Create-A-Graph is a Web-based tool aimed at giving students an accessible way to learn graphing fundamentals. The tool is easy and flexible and allows them to learn important concepts using their own information.
Joins together teachers, students, and industry volunteers in an exploration of physical science while addressing essential mathematic and scientific concepts and skills.
The Wolfram Demonstrations Project is an open-code resource that uses dynamic computation to illuminate concepts in science, technology, mathematics, art, finance, and a remarkable range of other fields. Its daily-growing collection of interactive illustr
A series of FREE, self-paced workshops covering a wide variety of hot topics in education. Includes constructivism, collaborative and cooperative learning, multiple intelligences, WebQuests, curriculum redesign, teaching to standards, inquiry-based learni
Activeworlds Inc. launched The Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). The AWEDU is a unique educational community that makes the Active Worlds technology available to educational institutions, teachers, students, and individual programs in a focused setting. Via this community, educators are able to explore new concepts, learning theories, creative curriculum design, and discover new paradigms in social learning.
Presented by the U.S. Geological Survey, this site provides a collection of educational resources teaching earth science concepts and topics about the earth that affect people every day.
Online "lessons" explaining various grammar rules and problems. Categorized in levels: Sentence Level, Paragraph Level, and Essay Level, each with subtopics covering specific grammatical concepts.
"Browse EconEdlink online lessons by Title, Grade, or Lesson Plan Type. Please choose how you would like to view the lessons by clicking on the appropriate indicator. To look for a lesson plan by Concept, please use the Search function located on the side of the page. "
"Use the pull-down menus to search for online lessons from all of the Council for Economic Education's programs, including EconEdLink, ECONnections, Economics International®, and ItAllAddsUp."
You can sort by:
-Grade
-Concept
-National Standard
A free digital whiteboard that users can share online in real-time. Sorta like pen and paper, minus the dead trees, plastic, and the inconvenience of being at the same place at the same time.
We are all about collaboration. Whether you're here for fun or more practical things like layout planning, concept diagramming, or tutoring a friend in math, Scriblink brings you the power of free hand expression with anyone, at anytime, anywhere in the world.
"When these teachers play rap videos like Fractions in class, they find that students can quickly grasp complicated concepts: The repetition and rhyme help with memorization, and students connect with the lesson."
A versatile teaching tool! You can teach lots of different number concepts using it.
"I've hidden some numbers. Can you work out what they are by looking at the ones that are left? Do you think the numbers are going up in steps of 1, 2 or 5?"
"I've made a number pattern. It goes like this ...0,3,6,9. How high can you get carrying this pattern on? Let's check your answers on the number square!"
A versatile teaching tool! You can teach lots of different number concepts using it.
'I'm making some number cards. Say the number as I make each one. Who wants to click this triangle and count the spots to make sure we are right?'
'Look at the numbers I've made ...8, 3, 12, 20. Which of those numbers is largest? Which number is smallest? Who wants to put the numbers in order? Are you going to start with the smallest or the largest?'
"At Mathalicious, we believe that math isn't something to learn, but a tool to learn about other things. Our mission is to help transform the way math is taught by providing you with the best, most meaningful and most relevant math content available. Our lessons are aligned to traditional state standards but, unlike most content, emphasize conceptual understanding through engaging real-world applications."
A nod towards developing number sense in a relevant way is useful for our students who nowadays struggle with certain basic concepts. Develop a homework assignment for the Calc student that struggles with graphing the equation of a line.
"Call it brainstorming, concept mapping or mindmapping, collecting and
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offers music theory lessons covering everything from basic note recognition to difficult chord inversions. The lessons can now be customized to test users on the notes and concepts they need to practice the most. MusicTheory.net also offers calculators and tools handy for composing music. And if you just need some staff paper, MusicTheory.net offers sheets that you can print.
