Maths+Links


 * **STUDY JAMS**  Have a look at this awesome collection of math interactives. Subjects range from Place Value to Number Lines and Estimating Whole Numbers. They'll work well on your interactive whiteboards and there is also a Science section if you click along the top menu!  []

Here's a new mathematics web site for children aged 6 to 11 : __[]__ Children can choose from ten levels and different kind of exercises : additions, subtractions, multiplications, divisions, problems, numbers and measure exercises... all online.

[] AAA Math features a comprehensive set of interactive arithmetic lessons. Unlimited practice is available on each topic which allows thorough mastery of the concepts. A wide range of lessons (Kindergarten through Eighth grade level) enables learning or review to occur at each individual's current leve

[] MATHS IS FUN! hmmm? Lots of activities here though

[] Daily Puzzles, games, downloads, graphs, spreadsheets - lots here.

RAINFOREST MATHS is back! Interactive Maths Activities K-6 []

[|**COOL MATH 4 KIDS**] Cool math 4 kids is an amusement park of math and more - especially designed for fun, fun, FUN!

**[|COOL MATH]** - the "parent" site to Cool Math 4 Kids, this one is designed for ages 13-100. The level of math is from fractions up (prealgebra and up).

and... [|**COOL MATH GAMES**] - come for the games, stay for the lessons

[|**Maths Worksheets**] This site provides free photocopiable maths worksheets. Most of the worksheets are pitched at key stage 2 (7-11 year olds). Some worksheets are more helpful for other age groups.

**Jigsaw Planet** is a site where you can create your own puzzles, play your own and common puzzles. (if you save the URL, your students can get to it), send puzzles to friends, and put created puzzles on your web pages. To create a new puzzle use the easy-to-use form on their home page. This service is no-cost. __[]__

** IXL MATHS -** Practice makes perfect, and with unlimited math questions in more than 1,000 topics from IXL Math, students improve their skills and confidence and always have new challenges to meet. This is one of those sites that will take more time than usual to go through! __[]__

Mudd Math Fun Facts. This archive is designed as a resource for enriching your math courses and nurturing your interest and talent in mathematics! Each Math Fun Fact is a math puzzle or short article that contains a cool mathematics idea. You'll can learn about the mathematics of things like card shuffling to poker to computer vision to fractals to music, just to name a few. This makes great enrichment material for gifted math students or problem-solving groups. []

Have a look at this work by Vi Hart. Vi has an unusual skillset and occupation - she is a recreational mathmusician. I'm not even sure where to start telling you about her activities, but maybe have a look first at her "Math Doodling" videos. It'll change how you think about math. And a few other random concepts. [| http://vihart.com/] || [|COOL MATHS SITES] - Really Cool Math Websites! Cool Algebra Sites! Cool Geometry Sites! Even Cool Discrete Math, Trigonometry and Calculus Sites! Cool Math Puzzles and Cool Math Brain Teasers Sites! Cool Math Web Quest Sites! Cool Math Humor! Cool Elementary, Middle School, and High School Math Teacher Resources!

to work out the combination in order to open the lock. The answers and the clues to the number games are generated by computer and completely random. []
 * CombinationLock.com** offers many math games in which you use the clues

This activity allows the user to learn to recognize several types of patterns through filling in the missing pieces. The patterns in this activity are made of: This activity can be used to introduce the patterning used in the Coloring Multiples in Pascal's Triangle activity and Sierpinski's Carpet activity.
 * [|PATTERN GENERATOR]**
 * shapes
 * letters
 * numbers

[|**INTERACTIVE MATHEMATICS ACTIVITIES**]- a host of maths activities to do online at this site. Covers almost everything!

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 * FUNBRAIN** is a site for online educational games for kids of all ages. (math, grammar, science, spelling, history)

A great set of maths puzzles for upper primary children. All answers are given. Many teachers use these as a weekly challenge.They are ideal for printing out in colour and laminating, making a long lasting resource. These puzzles can also be found on the MathSphere: It's All Figured Out! CD in pdf format. All puzzles are in pdf format.
 * [|Maths Puzzles]**

Here’s a fun and interesting interesting activity. From the site: "Some people are bothered by pictures on the wall hanging slightly crooked. Others may not even be aware that something may be amiss. If you are somebody who is into woodworking or construction, its good to be one of the people who notice when things are crooked. But I suspect the ability to notice that things might be just a little off square, off centre, or not quite straight, varies greatly. I thought it would be fun for people to try to test their abilities to see if things are straight or crooked in a little game." []
 * THE EYEBALLING GAME **

Here's a simple plan to discuss how people use light and shadows to tell time - that is before we all had watches and cellphones to do that for us. All you need is the printout (pdf) from this site, a pencil, a compass and a bright, sunny day! []
 * SUN CLOCK**

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 * Who Wants to be a Mathionaire** is a general math knowledge quiz fashioned after the tv game show. It has life-lines (Audience, 50/50, Phone-a-Friend) and the object is to make a million dollars!

You can use the worksheet generator to create worksheets full of addition sums - and you can choose how tough or easy you want those sums to be, from 2+3 to 8347231038 + 9238749237 + 1782604302 + 2389074923 and beyond. [] || This mesmerizing collection of video has nine chapters and two hours of mathematics, that take you gradually up to the fourth dimension. Mathematical vertigo guaranteed! There is background information on every chapter and it is available in a number of languages. []
 * the Long Addition Worksheet Generator**.

**Figure This! Math Challenges for Families** Assortment of mathematical challenges based on real life situations. [|**www.figurethis.org/**]

**NRICH-Online maths club** On this website you will find thousands of our free mathematics enrichment materials (problems, articles and games) for teachers and learners from ages 5 to 19 years. All the resources are designed to develop subject knowledge, problem-solving and mathematical thinking skills. The website is updated with new material on the first day of every month. []

**[|The MATH FORUM]** a number of problem solving "adventures" here.

[|**Math Problem Solving**] Featuring original free math problem solving worksheets for teachers and parents to copy for their kids. Use these free math worksheets for teaching, reinforcement, and review. These math word problems are most appropriate for grades four and five, but many are designed to be challenging and informative to older and more advanced students as well.

**[|MATHS LESSON PLANS]** Over 1000 lesson plans and units for math teachers! ... is to help grade school children improve their math problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

SUDOKU GAME ONLINE []

** SHAPE COLLAGE ** Free Automatic Photo Collage Maker Make picture collages in less than a minute with just a few mouse clicks. Its pretty neat but a bit restrictive I felt. [|http://www.shapecollage.com]

**[|PUZZLEMAKER]** Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, criss-cross, math puzzles, and more—using your own word lists. Choose a type of puzzle from the list below and make your own puzzle online for classroom or home use. Word Search, Criss-Cross, Double Puzzles, Fallen Phrases, Math Squares, Mazes, Letter Tiles, Cryptograms, Number Blocks, Hidden Message []

**[|I]** [|NTERACTIVE CLOCK](appears to be Windows and early Macs only ie not Mac OS X) Here's a fun little interactive to help young students learn to tell time. Click anywhere on the clock face to move the big hand, (the small hand moves automatically). You can use the digital clock as a guide.When you're happy with your answer click DONE.

**CREATE-A-GRAPH** – This is an oldie but goldie. Create-a-graph has been around for what seems like forever but I thinks its worth mentioning again.

Users choose the type of graph they want (area, bar, line, pie), plug in your data, and a graph is instantly created! (The pie graphs are great for creating spinners for usein your Probability units!)

What's even better about this website is that the graph is created as a picture file (choose .jpg or .png file type) that can be copied and pasted into other documents or presentations, printed, or saved."

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