Archive for the 'Math' Category
Thirteen Ed Online is a site for teachers, students and parents, sponsored by the Educational Broadcasting System. The site provides a wide variety of lesson plans, many of which integrate technology through video clips, online games and websites. If you click on the “Educators” link on the top, you’ll find the lessons archived by subject […]
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ReadWriteThink: Flip Book is an online flip book maker. I know I mentioned ReadWriteThink in an earlier post, but there are so many great tools on the site that it’s easy to miss some. The flip book maker is a user-friendly template for creating flip books. The site walks you through the steps of creating […]
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NRICH: Mathematics Enrichment is a site designed by a team of teachers with the goal of offering challenging, engaging, and meaningful math problems to help develop mathematical thinking and problem-solving skills. The site includes games, puzzles and videos that help teach math concepts. The activities are geared for a variety of levels. In addition, the […]
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For students who need extra challenges, there are many local, national and international competitions available. Here are a few pages with links to some of these competitions: Cogito.org has the best list of competitions for students in middle school or high school. The site is maintained by the John Hopkins Center for Talented youth. While […]
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For me, one of the most exciting elements of the Internet is the availability of authentic resources. People who have collected items for years now have a way to share them with the world. The beauty of this for educators is that it’s now relatively easy to turn someone’s hobby into dynamite lessons. Authentic resources […]
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Here are links to sites that offer online puzzles and games for challenging you and your students: BrainBashers is a site with thousands of puzzles, riddles, games, brain teasers and more. In addition, it features a Fun Fact and an Odd Word of the day. BrainBashers is developed by Kevin Stone, who lives in […]
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Byrdseed is a site created by a gifted education teacher who was a gifted student when he was in elementary school. It contains a wealth of information for teachers involved with teaching gifted students. The site’s creator has a computer science background and has included some tech-integrated lessons. When you click on the “Lesson Ideas” […]
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GiftedSources.com is a site that contains links to a variety of resources related to gifted education. The links on the left take you to pages with lesson plans, interesting websites, articles, and professional organizations. The site does a nice job of separating lesson plans by subject area, however you have to click on the individual […]
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The Tiered Curriculum Project is a part of the Indiana Department of Education website. It contains examples of tiered lessons from grades K – 12 in the areas of Language Arts, Science and Math. The lessons were created by three professors from Ball State University — one of them, Cheryll Adams, is the Director of […]
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Questioning is an important part of the learning process for all students. Good questions can be used to help students develop higher-level thinking skills. It’s important not only to ask students more in-depth, open-ended questions, but also to encourage them to ask these types of questions during their own learning process. Here are links to […]
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