Math+Resources

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Mathematics Real World Curriculum by David Wees

Links/Resources from the Blog Post above: In his essay “[|A Mathematician’s Lament] ” Paul Lockhart says, “I don’t see how it’s doing society any good to have its members walking around with vague memories of algebraic formulas and geometric diagrams, and clear memories of hating them.”

For further reading on this issue, I strongly recommend [|The Four Pillars Upon Which the Failure of Math Education Rests] by Matthew A. Brenner.

Join this [|Math in the Real World Flickr group] to find and share more ideas. Check out the[|#realmath] hashtag on Twitter where math teachers are sharing other ideas regularly.

[|Mathematics Visualization Toolkit]

[|Wolfram Alpha demonstrations project]

__ [|MathTrain.TV] __, a tutorial resource built by 6th grade students.

The [|Computer Based Math project] is "a project to build a completely new math curriculum with computer-based computation at its heart—alongside a campaign to refocus math education away from historical hand-calculating techniques and toward relevant and conceptually interesting topics."

**From Darren Kuropatwa . . .**
http://adifference.blogspot.com/

From Dan Meyer . ..
Author's Choice Resources Dan Meyer's Blog 38 weeks of Algebra I curriculum from Dan Meyer media type="custom" key="9545570" //Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. At TEDxNYED, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think.//

The ** [|Math Guy archives] ** could be a great place to find some **"real world" mathematics** examples and problems for your students to tackle. The episodes provide a good cross-over between mathematics and current events, perfect for teachers trying to show the relevance of mathematics to their students. //(From http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/08/nprs-math-guy-78-archived-episodes.html)//

**Geogebra** (This software is on our students' laptops - it is a FREE download)
GeoGebra is free and multi-platform dynamic mathematics software for all levels of education that joins geometry, algebra, tables, graphing, statistics and calculus in one easy-to-use package. It has received several educational software awards in Europe and the USA. //**Quick Facts**// Graphics, algebra and tables are connected and fully dynamic Easy-to-use interface, yet many powerful features Authoring tool to create interactive learning materials as web pages Available in many languages for our millions of users around the world Free and open source software

Khan Academy - AMAZING RESOURCE FOR YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS - a must use resource in EVERY CLASSROOM!!
Watch. Practice. Learn almost anything—for free. What started out as Sal making a few algebra videos for his cousins has grown to over 2,100 videos and 100 self-paced exercises and assessments covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history.

Wolfram Alpha
Using Wolfram Alpha in the Classroom Wolfram|Alpha is a free online computational knowledge engine that generates answers to questions in real time by doing computations on its own vast internal knowledge base. Our long-term goal is to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone. This can be valuable to educators in many ways.

K20 Alt Alg I Lesson Plans
Lessons in this area of the site have been vetted and approved as model lessons. These lessons have been subjected to intense review, editing, revision and discussion. If you have an idea on how to improve, expand, or adapt a Published Lesson, you can still join the lesson group to share your ideas.

Discovery Education Math Resources

 * WebMath: Webmath is a math-help web site that generates answers to specific math questions and problems, as entered by a user, at any particular moment. The math answers are generated and displayed real-time, at the moment a web user types in their math problem and clicks "solve." In addition to the answers, Webmath also shows the student how to arrive at the answer.