LAIS & TMS Mathematics Department

Grade level and content strand activities

Great site for getting statistics so that students can convert between fractions, decimals, and percents.

Create your own interactive games!

Take a picture, record your message and the pictures mouth will move like it is talking.

Kids request this when absent.

Game that allows students to find the prime factorization of a number. Assists students by giving them one factor when they correctly identify the other.

Online graphic organizers

Great way to organize your daily to-do lists w/o losing them. I LOVE THESE!

Online presentation tool

Mathwords: Terms and Formulas from Beginning Algebra to Calculus An interactive math dictionary with enough math words, math terms, math formulas, pictures, diagrams, tables, and examples to satisfy your inner math geek.

Play with numbers and give your brain a workout

Contains numerous manipulatives organized by grade bands and content strands. A must-have for every math teacher!

Quick Summary: A digital library containing Java applets and activities for K-12 mathematics Elongated Explanation: The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (NLVM) is an NSF supported project that began in 1999 to develop a library of uniquely interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials, mostly in the form of Java applets, for mathematics instruction (K-12 emphasis). This site should be used frequently with students to explore and expand on many different levels and mathematical concepts. Learning and understanding mathematics, at every level, requires student engagement. Mathematics is not a spectator sport. Too much of current instruction fails to actively involve students. One way to address the problem is through the use of manipulatives, physical objects that help students visualize relationships and applications. We can now use computers to create virtual learning environments to address the same goals with sites like this one. APA Citation: Cannon, L., Dorward J., Heal R., & Edwards L. (2007, July 28). National Library of Virtual Manipulatives. Retrieved from http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

Middle and HIgh School TAKS Practice

Applet that allows the user to turn a 3-D object around, open it up and look at the net, or only open one side to see how the shape comes together.

Presentation that Mark gave during Technology Tuesday, February 22, 2011.

Virtual tangram puzzles

Website with up-to-date information on teaching mathematics through problem solving, mathematical inquiry, and with skillful use of technology.

clever song to help with circles

videos for math class

Math Playground is a great website and includes many math games. The "Function Machine" game is a great resource for students to investigate the relationship between the input and output values of a function. Students are able to explore developing patterns and identify these patterns in this function machine game. Depending on your students understanding of functions there are different levels to this game, level one are simple, one step functions using the four basic operations, level two consist of two step functions, and level three consists of a mix between one and two step functions with larger values and some decimal outputs (which also allows from differentiation).

(4 days) Generate equivalent forms of rational numbers (positive and negative) fractions, decimals, and percents in a real-life situation (e.g., profit/loss, etc.) Converting Rational Numbers Video Lesson Converting Rational Numbers Activities