CYSD Math

Destroy the robot that contains the answer to the displayed math problem. Watch out, if you miss the robots go faster. Practice multiplication and division facts up to 12.

Great instructional & interactive games for students in grades K-6. They would work great on the whiteboard!

Huge number of choices. Could be great with IWB use.

Great tutorial w/ audio, great practice / electronic lessons (especially K) enriching games & puzzles

Terrific guide to help in creation of Prezi's.

Create online worksheets, tests and quizzes.

"MinyanLand is a virtual community designed to engage kids and families in games and interaction that are entertaining and educational. The world was conceived by Minyanville, a leader in financial infotainment and home to the icons of Wall Street and finance, "Hoofy" the Bull and "Boo" the Bear. Joining the effort is the Council for Economic Education, the nation's leader in economic and financial literacy. We created MinyanLand as a platform to entertain and educate a young generation so they understand the concept of a market and the basics of economics and finance on a real world level. The economic system of MinyanLand mimics the real-life pricing of general goods and services. As players participate in the system, their actions will affect the overall MinyanLand economy. This is how they will learn. "

Try to solve the story problems and submit your solution!

"The Kidspiration activities/templates cover the following topics: comparing, equal groups, measurement, patterns, place value, and sorting. Teachers pick a different concept and spend 1 month using the Kidspiration activities/templates. Within each concept there are 4 to 9 different activities that are differentiated chronolocially. All children have an opportunity to work with the activities and meet grade level requirements for math. Those students who show success with the grade level templates can continue to the differentiated templates for extension of the concept areas. "

Note - log in as guest and click on kids to the left of the P at the bottom. Several great games for all topics!

Use the base ten blocks to help solve subtraction with regrouping.

"Illustrated Lessons Math is the language of symbols. The way we work with numbers tells us a lot about their relationships, patterns, and the ways they change. Math helps us describe both similarities and differences and also helps us think and solve practical problems. In this section, you will find some fun ways to learn about math. You can start out with Estimation of Length, Place Value and Weight and Capacity. If you want something more challenging, take a look at Line Symmetry, Patterns and Tangrams. Try some of these at home with your family!"

Hundred board activity

Create worksheets, coloring pages, flash cards songs for kids, educational videos

"Welcome to the fun and challenge of mathematics! On this page, you will find resources to help students master the basics of mathematics of numbers and number operations. Videos and tutorials explain basic operations and help with the mastery of math skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division--essential building blocks for success in mathematics. "

Google Squared takes a category and creates a starter 'square' of information, automatically fetching and organizing facts from across the web.

"In Teaching Kids Real Math With Computers Conrad Wolfram claims that the hand calculations most math curricula requires is irrelevant to most real world mathematics applications. Wolfram argues that students should instead be taught to apply mathematics to computer programming. Wolfram points out that problems aren't dumbed-down by computers and, in fact, can be made more challenging by computer programming. Wolfram also claims that the real problem with current mathematics instruction is that "we have dumbed-down" problems. I can't say that I agree with everything Wolfram says, but he will make you think about about instruction. Watch the video below."

Turn on any cable news network talk show and you'll hear plenty of pundits putting forth their ideas for fixing the federal budget. But which ideas or combinations of ideas will work best is hard (impossible?) to determine. So that you can try your hand and fixing the federal budget The New York Times offers an interactive budget puzzle. Budget Puzzle: You Fix the Budget presents users with the projected budget shortfalls of 2015 and 2030. Users then have to make selections from a long list of budget cuts and or tax increases to close the shortfalls. One way that the Budget Puzzle could be used in a classroom is to have students try various combinations of cuts and tax increases to close the budget shortfalls. After developing what they think are the best solutions you can have students debate the merits of each other's plans.