ASD Math Department

a creative introduction to imaginary numbers...

Great resources for PBL in math

"Inspire your math students with brand new, original content from PBS including Peg + Cat, I

The Problem Generator - which is available to all Wolfram Alpha Pro subscribers now - creates random practice questions for students, and Wolfram Alpha then helps them find the answers step-by-step. Right now, the Generator covers six subjects: arithmetic, number theory, algebra, calculus, linear algebra and statistics. The difficulty of the questions can be tuned down for students in elementary school and tuned up for those in college calculus classes. As the company notes in today's announcements, the material for students in elementary and secondary schools closely follows the Common Core Standards initiative.

fun real-world math project./lessons with accompanying youtube situation videos

"secretly teaches kids algebra"

Has anyone tried this equation editor? It doesn't turn everything into an image so it remains edit-and-copy/paste-able.

*Some free, some paid. Some of the paid ones have free versions. Note: Please feel free to add your own. If you feel that an app is in the wrong place or think one should be deleted, please make a notation before moving and/or deleting and I will check it. Thanks, -Mike Models taken from P-5 NYS Common Core Implementation Guide for "A Story of Units"

This is Skype's attempt to get classroom's collaborating around the world.  Some people are looking for teachers to help them with specific lessons (i.e. Spanish teacher)  Please take a look through the Skype Lessons link for more details.

the website is kind of terrible actually, but it's a good concept to maybe incorporate into the Math 7 tessellation project. project was done by one of the teachers who presented at the google summit.

How the Common Core is redefining math instruction Integrating skills throughout the curriculum, and drilling deeper on concepts, are among key changes. What does teaching math look like under the Common Core standards? Lots of classroom interaction and more inquiry-based approaches to learning, according to experts who are helping schools integrate the standards into instruction....more

Tableau Software today announced that it will make its flagship visual analytics product free to students currently enrolled at an accredited K-12 institution, college or university worldwide. Tableau for Students is a new program that provides licenses of Tableau Desktop Professional to students to enhance their studies and gain new skills. Tableau Academic Programs also include the Tableau for Teaching initiative, which offers educators software for their classrooms. Students should visit http://www.tableausoftware.com/academic/students to obtain a free product code and will be asked for information to verify their student status at an accredited institution.