Mathematics Web Resources

Parents and Students:

Family members—as children's first teachers—are crucial to student success. And the more adults become engaged in their children's education, the greater the chances that children will succeed.

Resources:

• www.multiplication.com
• Math Books
• Illuminations Activity Search: Illuminations has 102 searchable online activities available
• http://www.aaamath.com: AAA Math has numerous interactive arithmetic lessons. Topics covered include addition, counting, comparing, decimals, equations, estimations, graphs, fraction, multiplication, and more. You can also sort topics by grade level, starting in kindergarten and ending with eighth grade.
• http://www.funbrain.com/brain/MathBrain/MathBrain.html Math Arcade has a plethora of games for kids kindergarten to eighth grade to practice their math skills. The site includes addition, subtraction, fractions, division, and much more.
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Family Highlights:
  • Help Your Child Succeed in Math: You can make a big difference in your child's attitude, motivation, and math-ability
  • Homework Help: Key concepts to make those homework sessions more effective, and more fun! Includes additional resources to use in daily homework sessions.
  • Math Education Today: Math is taught differently now. Here's help to get up to speed.
• Figure This! Math Challenges for Families http://www.figurethis.org/
• Math At Home: Math at Home is a publication developed by SCOE to support and encourage parents to help their children learn and enjoy mathematics
• The Math Forum Student Center
• Ask Dr. Math: The Math Forum Is the leading online resource for improving math learning, teaching, and communication since 1992.

Teachers and Administrators

Resources:

• The Math Forum Teacher’s Place: Here you'll find what we consider to be the best resources for teaching math at all levels. This space is not only for teachers, but has also been built in part by teachers.
• Teaching Channel, Insped Teaching, Inspiring Classrooms: This includes 3 videos introducing the Common Core Standards and how they will impact instruction in our mathematics and language arts classroomsl
• Naitonal Library of Vitual Manipulatives: Includes hundreds of commonly used mathematics manipulatives in digital form that can be used with smartboards or computers to support mathematics instruction.

Policy and Professional Organizations:

• Mt Lassen Mathematics Council (MLMC): A network of mathematics educators in the Northstate!
• Illuminations: Hundreds of digital resources for teaching math
• Everyday Math: Currently being used in over 185,000 classrooms by almost 3,000,000 students
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• California Mathematics Council (CMC): The California Mathematics Council is a professional organization of educators who are individually and collectively dedicated to the improvement of classroom instruction in mathematics at all levels.
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM): NCTM is a public voice of mathematics education, providing vision, leadership and professional development to support teachers in ensuring mathematics learning of the highest quality for all students. Founded in 1920, NCTM is the world's largest mathematics education organization with 100,000 members and 250 affiliates throughout the United States and Canada.
• The Center for Mathematics and Science Education at CSU Chico: The Center for Mathematics and Science Education (CMSE) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the understanding of mathematics and science at all age levels, both toward enhancing education and for a more informed society.
• National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM): NCSM is an organization of aspiring, new, and experienced mathematics educational leaders from the US, Canada, and abroad
• Doing What Works: Our mission is to translate research-based practices into practical tools to improve classroom instruction.
• National Mathematics Advisory Panel: View recommendations, parent resources and outreach materials

Science Resources

Resources:

• http://www.ptable.com/: Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements
• http://ocean.si.edu/: The Smithsonian Institution: The Ocean Portal
  • Sections include: Ocean Life & Ecosystems, Photo Essays, The Ocean Over Time, Ocean Science, and The Ocean & You. There's also an Educators section that has lesson plans, activities, and ways to use the Ocean Portal's features.
• http://howtosmile.org/: How to Smile
  • A joint project of UC Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science, the Exploratorium, the New York Hall of Science, Science Museum of Minnesota, Children's Museum of Houston, and the Association of Science-Technology Centers-is a free, online collection of thousands of hands-on interactive science and math activities dedicated to make learning exciting and fun for everyone.