Video in the Classroom

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This site offers tips, help with planning, resources, and a list of projects for teachers who want to integrate digital video into their classroom - regardless of the content area.

http://www.mackzone.com/video/tips/default.htm

Using Digital Cameras In The Classroom

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This site offers some great information on why and how to use digital cameras in the classroom. You’ll also find lesson plan ideas and links to online resources.

http://www.wacona.com/digicam/digicam.html

Algebra 1 Homework Help

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Hotmath.com is an excellent resource for math homework help.  Most if not all of the odd problems are worked out for you. Here is the Algebra 1 homework page.

http://hotmath.com/help/bookindexes/bellmantx08/index.html

PBS Teacher Resources

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You can find lesson plans, videos, enrichment activities and more on this wonderful site offered by PBS. You can search by content area and recieve a multimedia list of helpful resources for teachers and students. A Must-have site for your favorites. Go now to http://www.pbs.org/teachers/

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

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This fantastic interactive site offeres online, virtual manipulatives for Numbers & Operations, Algebra, Geometry, Measurement, Data Analysis & Probability…and it’s all set up by grade level from 3-12.

This is a powerful tool for your visual and kinesthetic learners! A great lesson enhancement! Find it here : http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

Math.com

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This comprehensive site has links to online activities, practice problems, useful tools and online calculators. This is an excellent resource for secondary math teachers. Don’t wait…visit!

http://www.explore.math.com/school/subject2/practice/s2u4l1/s2u4l1pract.html

Interactive Online Math Quizzes

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The University of Syndey in Australia offeres the following online, interactive math quizzes:

Mathematics Quizzes  

Substituting into a Formula

Algebraic Manipulation

Indices

Sigma Notation

Inequalities

Factorial Notation

Exponential Functions

Logarithmic Functions

Simultaneous Equations

Plotting Coordinates

Straight Line Graphs

Quadratic Graphs

Exponential Graphs

Logarithmic and Square Root Graphs

Differentiation

Integration

Visit them at http://quiz.econ.usyd.edu.au/mathquiz/index.php

Billy Bug and his Quest for Grub

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This interactive activity provides students with coordinates on a graph. The student must move Billy Bug to those coordinates to feed him. They race against the clock to feed Billy the fastest in ten attempts. There are two versions of this game

1. single quadrants - http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/BillyBug/bugcoord.html

2. multiple quadrants - http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/BillyBug2/bug2.html

Graphing Whack-A-Mole

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You loved the arcade game “Whack-A-Mole” as a kid…where you used a rubber mallet to try to whack a mole as it popped out of a hole. This game teaches students coordinates, plotting, and graphing by using the same game. The wiley mole appears at different points on your graph. You must quickly select the correct coordinates of the mole so you can “whack” it before it gets all of your food! Earn points and play any of the three available levels - easy, medium, and hard.

Ready to Whack-A-Mole for math? Click here: http://funbasedlearning.com/algebra/graphing/points/default.htm

Online Graphing Game

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Use this game to help you teach quadrants and basic graphing in math and science class. Set up like the old fashioned Battleship game, students enter the graphing coordinates where they would like to hide their pieces. They then compete against the computer, having to actually click on the plotted point the computer chooses to mark the computer’s choices, and entering coordinates to locate the computers pieces. Fun for all ages.

Find it here: http://education.jlab.org/topquarkgame/index.html

The Math Warehouse

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The Math Warehouse is a web site dedicated to dynamic Math lessons, demonstrations and interactive activities.  You’ll find plenty of both here…not to mention lots of fun! The site offers printable worksheets that go along with it’s activities for reinforcement outside of the classroom or computer lab.

You can visit the Math Warehouse at http://www.mathwarehouse.com/

Ask Dr. Math Forum and Resources

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Provided by Drexel University, this forum is a great place for teachers to find help and activities for their students in math including:

  • Ask Dr. Math
  • Teacher 2 Teacher
  • Problem of the Week
  • Math Awareness Month
  • Links to software and tools

and much more! Visit this site at http://mathforum.org/dmath

Shodor Interactivate Online Java Activites

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This site has an unbelieveable wealth of math and science and math interactive activities. The site boasts:

For learners:

  • Over 100 online interactive activities
  • A Math Term Dictionary
  • Interactive Online Math Tools

For teachers

  • Over 70 complete lesson plans made to be used with the online student activities and divided by grade level
  • Discussions - preparatory information in the form of a dialogue for you to have with your students to discover existing knowledge, introduce the new concept, and discuss vocabulary
  • Lists of activities by standards

You won’t be disappointed when you visit this site at http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/