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Web Resources for Planning Elementary School Mathematics Lessons
Here are a number of links that are promising resources for elementary
school mathematics. Each entry contains 6-7 references to other Web
pages, some of which are actual lesson plans. Others are links to ideas
or ways to view how the students will learn this type of mathematics.
Further, with just a little more digging, one can uncover several related
sites with more lesson plans, etc.
TrackStar
http://trackstar.scrtec.org
"TrackStar is an on-line interface that helps instructors
organize and annotate Web sites (URLs) into lessons. The list of
resources acts like a table of contents and remains visible throughout
the lesson allowing the user/student to easily browse through the lesson
and stay on track." This site holds a huge number of lesson plans
and materials to use in classrooms for all levels and for a wide variety
of subjects.
When I requested a search for "math" at only two school
grade levels, there were so many hits that Web browser crashed. So, one
should ask for fairly restricted searches, such as
"multiplication" and for a single grade level. With a query
about multiplication for grades 3-4, I got 399 "hits."
Remember though, each "track" is a series of about 7 references
to other websites.
One of the 399 "hits" is attributed to Angela Milam, who
provides links to and descriptions of six sites. Of the six, four are
simple text and done in a "standard" form (e.g., Overview,
Purpose, Activities, and Tying it All Together). One website is a
commercial looking page with advertisements for materials. The last is a
rubric for how to look at the progress of students with their skills with
multiplication.
http://www.youth.net/cec/cecmath/cecmath.06.txt
This lesson uses calculators to show students the relationship between
numbers. It allows students to find multiples of other numbers. This is
a good lesson to begin the teaching of the multiplication facts. It
addresses higher level thinking by allowing students the opportunity to
predict outcomes. Students will use the tools of technology to solve
math processes.
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/math/math10.txt
This lesson helps students begin memorizing multiplication facts. The
lesson focuses on numbers multiplied times themselves. It uses graph
paper for students to see the squares of numbers formed. When the lesson
is finished students will have a complete multiplication chart to be used
until the facts are memorized. Can you take a piece of graph paper, look
at the shaded areas and write a multiplication fact for the shaded areas?
Students will use the multiplication graphs to gain an understanding of
multiplication as an operation.
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/math/math02.txt
This lesson provides useful techniques to teach the multiplication
facts. It breaks the facts into groups and addresses each group
differently. The lesson takes several days to complete. It has been
proven to help all students systematically learn their multiplication
facts. Can you count by 5's and 10's using your fingers? Students will
systematically learn their multiplication facts, practice, test, and
celebrate their accomplishments.
http://www.creativeclassroom.org/jf99aplus/math.html
This lesson is a literature-based activity. It uses books to address
the need to understand multiplication facts. It allows for discussion of
multiplication and provides a springboard for working story problems.
Students will enjoy helping the characters solve their math problems.
Which has more panes--a window with 8 rows and 4 panes in each row or a
window with 9 rows and 3 panes in each row? Students will describe their
processes and solutions informally in written form.
http://www.ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/math/cecmath/cecmath049.html
This lesson is a fun way to end a unit on multiplication facts. Once
students have a good grasp of multiplication facts this lesson is fun.
It is a wonderful way to reinforce the skills taught. Students develop
listening skills by following directions and using prior learning of
multiplication facts to score a bingo.
http://170.142.130.39/rubric/search.htm
Type in rubric number 7477 in the Rubric ID box. No user name is
necessary. Click "submit" and the rubric for this track will come up.
Do not make any changes to the rubric.
Columbia Education Center's Mini Lessons
http://youth.net/cec/
Here you'll see a list of lessons and lesson plans from the Columbia
Education Center's Summer Workshops. "They were done by a
consortium of teachers from 14 states dedicated to improving the quality
of education in the rural, western, United States, particularly the
quality of math and science education."
http://youth.net
"This server is a place where youth (of all ages) around the
world can safely meet each other, and participate in discussions,
interactive learning projects, and activities that meet their
needs." The site includes:
- Interactive Projects for Grades K-12
- Youth Net's Life-Long Learning Program
- Youth Net Supporters
- More Information about Youth Net
- Resources and Other Projects for K-12 Educators and Students
- Homepages of Schools and Youth Net Participants
ThinkQuest 2000
http://www.thinkquest.org
Information about an international contest for students in grades 4-6
is found here.
Mathematics Lesson Plans (K-5)
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/math.html#math1
This site includes a long list of lesson plans specifically for grades
K-6 math.
Academy Curricular Exchange Mathematics (K-5)
http://www.ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/math/elem.html
More lesson mathematics lesson plans!
Note that all of these sites and resources were accessed via just ONE
of the 399 tracks first found using TrackStar!
Now more even more sites of possible interest and usefulness. Happy
digging!
Institute for Mathematics and Science Education (IMSE), University of
Illinois at Chicago
http://www.math.uic.edu:80/IMSE/
This site is that of the Teaching Integrated Math and Science Project.
This project has produced high quality materials for over 20 years. The
developers of the project were among the earliest users of the Web and
have vast experience and resources.
For an example of how thorough the materials are, click on "Math
Trailblazers." Follow the links from "Unit Summaries and
Sample Lessons." By scrolling down the page, you'll find
"Grade 2, Sample Lesson, Marshmallows and Containers."
MegaMath
http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/index.html
This is a project of the Computer Research and Applications Group at
Los Alamos National Laboratory. "The MegaMath project is intended
to bring unusual and important mathematical ideas to elementary school
classrooms so that young people and their teachers can think about them
together." An example of what you will find at MegaMath
follows.
http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/workbk/map/mpactiv.html
This is at link to the maps topology and coloring activities.
Although it isn't a full-blown lesson plan, I recommend looking at it
because it has advanced and interesting math in a relatively
understandable format.
Word Problems For Kids (grades 5-12)
http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/
This web site has been established with support from Industry Canada
and is located at St. Francis Xavier University. "This website
contains word problems for students and teachers. The problems are
classified into grade levels from Grade 5 to Grade 12. THIS IS NOT A
TEST, but a set of carefully selected problems which can help you improve
your problem solving skills if you try to carefully think about how you
would solve each problem, and once you have found the solution, you make
sure that you understand all parts of the solution. You can try any
problem you like and if the problem is a little difficult you can get
helpful hints by following the hints link."
MacTutor History of Mathematics
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/
There's not a lot here for elementary education, but it is
nevertheless and interesting site with cool information, graphs (e.g., http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Curves/Curves.html),
etc. One would not be ready to use the algebra until much later in
school.
Mighty M&M Math
http://mighty-mm-math.caffeinated.org/main.htm
Just for fun, check this site out. It actually has more than a single
lesson plan with a series of possible extensions for class
activities.
The Algebra Project
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/content/cntareas/math/ma1algeb.htm
This is an "...interactive curriculum designed to help inner-city
and rural students better understand mathematical concepts." It was
developed by Bob Moses, a mathematician and civil rights leader.
Ask ERIC Mathematics Lesson Plans
http:
//ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/Mathematics/index.html
This is an ERIC (Educational Resources on Instructional Curriculum)
site. The lesson plans listed at this site look pretty good and they're easy
to read and seem to have been edited.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Office for Mathematics,
Science and Technology, Mathematics Lessons Database
http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/
html.f/k12.html
You have to dig, but there are some good ideas here.
Classroom Connect's Lesson Plans
http://connectedteacher.classroom.com/lessonplans/lessonPlansBySubjectGrade.asp?subjectID=1&minGrade=0&maxGrade=6
This site offers an annotated list of lesson plans for math in the
elementary grades.
FUNBrain.com
http://www.funbrain.com/numbe
rs.html
Fun math games for kids and teachers too!
The Math Forum
http://www.mathforum.com/math.topics.html
The Math Forum is "an online community of teachers, students,
researchers, parents, educators, and citizens at all levels who have an
interest in math and math education." At the web site there are math
resources pages categorized by subject and grade level, an Internet
Mathematics Library, and a Problem of the Week site.
Math in the Kingdom
http://academy.LearningKi
ngdom.com/math/
Math in the Kingdom (MITK) is a web-based arithmetic tutor. It teaches
1st, 2nd, and 3rd
grade material directly over the Internet. The services provided by
this website are not free.
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
http:
//www.enc.org/professional/timesavers/lessonplans/math/
Go to the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse web site for annotated
links related to various math topics, including counting, fractions,
money, and word problems.
The MathNerds
http://www.mathnerds.com
Last, we can't help but mention a project of Dr. Valerio DeAngelis and
others. (Dr. DeAngelis is also a faculty member in Xavier's Mathematics
Department). "MathNerds is a free service offering assistance in
many areas of mathematics . . . MathNerds has a strong commitment to
inquiry-based education and does not contribute to the abuse of the
internet by doing homework, take home tests, or school related projects.
We help our clients by providing guidance, references, and hints, not
answers."
The Center for the Advancement of Teaching would
like to thank Dr. Paul R. McCreary for compiling this list of sites. Dr.
McCreary is a faculty member in Xavier's Mathematics
Department.
Below are additional links that have been provided by Lusher school personnel.
http://www.forum.swathmore.edu/dr.math/dr.math.html
http://www.geom.umn.edu
http://www.learner.org/sami/
http://www.mathmistakes.com/
http://www.coolmath.com
http://www.coolmath4kids.com
http://www.aplusmath.com
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