University of Texas at Austin
Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Belongs, Doesn't Belong
Students play a game to determine the rule that is being expressed.
University of Texas at Austin
Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Double Dipping
Determine all the combinations of ice cream by finding the pattern.
University of Texas at Austin
Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Springy Legs
Compare body and jump heights to other students to explore ratios, decimals, and fractions.
Ministerio de Educación (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: Conecto Con Las Mates
These are five interactive units for Elementary math. Each unit is structured in four parts: explanation, activities, dictionary and assessment.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Timeline of Mathematics
Wikipedia gives a timeline of all of the important mathematical accomplishments from 2400 BC to 2002. Most names and concepts are linked to further information specific to that person or idea.
Mr. Martini's Classroom
Mr. Martini's Classroom: Adding With Multiple Choice Answers
Practice addition facts 4 to 9 with this interactive multiple choice activity.
Kansas State
Third Grade Common Core State Standards Flip Book [Pdf]
Third graders can use this flip book to explore common core standards.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Beautiful Math of Coral
A science writer re-creates the creatures of the coral reefs using a technique invented by a mathematician- simultaneously celebrating the amazements of the reef and deep-diving into the hyperbolic underpinnings of coral creation. [15:32]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Math Jokes Explained
It's not your typical knock-knock joke- these funny jests will tickle your imaginary numbers and teach you a thing or two about mathematics. [4:04]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Magic of Vedic Math
There is more than one way to reach a correct answer in mathematics. Vedic math, an ancient Indian method, sidesteps traditional computations in a manner that provides a shortcut, while being fun to use and to learn. Gaurav Tekriwal...
PBS
Pbs Mathline: Money Counts Lesson Plan [Pdf]
Play the Money Exchange Game to count and compare the different amounts of money. Printable lesson.
PBS
Pbs Lesson Plan: What the World Consumes
These visual, easy-to-grasp lessons in world economics and consumerism features lessons and related videos in which students experience first-hand the economic dilemmas faced by other countries and are asked to examine their own values...
PBS
Pbs Lesson Plan: What the World Consumes
These visual, easy-to-grasp lessons in world economics and consumerism features lessons and related videos in which students experience first-hand the economic dilemmas faced by other countries and are asked to examine their own values...
Trinity College Dublin
History of Mathematics: Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598 1647)
A biography of Cavalieri that includes information on his principle or "indivisibles." From a 1904 text by W. W. Rouse Ball.
University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
University of Saskatchewan: Inequalities
This University of Saskatchewan looks at the basic rules of solving inequalities, concentrating on inequalities with absolute values. Includes example problems and exercises with their solutions.
Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College: Blaise Pascal
This site from Trinity College provides a detailed biography of mathematician Blaise Pascal.
Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College: Rene Descartes (1596 1650)
Events of Rene Descartes' life are presented in a timeline form. The biographical information is taken from "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics" by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908).
Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College: James Gregory
Biographical information from Trinity College on mathematician James Gregory, and his book, "Optica Promota".
PBS
Pbs (Affluenza): What Are Advertisers Selling
What are advertisers really selling? Are there hidden messages in ads? In this lesson plan, learners explore the concept of persuasive advertising and evaluate ads directed at young consumers. A timely lesson plan that would generate...
Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College: Christiaan Huygens
This site from Trinity College provides biographical information about mathematician Christiaan Huygens.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Isaac Newton
In the Spanish langauge, discover the life and works of Isaac Newton. This site highlights his work and also provides links to obtain a greater understanding of these individual works.
PBS
Pbs: Nova: Infinite Secrets
Offers a look into the mind of Archimedes based on findings within newly discovered manuscript.
Trinity College Dublin
Mathematicians of the Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries
Read accounts of the lives and works of seventeenth and eighteenth century mathematicians, including Sir Isaac Newton and Rene Descartes.
US Department of Education
Nces Kids' Zone: Dare to Compare Mathematics Grade 12
So, how do you compare with students nationally and from around the world? Take the interactive online quiz to find out.