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"The lack of interest in math or natural sciences is one of the most frequently voiced causes for concern in the debate surrounding education, at least in Germany. It has been seen time and again that pupils lose their enthusiasm for physics, chemistry and math once they reach eighth or ninth grade. But is this inevitable? And if not, how can teachers steer a different course?"

Gr6-12 "If students could develop their school's curriculum this is what it would look like. Find lessons that teach core academic subjects through popular culture including Math, Science, English, History and many more!"

Looking for some top-notch ideas to spice up your maths lessons? Check out the Number Loving blog - you'll find new approaches for teaching maths as well as tips for giving your classroom a makeover...

'Abbott, who teaches mathematics to seventh- and eighth-graders at the Anderson School, a citywide gifted-and-talented school on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, received some startling news. . she was the worst eighth-grade math teacher in New York City, where she has taught since 2007'

"In September we introduced the new curriculum across all subjects and all of our school. This was scaffolding using the Chris Quigley's Essentials materials, during the previous year we had used a numeracy curriculum created by teachers within the Deal Learning Alliance, which a great source and piece of collaborative work in its own right, held too many links back to APP statement and old national curriculum levels. As as school we were finding that the DLA maths document did not provide the scaffold for the raised expectations in mathematics primary curriculum, furthermore, the deeper into the curriculum we delved, the harder it seemed to make the teaching, learning and assessment work efficiently."

Teaching is a professional craft. Thinking that any high-scoring college student could come in and excel demeans it as a profession. No one would consider letting smart English majors perform surgery on low-income patients, or allowing cum laude math majors to do legal work for poor clients.

A good website with ideas and resource for teaching about money and finance. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

"In a brave new world of learning, OER content is made free to use or share, and in some cases, to change and share again, made possible through licensing, so that both teachers and learners can share what they know. Browse and search OER Commons to find curriculum, and tag, rate, and review it for others."

The revolution will not be televised!

ELA, Math, SS, Science, Art, etc. Create a free account, save lessons, upload lessons, etc. Searchable by subject or grade level.

Teaching That Makes Sense offers tools, training, and technology support for K-12 schools in reading, writing, math, test preparation, and assessment.

Impressive teaching; Kajitani fully engages students by teaching them math concepts by showing their applicability and using music to aid memory.

Ken Robinson: Changing education paradigms Sugata Mitra: The child-driven education Conrad Wolfram: Teaching kids real math with computers Mae Jemison on teaching arts and sciences together Charles Leadbeater: Education innovation in the slums Arthur Benjamin's formula for changing math education Bill Gates on mosquitos, malaria and education Let's use video to reinvent education: Salman Khan

If we are to re-engage students with Mathematics, I believe we need to be constantly and consistently striving toward tasks that are collaborative, problem-based and relevant. This does not mean that explicit teaching goes out the window.

resources for teaching middle grades common core math 

Common Core Math resources for grades 6-8

Kids teaching kids about math through short video clips

Student-created math training videos, showing different concepts; presented by Alan November during 2009-10 ADVIS Retreat + by Eric Marcos during ISTE 2011

Ning site that is dedicated to providing professional development for Maths and Science teachers

A blog about math resources -- lots of stuff here.

Great site for putting the maths in context. Could expand these lessons

These type of activities really help motivation as they are real-life situations

Gudli is a wonderful site packed with games and activities for young children, including maths and literacy resources. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Early+Years

I tried this out. Not good.

review of math apps for students

A great site for mathematical problems. Interactive resources available as well. Teacher notes as well for solving particular problems.