of virtual manipulatives for all areas of math.  Students can use these or a teacher could use them for demonstration during instruction.

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