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The goal of this math website is to help elementary school (Grade 1st through 6th) children boost their math problem solving and critical-thinking skills. MathStories.com has over 15,000 online and printable NCTM compliant math word problems for children to enjoy! Word problems are available in both English and Spanish. MathStories.com is the website for busy teachers, eager students, and involved parents. MathStories.com is comprehensive and easy to navigate.

This is a super resource for your students! The Maths Dictionary for Kids by Jenny Eather is an animated, interactive online math dictionary for students which explains over 600 common mathematical terms and math words in simple language. The dictionary contains examples, activities, practice and calculators for anything from abacus to magic square to zero. You won't be sorry you checked this out!

BrainPOP is one of my favorite website for engaging students and supporting educators. The authors have created animated, curriculum-based content Flash-based movies, quizzes, experiments, timelines, activity pages, and much more covering hundreds of topics within Math, Science, Social Studies, English, Technology, Arts & Music, and Health. All of the content is aligned with state standards. BrainPOP is accessible entirely online; there's no software to install or download. You can use BrainPOP's resources with PCs, Macs, projectors, or interactive whiteboards. Check out the BrainPOP for educators' site full of useful teachers' resources: Lesson plans, academic standards, curriculum calendar, blogging and so much more! FYI, there's also a free BrainPOP app for your iTouch or iPhone.

This site connects you to a cool little store in north Seattle that sells all sorts of educational books, accessories, and tools. Additionally it has a great collection of games, science projects, stocking stuffers and books about math.

In one of our classes we watched a video of the amazing Mrs. Toliver teaching math. This site has more information about her and the ways she found to make school great every day she taught.

Teachers' Domain is a free digital media service for educational use from public broadcasting and its partners. You'll find thousands of media resources, support materials, and tools for classroom lessons, individualized learning programs, and teacher professional learning communities.

The Education hub at BrightHub.com offers informational articles and quality discussions about the many facets of the educational process, including the technology and policies affecting today's schools and universities. Technology is a hot topic on this site, bringing learning out of the classroom. I particularly appreciate the lessons on helping students study, take notes, and get organized so they can succeed in school. The classroom management conversations are great, too!

Robin introduced us to this online library of datafiles and stories that illustrate the use of basic statistics methods. It is easiest to search stories by topic, access the relevant datafile, and then copy and paste the data into a statistics program.

An anotated list of helpful websites and tools for educators.

This website is a great interactive and visual representation of the Human Development Index. Each country can be clicked on and information about that country's life expectancy, gross domestic product, and net primary enrollment rate will be displayed. Other information will also be given such as the country's population, and size. Another neat feature of the website is the ability to compare two countries in a head to head face off. The site will graph the information provided from both countries so easy comparisons can be made. Free maps and lesson plans can be found here: http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/worldmap/cida/teachers.asp?language=EN&Resolution=1024×768

This link is taking you to the Math section, but on the left side is a complete listing of teaching ideas for other subjects. Note, these are NOT fleshed out lesson plans, these are ideas for lessons, games, and activities. Each idea is leveled for grade(s).

Dynamic Paper is part of the Illuminations-NCTM site. This cool tool is described as "Need a pentagonal pyramid that's six inches tall? Or a number line that goes from ‑18 to 32 by 5's? Or a set of pattern blocks where all shapes have one-inch sides? You can create all those things and more with the Dynamic Paper tool. Place the images you want, then export it as a PDF activity sheet for your students or as a JPEG image for use in other applications or on the web."

Thought provoking blog that constantly seeks to reflect, clarify and expand the idea of real life applications in lessons. I aspire to the high standards established by the teachers who contribute to the blog.