48 Ultra-Cool Summer Sites for Kids and Teachers A good majority of northern hemisphere and international schools are winding down the 2011-2012 school year and doors will be closing as the students and teachers take off on their summer adventures. Here is a list of great sites for kids and teachers to keep you happily productive and learning this summer. These are in no way in any order of personal preference or coolness. Happy summer! 1. Magic Tree House Weapons of maths destruction: are calculators killing our ability to work it out in our head? Since the 1980s we have had access to calculators of various types. Today, we can include computers and smartphones – which are attached to our hip 24/7. So does this ubiquitous access to calculators affect our ability to do maths in our heads like we used to? Thirty years ago calculators promised immense opportunity – opportunity, alas, that brought considerable controversy. The sceptics predicted students would not be able to compute even simple calculations mentally or on paper. Multiplication, basic facts, knowledge would disappear.
High School Math Adventures with Mrs. B: Pythagorean Theorem Board Game This fun board game is a great way to to have student actively practice using the Pythagorean Theorem. The rules are printed right on to the game board so each group of student always have the rules in case they need to reference them throughout the game. I changed the rules a bit from the picture above. Storytime Stuff Recommended Books The Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. The Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math Ask Dr. Math® Thank you for your interest in Ask Dr. Math. We are no longer accepting new questions for this service. An Illustrated Mathematics Glossary - Best of 2015-16 School Year All of this week I am on the road working with teachers in Texas, Kansas, and Arizona. Rather than scrambling to write blog posts at the end of each day, I'm taking this time to feature some of the most popular posts and new tools of the 2015-2016 school year. Math is Fun is a free website that offers math games, puzzles, and tutorials. One of the tutorial resources that they offer is an illustrated mathematics dictionary.
Math Christmas Ornament It’s that time of the year again, and this Christmas season we have something special for you – Platonic Solid Christmas Ornaments! These Platonic Solid nets are ready for you to print out and fold into the coolest math Christmas ornaments on the planet! Simply cut out the pattern, and fold along the grey lines. Fold the tabs into the solids and adhere with double-stick tape or glue. Alternatively, you can simple tape the sides together with regular tape.
The Math Forum @ Drexel University The Math Forum has a rich history as an online hub for the mathematics education community. A debt of gratitude is owed to the dedicated staff who created and maintained the top math education content and community forums that made up the Math Forum since its inception. NCTM will continue to make many of the most popular parts of the Math Forum content accessible to the mathematics education community. 10 Magical Math Puzzles Lay off of the morning math worksheets and try out some of these magical math puzzles that show students how math can be enchanting! 1. Calendar Magic 9Impress your friends with this math multiplication magic trick from Murderous Maths! Kids tell a friend to put a square around 9 numbers on a calendar ( 3 x 3 box). Then, they say they can find the sum of the 9 numbers within the square in a flash! Abracadabra and alakazam!