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Math anxiety is a real thing, a new brain imaging study by Stanford researchers has confirmed. In a study in the journal Psychological Science, researchers found that there is increased activity in the brain region linked with fear in the brains of second and third graders with math anxiety. Because of the increased activity in the fear brain region, there was decreased activity in their brain regions linked with problem-solving.

" Welcome to Student Made Math Movies! This wiki is dedicated to sharing movies about many different math topics, ALL created by students!"

Martin Burrett 04 Oct 12 05:12:03 This site is an amazing geometry playground for maths students and teachers. Select points on your screen and connect them up to provide the properties you what. This resource uses HTML5 and works wonderfully across a range of computers, browsers and tablets. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

MathTV: This site offers math video by topic and math videos that accompany textbooks in addition to coorinated homework and worksheets.

A collection of maths and science rap videos aimed at secondary topics.

Martin Burrett 21 Dec 11 12:58:10 A well made flash version of the TV show 'Deal or No Deal' with lot of maths possibilities, such as comparing large numbers, place value or probability. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

A huge collection of maths videos on a wide range of topics. A super resource for older students, but even better to use to brush up on your own maths and teach the lesson yourself.

coud be useful for cross curricular between Art and Maths

"Below is a list of freely available online mathematics, data analysis and graphing resources. * The Interactive Library: Math - This EdInformatics.com site is a list of links to interactive integrated math and science sites. Some Java applets are standalone and some come with lesson plans and notes * The Interactive Library: Calculators - This EdInformatics.com site is a list of links to interactive calculators including a Roman numerals calculator, a graphing applet, a virtual abacus and a scientific conversions applet * Create a Graph - Graph data online * GraphPad - Graph data online The following math and data analysis resources are available for a fee. Commercial products * InspireData - Not an interactive site, but a nice data analysis software tool, by the developers of Inspiration and Kidspiration. You can download a free 30-day trial"

"secondary maths education These ideas might be of interest to some maths teachers, aimed at those who teach 11 to 16 year olds and those keen to encourage problem solving. Don Steward. MEDIAN"

Manipulatives and resources for middle school maths

Maths manipulatives for 6th grade

maths tutorials on a variety of topics

 A channel dedicated to sharing wonderful, amazing, and sometimes surprising, characteristics of numbers. Perfect for using as a possible hook in math lessons, or as an FYI for the number-curious amongst us.

"Secondary Maths resources collections"

Interactive online maths modules

online interactive activities for Maths by skill and strand

Maybe some fun activities but focussed on KS3 only

"The 10 Best Maths Teaching Resource Websites"

"Welcome to 3DVinci's Math Forum Page! Google SketchUp is a free, fun, easy-to-use 3D modeling application. Originally created for architects and designers, SketchUp is also a great tool for teaching geometry. The resources on this page will help you bring SketchUp into your classroom and show you some wonderful projects in 2D and 3D geometry."

The current 9th grade has already used it for an English project so have some level of skill with the program.