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This URL is from About.com, so it does not have lesson plans or activities. However, my LEA e-mail today mentioned the need for young girls to be aware of female professions in the STEM program, particularly in Math. So, I thought why not include this website. Students can do a little research of their own on Hypatia of Alexandria, Mary Fairfax Somerville, and Alicia Stott to name a few. Under each of the ten females is a little background information. Underneath that is a link that takes you to more in-depth information and even other websites!!

This website is full of really useful tips, advice, and articles about all aspects of teaching and learning math. I found this useful when I was working on creating worksheets and activities because the website suggests ways to make learning fun and educational.

This site contains a variety of links and resources for children to access to further their knowledge on a particular math skill. I came across this site when looking for picture graph resources for my lesson plans and was impressed by the links provided on this page. The most impressive link is 'Picture Graphs' which would bring students to a web quest type picture graph lesson that has them learning about picture graphs by creating some themselves and participating in the lesson. If you don't understand quite what I mean, check it out! Teachers could use this for students who need a little practice or even as a review game when visiting the computer lab. The links included are great resources for math teachers.

This website provides a multitude of resources for math teachers of various grade levels. The site offers printable worksheets, daily lesson plans, math warm ups, classroom management techniques for math, and so much more. The only downside to this website is the yearly fee that is required of $49.95. While this may be frustrating, you still have the ability to click around and see thumbnail versions of some of the offerings on the site. It may be just the thing to spark an idea and encourage new ways to learn math! While it may be out of the question for some of us to pay such a fee right now, you never know if your school would have access to such a website in the future!

This website has a variety of math activities for students to practice their skills. It also offers a teachers great ideas to use within their lessons as well as games to help students realize that math can be fun and active.

Scholastic.com offers lesson plan ideas for all subjects areas and grade levels K-12. I found 516 math lesson plans that cover standards such as probability, addition and subtraction, geometry, etc. The math lesson plans featured are thorough and even include objectives and links to worksheets to be used along with them. I found one interesting lesson plan where students had to estimate and practice deciding how much water could be put into a glass jar. Activities such as these allows students to be active in their math education! This is a great site for teachers to find lesson plans!

From my cooperating teacher for pre-student teaching, I have become aware of the importance for late elementary students and early middle school students to know about money. This website helps students learn about how to plan/create a budget, what tipping is and what is an appropriate amount, how to buy items with coupons, why and how one uses discounts and percentages, and the list goes on and on. This website is just full of information that is even a great resource for pre-teachers to explore and review!

This website is a fun place for kids to go when wanting a challenge. You can choose from 9 different brain teasing topics.

This website lists a variety of different book resources to use for Math. There are books for all ages listed on this website. It's a great way to integrate Language Arts in Mathematics! ☺

Haha! This website gives us a rap song when learning how to find the different formulas for the surface area of geometric figures.

This website is a lot of fun for kids who want a challenge with brain teasers! It is great for problem solving and there is a large list with a variety of different problems.

This website is great when needed to reference anything dealing with Geometry or Trigonometry. It provides links to different properties of shapes, which is great for kids! The website also provides explanations and definitions when trying to find the area or perimeter of a geometric figure.

This site has all sorts of games that help students practice their multiplication facts. My daughter really got into Granny Prix. You can personalize your granny by changing her hair and wheel chair. Kalee gave her a rainbow mohawk and flames on her wheel chair. Then the grannies race. The faster you answer the facts, the faster your granny goes. We enjoyed it.

Stuart J. Murphy is the author of the popular MathStart books for kids pre-K to 3rd grade. MathStart helps make math fun!!! I especially liked Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes. However, there are books for basically any topic.

A series of lesson plans for grades K-8 teaching Internet safety and ethics.

A community of elementary and middle school teachers and other professionals working in grades PreK-8

HotChalk (www.hotchalk.com), is a free online learning management system (LMS) designed specifically for K-12 educators. HotChalk helps teachers easily and quickly develop customized lesson plans and assignments, locate and integrate curriculum materials, and manage assignments and grading.