Math Notebooking
Notebooking is more than just recording notes. Used effectively, notebooking can serve as a ongoing formative assessment tool, a communication device, and a learning tool.
suggestions on content and layout
includes link to an evaluation sheet
great book on using notebooks in the classroom
Video showing an example of math icons in a lesson on absolute value. Links to download the icon graphics
Virtual Manipulatives and Tools
Real manipulatives are always best for building concrete understanding. Virtual manipulatives can be used when real ones are not available or as a transition tool to move students from the real to abstract representation.
examples and activities using geogebra for elementary through college level math
virtual manipulatives for number operations, algebra, geometry, measurement, data analysis, and probability K-12. available in english, spanish, french
From basic math to precalculus, Microsoft Mathematics 4.0 helps you visualize and see mathematical concepts as you’ve never seen them before.
With the Microsoft Mathematics 4.0 free download, you get:
* A full-featured graphing calculator
* The Formulas and Equations Library
* The Triangle Solver
* The Unit Conversion tool
* Ink handwriting support
The x86 version is 32-bit compatible
Free tool to create a graph. Provides features to customize; can print or download in a variety of formats. No advertising. Can email a graph and use your email to retrieve all previously emailed graphs.
Instructional Resources
Supplemental materials that can support student understanding when the adopted text just isn't enough
In this series, host Sol Garfunkel explains how algebra is used for solving real-world problems and clearly explains concepts that may baffle many students. Graphic illustrations and on-location examples help students connect mathematics to daily life. The series also has applications in geometry and calculus instruction. Algebra is also valuable for teachers seeking to review the subject matter.
Movies & Cartoons in Math
Worksheets with math problems related to well-known movies
videos and teacher resources related to teaching math K-12
Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. At TEDxNYED, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think.
Books & Articles