Resources
Connections to our MTC activities
- Google Earth Walks: https://sites.google.com/site/gearthwalks/math/math-walks
- Fraction Matcher: http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/fraction-matcher/latest/fraction-matcher_en.html
- Circle Puzzles; Fifteen Puzzle and More (NLVM): http://nlvm.usu.edu/ (Run in Internet Explorer)
- Lemonade Stand Game: http://www.coolmath-games.com/0-lemonade-stand
Other Great resources:
- Ohio Resource Center (ORC): http://ohiorc.org
- Illuminations: http://illuminations.nctm.org
- Illustrative Mathematics: https://www.illustrativemathematics.org/
- Inside Mathematics: http://www.insidemathematics.org/
- Achieve the Core: http://achievethecore.org/
- Learn Zillion: https://learnzillion.com/p/
Some to explore on your own another time…
- Brain Games: http://www.memory-improvement-tips.com/brain-games.html (if you love puzzles and problem solving, try this!)
- Math Mistakes: http://mathmistakes.org/ (examples of mistakes to really pinpoint misconceptions)
- Math Snacks: http://mathsnacks.com/ (My favorite is BAD DATE)
- Math Landing: http://www.mathlanding.org/ (a searchable collection of resources)
- Sheppard Software: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/ (tons of games for elementary mathematics)
- Shodor Interactivate: http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ (mostly for secondary mathematics)
- Thinking Blocks: http://www.mathplayground.com/thinkingblocks.html (bar modeling with word problems)
- Topmarks: http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=20 (a great collection of games and activities organized by age ranges and topics)
- Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/ ( a great resource for customizing practice on math skills)
Bagel and Tortilla Math
http://www.georgehart.com/bagel/bagel.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN8AwGUaqDA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTwrVAbV56o
Pencil Model Template
http://seomtc.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/13040232/0230_pencilcosa_1_in_binder_3_per_participant.pdf
Spring 2016
- Black Swamp Math Teachers’ Circle April 21 (ppt)
- Nearpod-pin-home2
- Sense Making about Operations and Rational Numbers
Oct 20_2015
Sept 22_2015
Aug 25_2015
2015 Summer Immersion
July 31_2015
July 30_2015
- Black Swamp Math Teachers’ Circle Day 4 (ppt)
- Cookie Jar
- Cookie Jar 7.30.15 am
- Papa Bear Bakery MEA
- Papa Bear DATA
- Resource Sharing
July 29_2015
- Black Swamp Math Teachers’ Circle Day 3 (ppt)
- Black Swamp 2015 - Logic Puzzles that Build Spatial Reasoning - Additional Puzzles
- Black Swamp 2015 - Logic Puzzles that Build Spatial Reasoning
July 28_2015
July 27_2015