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Math & Reading Help http://math-and-reading-help-for-kids.org An American Library Association corporate member, this site provides 'Math Help For All Grades'. Maintained by webmaster Aurelian Turcescu this is a site rich in content and with links to other worthwhile sites. The site provides a strong resource and guide for math related issues. Math and Reading Help for Kids and the American Library Association (ALA) have also teamed up to promote the value and importance of reading for today's youth with articles and links available from this site. Absurd Math - http://www.hrmvideo.com/abmath/ When the world wide web was created, doorways were opened to other dimensions. Net surfers run the risk of being sucked into one of those dimensions. Excellent problem solving simulation and lots of fun for the participants - links to other similar software MathGoodies http://www.mathgoodies.com/ Online lessons and activities offer math resources for students in elementary, middle school or high school. Short lessons (explanations) are followed by interactive activities. Includes puzzles & solutions. The bookstore links to math books on Amazon.comBasket Math - http://www.scienceacademy.com/BI/index.html Clicking any of the questions in the Table of Contents (from basic facts to more sophisticated problems) will result in a mathematics question and animation. If you answer the question correctly you will make two points; correct answer shown if wrong Changemaker - http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/index.html A Funbrain simulation in which students can practice making change for a dollar or for one-hundred dollars; the more change you make correctly the more you get to put in your piggy bank with the reward being able to shop for goodies at the conclusion of the game Clever Games for Clever People - http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/~casey931/conway/games.html Sure you can use Math to describe game strategies, but what about using games to teach the nature of Math? John Conway's theory set out to do just that; this site offers directions for 16 games which can be used in the K-12 classroom to sharpen critical thinking skills Fibonacci Puzzles - http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibpuzzles.html You want sophisticated patterns for your students to study? This site's got them: image and number puzzles based on Mathematics split into simpler and harder degrees of difficulty Fractals - http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/frac/ This page will help you learn about fractals: what they are and how to design them, but it will also let you discover more on your own; play a part in the interactive fractal creation center, designing and displaying fractals you have invented - too cool! Interactive Math - http://www.cut-the-knot.com/ Games and puzzles, arithmetic and algebra, geometry, probability, fast reckoning, mathematics as a language, proofs in mathematics, the many ways to construct a triangle - and many teacher ideas and activities Internet Pizza Server - http://www.crpc.rice.edu/CRPC/GT/sboone/Lessons/Titles/pizza.html A creative Math lesson which makes use of a web site which creates cyber pizzas to your order; you will see other applications for its use once you take a look Math Baseball - http://www.funbrain.com/math/index.html Enter the answer to the problem and hit the "Swing" button, if your answer is correct you get a hit - the computer will decide if the hit is a single, double, triple, or home run based on the difficulty of the problem; if your answer is wrong, you will get an out - the game is over after three outs. Math Never Dies - http://math.razing.net "You have infiltrated the secure site of the Hex Agency. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to track down international criminals using your Math skills"; covers algebra, geometry and trigonometry. Mathpuzzle.com - http://www.mathpuzzle.com/ Weekly math puzzles with solutions discussed at length each following week; examples of past puzzles include Chaos Tiles, Dissecting Convex Figures, Domino Games, Eternity Puzzle, Fair Dice, Diamonds, Leapers, Multistate Mazes, Parity, Pentagon Tiling, Philosopher Logic, Phonetic Alphabet and Word Play
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