Interesting Sites Term 3 2003



Maths Sites

Themes for Aussie Schools - EDNA
 http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/page456.html


Books For Kids - online
 http://www.magickeys.com/books/index.htm

Classroom clipart
 http://classroomclipart.com/

The Artist's Toolkit
 http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/

Look Cover Write Check Online
 http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/toftwood/lcwc.html

Aussie Bites Book Raps
 http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/ozreading/activities/aussie_bites/aussie_bites_main.htm

Ed Helper for themes, worksheets http://www.edhelper.com/
Theme on Farm Animals http://www.edhelper.com/farm.htm

Lots of things to make and do ... lots printable http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/games.htm
 
Spelling scrambles - alphabetical order, scrambled sentences, spelling practice

Dictionaries

Merriam Webster   http://www.m-w.com/

Little Explorers Dictionary 
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html

Encyclopaedia Britannica  http://www.britannica.com/


Do you know the meaning of your name? Find it here. http://www.zelo.com/firstnames/index.asp

Maths

 Some practise at the basics
 http://www.aplusmath.com/Homework_Helper/index.html

Times Table practise
 http://www.times-tables.com/times_tables_test/times_tables_test.htm

Activities with and about number http://www.times-tables.com/times_tables_test/times_tables_test.htm

Lots of different things to help you  http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/drmath.elem.html

Lots of links  http://www.enc.org/weblinks/math/0,1544,1-Numbers,00.shtm

Maths facts http://home.indy.rr.com/lrobinson/mathfacts/mathfacts.html


Maths .... space

 Tangrams http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/chap4/4.4/part2.htm

Polygon Creator   http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/geo/logo/logo.html

Geoboard  http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/chap4/4.2/part2.htm#applet

Patterns   http://www.arcytech.org/java/patterns/patterns_j.shtml

Online geometry activities   http://www.galaxy.gmu.edu/~drsuper/

A really interesting puzzle on a view from a train http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/math/geometry/space/train/index.html

Similar idea to the one above but with a taxi  http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/math/geometry/shape/taxicab/index.html


Counting activities for younger kids

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/counting/
 
http://dfee.org/flash.html lots of activities for younger kids.

The ever reliable BBC site http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/numbertime/

Lots of activities related to number http://www.enc.org/weblinks/math/0,1544,1-Numbers,00.shtm


Want to make graphs? This site lets you make online graphs - area, bar, line, pie graphs http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/index.asp
The site also explores probability,  a question / answer test.

A maths dictionary for kids - http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/

Some general sites - lots of things to see and do

"Aplus" includes a teacher resource section with work sheets http://www.aplusmath.com/

Measure, space, shape .... PDF .... http://members.aol.com/skillsworkshop/mss1.htm     with lots of other material

Wonderful activities - http://www.gamequarium.com/math.htm a must see

A fantastic list of brilliant ideas in geometry   http://www.gamequarium.com/geometry.htm

All about different shapes http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/megashapes/invest/text01.shtml what is a triangle or octagon etc

Another maths site full of activities to do  http://www.coolmath4kids.com

Again maths sites with lots to do http://www.gigglepotz.com/math.htm
Quite a bit for younger kids too.

A site designed for maths enrichment. Try it. http://nrich.maths.org/
You also should check the links on the side!

The first chess game I've found on the net!  http://www.mathsnet.net/puzzles/chess/index.html

An exciting find ... lots here but mainly for older kids http://www.mathsnet.net
Maths topics .... listed and "clickable". http://www.enc.org/weblinks/math/0,1544,1-Numbers,00.sht

Maths challenges http://www.figurethis.org/challenges/c01/challenge.htm

An Australian resource "sofweb" with a great list of activities http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/students/kids/vclass/maths.htm

Want online activities with question the children need to answer online? Here it is .... http://www.teachingtreasures.com.au/maths/Maths_more.html
Just the basics from R - 8 & R - 10

Some interesting activities - site activities are good for older student but site hard to read http://www.smilemathematics.co.uk/frameset.html

Wayne
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