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Middle School level, problem of the day/week, problem solving activities with extensions.

An example of an integrated online STEM Unit for elementary school 4th 5th grade

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.

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Resources for teaching science. Connections to mathematics.

Online manipulative activities sorted by NCTM Content Standard and grade band.

We used the National Library of Virtual Manipulative quite a bit in Math 120. This is a great resource for use with a Smart Board, in a computer lab, or with a few computers as a center. The activities are sorted by age group and Content Standard.

This site provides free elementary and preschool math activities. There are online math games, lessons, and printables as well. It is educational, interactive, and seems like a great resource.

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

This is a site that has different posts and online discussions with other teachers around the world. As a future teacher this would be very helpful to see what works and what does not always work for some teachers. It provides different ideas for all teachers and is a great resource.

This is another resource that our textbook listed as a useful way to reinforce fraction concepts!

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.

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

Teaching resources for mathematics teachers, a question and answer service for teachers and students, careers of mathematicians, a problem of the month and more.

Podcast channels on applying creative potential to everyday life and current affairs and stories from around the world (including Asia) - listed in the general studies and citizenship category of the podcast directory for educators, schools and colleges.

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 mathematics forum website is a great resource for possible activity ideas to use with your students. The main page of this website includes six main link sections: numbers and operations, algebra, data analysis and probability, measurement, geometry, and other resources. Each of these subcategories has an array of possible topic areas and activities to go along with these areas. These activities are aligned with the NCTM standards and often include the use of manipulatives.

Check this one out! As a beginning teacher this would be great. Locate your school from the list and add a list of all of the supplies you would love to have for your classroom, but can't afford to buy. The site then helps you communicate your wish list with parents and other donors who can purchase something from your list. The donor gets a tax deductible reciept and the company ships the items right to your school!

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!

This website provides teachers with many lesson plan ideas that integrate different subjects into math topics. While they are set for high school students, there are some that could be easily fixed to fix middle school students too.

This site provides free online games. There are a variety of topics to choose from, but the math games would be most relevant for ED 304. You can pick from games such as Math Tunnel Blaster, Math Pinball, and Math Fact Practice. The site is neat because it incorporates fun and learning for all ages!