The MegaMath Project is intended to introduce important mathematical ideas to
elementary school classrooms so that young people and their teachers can think
about these ideas together. MegaMath is the work of classroom teachers, mathematicians, students
in education and computer science, elementary school and high school students,
school administrators, computer scientists and parents. The activities included in MegaMath involve
hands-on exploration, problem-solving and communication and opportunities for mathematical
thinking. The authors hope to create in children the opportunity to see mathematics as lively and fun.
The Harcourt Brace site contains not only on-line practice for K-8 topics in mathematics,
but also worksheets and charts which can be downloaded for classroom use.
The Animated Math
Glossary contained on the grade 8 page is a great reference for math terms and definitions.
The terms are not only defined, but examples of the terms are shown.
Click on Bricks is a site which helps children practice their multiplication facts from 1 to 4.
This site first connects addition to multiplication. The students then practice multiplication using
brick tile arrays as references.
Math Forum's Middle School
Problem of the Week Project provides interesting
and challenging problems for the student in middle school mathematics. An
archive of past problems and solutions are included. Students are challenged
with a non-routine problem each week and are encouraged to
verbalize their solutions. Math Forum also has an
Elementary School
Problem of the Week Project which is designed for students in
grades 3 through 6.
The concept of infinity is developed for the elementary mathematics
student. There is also a link to
Hotel Infinity Students, by listening to a story about Hotel Infinity,
are able to begin to understand the abstract concept of infinity by
drawing illustrations about the story.
Sumfun contains a collection of links to "intriguing math information online."
The authors of this site add links to this site that include math resources
that are enjoyable for student and teachers. This site also contains links
for homework help. Some of the links contained on this site are
Humour, MathMagic, and
Inventors
This site contains angles, variables and constants, squaring numbers,
square roots, right triangles, fractions, decimals, and functions. Mathematics
content primarily for the elementary and middle-school level students. This
site also contains a glossary.
