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Top >10 Mathematics WebsitesColleen Young
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Top >10 Mathematics Websites
Any presentation claiming a top 10 (or >10 in my case) is clearly showing you the author’s top 10, not the top 10!
The images and/or text in the slides provide hyperlinks for further information.
Because I have used categories as well as individual websites this gives me the excuse to mention as many sites as I like, hence >10!
These are my top >10 because I really do use them – a lot – in the classroom!
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Nrich Desmos WolframAlpha Problems & Activities
Questions & Exercises
Notes & Videos Applets, Calculators
Scratch, GeoGebra, Tarsia, Plotley
Games Sharing Ideas & Resources
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Images which link directly to a site and/or further information
Further information and commentary.
In each section listed in the Contents, you will find:
A section header describing the section which follows
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TheNrichProjectfromtheUniversityofCambridgeaimstoenrichthemathematicalexperiencesofalllearners
Nrich
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Nrich
Nrich- a favouritesiteIreturntoagain
andagain.Thesitehasextensive
resources includingproblems,games,
interactivesandarticlesforteachers.
Choosethestagerequiredfrom
Teachers’orStudents’menusonthe
frontpage. Choosing Secondary under
Teachersforexampleincludesalink
(underCollections)toanexcellent
stage 3 and 4 curriculum page which
suggestNRICHactivitiesbycurriculum
topic.Also, veryusefully,activitiesare
listedbymathematicalprocessessuch
asThinkingStrategicallyandWorking
Systematically.
Notealsothelinktothemapping
documentwhichisveryvaluablewhen
searchingforactivities.
Itisalsopossibleto Search by topic
and Activities organised by topics
are alsoavailableonstudent
pages. The Other Resources collection includes
theexcellentpostercollectionaswellas
awealthofotherresources. Theguides
forStudentsandTeachersincludelinks
toregisterfornewsletters.
For the Interactive Whiteboard there
are many outstanding interactives.
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Theoutstanding
graphingcalculatorfor
studentsofallagesDesmos
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DesmosThesuperbgraphingcalculatorfromDesmos
canbeusedbystudentsofallagesfrom
youngstudentslearningaboutcoordinates
andgraphstostudentsstudyingfor
Mathematicsdegrees.
Itissimpletousebuthasmanysophisticated
features.
ForaseriesofpagesonusingDesmos
includingexamplesofsyntaxsee
thiscollectionofpages.
AppsareavailableforbothiOSandAndroid.
iOS apps
Android App
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AcomputationnelknowledgeenginerathergoodatMathematics!
WolframAlpha
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WolframAlpha
WolframAlpha -acomputational
knowledgeenginewhichisrathergood
atMathematics(aswellas
manyothersubjects!).Thisissouseful
forcheckingsolutionsorexploringmany
examples.Aseriesof
pages on WolframAlpha includes slideshows todemonstratesyntax.
WolframAlphacanbeusedwith
studentsofallagesfrom
theveryyoungesttodegreelevel
students.
Apostwrittenforstudentswithsome
questionstotrycanbefoundon
Mathematics for Students .
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IfyouaresearchingforproblemsandactivitiesforyourMathematicslessonorperhapsforhomeworkwheredoyoustart?.
Problems&
Activities
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Problems & Activities
Problems –Therearemanyexcellent
sitesprovidingresourcesforproblems,
manyarehighlightedontheirown
pages.
Seethefollowingpages:
ProblemsandActivities
RichTasks
Resources
Studentsenjoyvariety,toquoteoneof
mystudentswhenaskedabout
whatmakesagoodMathsteacher?:
Use different media, it’s really important – the ordinary board, the whiteboard, worksheets, jigsaws, cut and stick (matching up exercises), drawing, walk around the classroom problems (treasure hunts), computers.
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Questionstogetyour
studentsthinkingand
exercisestosecure
skills
Questions&
Exercises
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Questions & Exercises
Weshouldplanforquestionscarefullyin
ourlessons,weneedquestionstoreally
makeourstudentsthinkandweneed
questionstohelpthempractiseskills.
See:
RichQuestions,inparticularQuestions
WorthAskingandDiagnosticQuestions
RevisionActivities
Ifweaskedthestudentsfortheirtop
MathswebsitesIknowmostofmine
wouldincludeBBCbitesizewhich
includesquestionstotry.
Suggestionsforstudents:
Questions–lotsofquestions
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Notesandvideosto
supportstudent
learningNotes
& Videos
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Notes & Videos
Studentssometimesaskforextra
examplesornoteswhichpromptedme
toincludepagesonboth:
Notes
Videos
Ifallthatisneededisadefinition,why
notdisplayonefromanonlineresource
studentscouldthenrefertoathome?
Reference–seeinparticularJenny
Eather’sdictionaryandtheglossaryfor
teachers.
Manyuniversitiesmakeexcellentnotes
availableonlineforallstudents.
See thisEvernotesharednotebook (no
loginisnecessaryandyoudonotneed
anEvernoteaccounttousethe
Notebook).The mathcentre inparticular
hasagreatvarietyofresources
includingnotesandvideos.
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Applets,calculators&
manipulativesto
checkwork,
demonstrateand
exploreconcepts.
Applets & Calculators
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Applets &Calculators
Therearemanygreatsitesinthis
category.Therearemany
calculatorsusefulforcheckingworkinclass
whichstudentscouldalsouseathome.
Iknowcommonsearcheswhichsend
peopletomyblogarefortheexcellent
Wiswebapplets.
JohnPage’s MathOpenReference
includessomeexcellentdemonstrations
onconstructions
Searchbytechnologytypeonthe
MathsToolssite – this
articlebyBethanyHudnutt isonthe
navigationofthesite.
Twomoreexcellentsitesarethe
NationalLibraryofVirtualManipulatives
andSpencerRiley’s TeacherLED site
ofinteractivewhiteboardresources.
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GeoGebra-dynamic
mathematicssoftware.Scratch–learnto
codeanddosome
mathstoo.Tarsia–create
puzzles.Graphandsharedata
withPlotly
Software
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Software
Geogebra forinteractiveGeometry.This
isasophisticatedprogramandmuch
supportisavailableonlineintheformof
videosandtutorials.Ihaveincluded
someusefullinksin thispost.FromMIT
Scratch isan object-oriented
programminglanguagewhichisan
excellentresourceforteachingstudents
programmingskillsaswellasdoing
Mathematics.
Software –alistlikethiswouldbe
incompletewithoutmentioning
Geogebra forinteractiveGeometry.This
isasophisticatedprogramandmuch
supportisavailableonlineintheformof
videosandtutorials.Ihaveincluded
someusefullinksin thispost.FromMIT
Scratch isan object-oriented
programminglanguagewhichisan
excellentresourceforteachingstudents
programmingskillsaswellasdoing
Mathematics.
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Enhancelearningwith
someMathematical
gamesGames
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Games
Games – MangaHigh hashighqualitygames
tohelpstudentslearnMathematics.Schools
withaccounts(andMangaHighisnow
completelyfreeinseveralcountriesincluding
UK,Ireland,USA,Canada,allofScandinavia
andtheIndiansubcontinent) alsohave
accesstotheirnumerousandveryclear
Prodigilessonsandquizzeswhichteachers
cansetfortheirclasses.
Asitewithmanygamestopractisenumeracy
skillsat10differentlevelsis Sumdog (further
informationincludingthetopicscoveredand
instructionsforstudentsin thispost).Nrich
getsanothermentionforitsexcellentgames;
Nrichalsohasmanyarticlesonusinggames.
MyownfavouriteNrichgamesandmany
othergamesandpuzzlesareonacompanion
blog MathematicsGames.
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Onlinecommunities,
greatblogstoread
andresourcesharingSharing ideas &
resources
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Sharing ideas & Resources
FinallyIwouldnotbewithoutthevariousblogs,onlinecommunitiesandresourcesharingsites.
Forplentyofreadingandgreatideastrythesevarious excellent blogs.
Manyresourceshavealreadybeenmentionedintheearliersectionsbutthesesitesallhaveextensivecollections; The National STEM Centre isanoutstandingexample.See TES forresources andforumsand NCETM, The Guardian Teacher Network, Mark McCourt’s Emaths, also Twitter whichcanbeagreatsourceofideasandinformation.
Thankstothemanyteacherswhoshareexcellentresources,superbexamplesincludeBenCooper’scoops-onlineandJustMathsforresourcesandagreatblog.
Iwouldalsoliketomentionsomefavouriteblogsthatalwaysmakemethink–notMathematicsspecificbutthesehaveimportantideasforeducatorseverywhere.
So- alotmorethan10thereandsomanymorethatIhavenotmentioned!TherearesomanyexcellentfreeresourcesforMathematics–whichiswhyIenjoywritingmyblog!Myfavouritesareallhere!
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Colleen Young
https://twitter.com/ColleenYoung
Mathematics, Learning & Technology
Mathematics for Students
