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Scribd lessons, focused on understanding, aligned with NCTM middle school, Algebra 1 and 2.

Great resource for developing a protocol for looking at student work with your PLC, staff, department. Offers not only protocols, but strategies for introducing the idea to your group, supporting the activity long-term to meet the needs of your staff/PLC. 

Nice set of applets that let students explore fraction understanding from multiple perspectives and models. I love that they use a variety of models for fractional development, including bars (multiple versions), sets, and linear. From the site:  "Why Fractions? Fractions are one of the earliest stumbling blocks for students in math. Our goal is building conceptual understanding in fractions as a basis for comprehension in all later topics."

A whole lot of maths papers and memos from New south Wales.

Geared toward developing good instructional strategies for entry level geo-science courses at the post-secondary setting, the suggestions can easily be applied to 6-12 setting and are just good instructional practices. Well organized and includes different perspectives and connected content. I thoroughly agree with the mathematical modeling discussion. It's worth reading

Welcome to Math Playground, an action-packed site for elementary and middle school students. Practice your math skills, play a logic game and have some fun!

Great set of resources from David Little at Penn State. Easy to use java applets with explanation of usage ideas.

"In this article we introduce the free educational mathematics software GeoGebra. This open source tool extends concepts of dynamic geometry to the fields of algebra and calculus. You can use GeoGebra both as a teaching tool and to create interactive web pages for students from middle school up to college level. Specifically designed for educational purposes, GeoGebra can help you to foster experimental, problem-oriented and discovery learning of mathematics. We will illustrate the basic ideas of the software and some of its versatile possibilities by discussing several interactive examples."

Teacher package: On thin ice - maths and climate change in the Arctic

web based (symbolic?) calculator

Open Reference Interactive Textbook