Math Mania Web Sites

A tool to assist you in your educational journey.  Look for something new or different. This is by no means an exhaustive listing. Some sites will lead you to unexpected places. Where, in the World Wide Web, will you land?

Where to go for Informational Resources

http://www.enc.org/ - Eisenhower math and science site

http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/math_skills/math-skills.html     -What we don’t know about math disabilities.

http://www.washington.edu/doit/MathSci/  -Examples of math and science materials for students with disabilities.

http://www.parentpatch.com/math_disabilities_help_with_math.htm -site contains links to resources for students with specific math disabilities.

http://www.enc.org/topics/equity/articles/documents/0,1946,ACQ-111396-1396,00.shtm - Small but interesting study on the use of Videodisc Instruction in an inclusive math class. Pre and post testing was done.

http://www.teachervision.com/tv/lpsearch/theme=Learning%20Disabilities&subject=math - several articles on teaching math to special education students. This is a lesson plan site.

http://www.mathtalk.com/toc.htm -Voice activated math program.

http://www.fractionislands.org/ - not for profit group that makes a geoboard- based- manipulative- fraction -teaching tool.

http://dots.physics.orst.edu/ - Penny’s favorite state Oregon has developed materials in Science and math for persons with print disabilities.

http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/~rowley/sb-kids/at-math.html - Here is a site with links to materials and strategies for teaching math to students with Spina Bifida.

http://www.washington.edu/doit/Resources/semteach.html - Resources from the DO-IT folks for mathematics and science teachers on working with students with disabilities.

http://amby.com/educate/math.html Way Cool! This is a free downloadable site of visual math applets. Lots of interesting and engaging math activities. Goes from basic math to beyond geometry.

http://www.angelfire.com/mo/sasschool/math.html - website with activities and patterns for math lessons. Not specifically for students with disabilities.  Links

http://mathforum.org  An entire web based mathematics site.

http://www.aacintervention.com

www.boston.k12.ma.us Choose Teaching and Learning/Technology/Access Technology Center.  Check out completed Student Access Maps (SAM) for math

www.nctm.org national Council of Teachers of Mathematics, conferences, grants, lessons

www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/ Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching, University of Exeter, United Kingdom, research and curriculum development in mathematics teaching

www.eduplace.com/math/ The Mathematics Center: math-related resources that include Professional Development, Intervention, Data Place, Brain Teasers, textbook support, math links, and projects.

On-line Math Manipulative

http://www.matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/index.html

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

Virtual Manipulatives, interactive concept tutorials, activities and tools k-12

http://www.inclusive.co.uk/catalog/int_mathics.shtml

Activity Templates Meet the Math Standards

http://www.galaxy.gmu.edu/~drsuper/

examples activities

http://www.mathstories.com/

House of Math Word Problems for Children, Problem solving, critical-thinking, over 5,500 math word problems, 16.95 membership

http://www.mlc.pdx.edu/mathlinks.html

links to free virtual manipulatives

http://www.beritsbest.com/SeriousStuff/Math/index.shtml  On Berit's Best Sites for Children, you will find links to a whole section of homework helper sites

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/

online bar graphs, simple equations, collecting and analyzing data K-12

http://www.aaamath.com  Hundreds of pages of Basic Math Skills. Interactive Practice on every page.  An explanation of the math topic on each page. Several Challenge Games on every page. Math Problems are randomly created.

www.abcteach.com   Free Printables: This section of abcteach offers over 5000+ free printable pages.

http://www.edu4kids.com Flashcards, math games, timed drills, money, K-12

http://www.aplusmath.com  flash cards, worksheets, homework helper, games

http://www.quizlab.com 30 day free trial, 29.95 subscription, generate quizzes, automatic scoring, track student progress

http://illuminations.nctm.org/index2.html has a host of online math activities, lesson plans,  all tied to the standards, plus links to more math sites.   This is rich...  (www.marcopolo.com)

http://illuminations.nctm.org/mathlets/index.html direct link to Math•lets, math applets you can use to explore math and create interactive lessons.

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

Virtual Tangrams

http://www.mathtype.com

MathType lets you create mathematical notation for word processing, web pages, desktop publishing.  MathType works with any word processor Mac or Windows.

http://www.onlineconversion.com  This site allows you to convert almost anything to anything, length, speed, weight, volume, angles, area and more

http://www.funbrain.com Free activities

www.Do2learn.com math, reading, organization, disability awareness, basic skills,forms, word/number games, picture cards, activity page, product guide

www.mrsperkins.com classroom templates, flashcards, test formswww.beritsbest.com/SeriousStuff/MathOn Berit's Best Sites for Children, you will find links to a whole section of homework helper sites

www.infoplease.com/homework

www.brainpop.com animated movies both educational and entertaining explaining concepts in Math, Science, Health, Technology and English.  Subscription for unlimited access.

Product Resources and Demos

Calculators

http://www.AttainmentCompany.com Large Key/Display

http://www.RadioShack.com Conversion Calculators

http://www.donjohnston.com BigCalc

http://www.riverdeep.net/products    Free downloads, Math, Algebra Calculator shows work

http://education.ti.com/products Texas Instruments

http://GraphingCalculators.net

http://www.premier-programming.com/talking_calculator.htm full functioning talking calculator can be used with or without a screen reader.  Every button and edit area talks.  Displays work.

Graphing

http://www.tomsnyder.com Graph Club

http://illuminations.nctm.org/mathlets/index.html free downloads

http://www.intellitools.com  Product demos, IntelliTools Math Bundle

Money

http://www.intellitools.com IntelliTools Classroom Pac- IntelliMathics, IntelliTalk II, IntelliPics Studio

http://www.AttainmentCompany.com  Attainment Co. Search (Coin-U-Lator), new  products Real life Math, Count your Change Books, Dollars & Cents Series

Additional Resources

www.closingthegap.com - Closing the Gap, Computer Technology in Spec. Ed. and Rehabilitation magazine

www.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/pages/MPS/Teachers_Staff/Tech_Tools/assttech/Monitor - The Monitor newsletter

www.setp.net - Special Education Technology Practice magazine

www.wati.og - Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative statewide website

Gierach,J., Schermacher,N., Nankee, C.,(2003)