This page is a "rattle bag" of maths sites - some for teachers, some
for children, some for parents and some for all comers. Browse through and take your pick.
Arcytech
An American site with some useful java interactives
with a focus on problem solving Base Ten Block Activities
This site offers on line virtual base 10 blocks (units, tens and hundreds), rather like a
MyWorld page, with a number of activities to use them on. (Ignore
the message saying, "I've Moved" - he doesn't seem
to have done).
BBC ReviseWise
Useful revision site with fun activities, tests,
factsheets and worksheets.
BBC SkillsWise
Aimed at adult learners, this site has a lot to
offer, especially to older children who have found
Maths difficult. The explanations are clear and
there are factsheets, quizzes and worksheets. The
Constants and Equations Page
This is really useful. Do you want to know the mass of the Earth, its volume or the
time of sunrise in Kabul on January 18th? Do you know how many gallons there are in a dry
pint? Do you know what a slug or G-pound is and how many Kg it is equal to? This site has
over 4500 pages of information about scientific, mathematical or astronomical constants
and equations. All those mathematical relationships are here together with some
explanations. Children's
Mathematics Network
CMN is an
international, non-profit-making organisation for teachers,
practitioners, students, researchers and teacher educators working
with children in the birth-8 year age range. They focus on
children's mathematical graphics and the meanings children make.
The content
is fascinating and well worth a look. (Oh, and it's a site that
ICTeachers built!)
Count On
The University of York's Maths site for pupils from
Reception to Year 9. Lots of great stuff. Encyclogram
This site has a java powered program that draws harmonograms, spirographs, and Lissajous
figures. The decaying motion of the plot fills in the shapes with their spiralling-in
echo. Encyclogram can also draw the curves in varying colours against a black background,
resulting in breath-taking works of art that can be as beautiful as fractals. See the
gallery of examples.
EqWorld
The World of Mathematical equations - this is an
international site telling you everything you ever
wanted to know about mathematical equations.
Fibonacci Numbers and Golden Sections
This is a mathematicians delight. Dr Ron Knott at
the University of Surrey explains all about these
fascinating and magical number sequences, from
simple ideas to complex mathematics. There are
puzzles and teaching ideas, too. I love it. Figure
It!
Maths Challenges for Families. Aimed at middle school age children this site offers up to
80 different maths challenges for children and their families to do at home. Each activity
is supported by real world examples, extensions and parents' notes about the mathematics
involved. This is one to recommend to parents or to use to find some interesting homework
tasks. Freeware and Shareware for Arithmetic and Mathematics
A number of downloadable resources
Giant Interactive Maths Calculator
A javascript-powered basic calculator that fills the screen. It runs
in a webpage which can be downloaded for use offline. It comes in
two sizes suitable for different screen resolutions. Graham
Jennings, who's site this is on, also has a collection of other
resources. ICT Games for
Infant Learners
Toftwood Infants' School have produced some useful little number activities using Flash.
(There are also Literacy games here). You can download the Flash Reader from this site, too, if you haven't got it. It's a nice
looking website, too. Interactive Mathematics Miscellany
Masses of stuff - and just what it says on the tin. Interactive Teaching Programs and ICT Resources (for teaching
Maths)
This collection of downloadable programs for teaching maths is on
the Department for Educations and Skills' Standards Site. The
programs are excellent (I think) and are ideally suited to using
with your interactive whiteboard. Most of them are interactive Flash
movies and so will work on either PC and Mac. There are about 30
programs, covering a wide range of maths skills and knowledge.
Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a way of downloading them
all at once. Click the link, then scroll down the page.
Isotiles
Plastic triangular tiles in two shapes that can be
use for tessellation and other geometric activities.
The sets of tiles have to be purchased but the site
has masses of support materials. Well worth
investigating - look at the
online workbook.
Kids' Maths Games
Lots of drill-and-practice type maths games to help
children develop skills. Logo - MSW Logo page
From here you can download MSW Logo (for a PC - It's free). There are also links to a
number of useful Logo related sites. Mathematical
Association
"Supporting mathematics in education". Periodicals, meetings,
roadshows etc. Maths Forum
Enormous and excellent loads of downloadable resources in pdf format suitable KS2 higher
ability& KS3 upwards, some really baffling. Maths
Online
Whilst most of the content is only available to
subscribers, there is an interesting and useful
collection of free stuff. In the Games Room there
are some useful games and simulations (including a
version of the old Eureka simulation of Archimedes
in his bath), but have a look too in the Resources
Centre and the Worksheet Library.
MathsRoom
This site, produced by
Michael Aitchison, a teacher in Scotland, is a really useful
collection of links and activities for teaching and learning Maths
from Primary through to A level. It looks a little odd to English
eyes because it is categorised by according to the Scottish levels
rather than the English system but, hey! we can figure it out. MathsWeb
Leicestershire LEA's Numeracy Website. Really useful resources, assessment ideas and
advice, teaching ideas. Well worth a visit.
Mathematical Interactivities
Puzzles, games and other online educational
resources. David Hellam produces terrific little
flash games for supporting mthematics teaching. This
is a must visit site. Mathematics
Worksheet Factory
Create instant, customized, and unlimited maths worksheets for the practice of whole
number, decimal, and fraction operations in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and
division. You need to download the free version of the program. Well worth the effort.
MathsZone
A collection of links to free maths activities and
resources. Very well presented. You can find
resources by key objective or by searching in the
relevant keystage page. Mystic Roses
A mystic rose is the pattern you get when you draw
all the possible diagonals of a regular polygon,
together with its bounding circle., This online
activity lets you choose a number of points between
2 and 110. You can also choose a colour scheme. National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
This is one of the best maths things I have seen in a long time. It
is the outcome of a project based at the University of Utah and
consists of a collection of maths activities designed to engage
children in doing rather than being told about or simply practising
maths." Mathematics," they say on this site, "is not a spectator
sport." There are activities for preschool to upper secondary. NRich
Mathematical Enrichment Club
Lots of enrichment activities mainly for secondary pupils. Lots of
interactivity. NRich Primary Maths
A great site with lots of puzzles and games to stretch those mathematical brain cells! It
has a wide variety of interactive pages for children aged 5-16 Number
Crew
channel 4's number site for use with 5-7 yr old bright and interesting useful special
needs as well music and helping animals!
Number Gym
A developing website of free activities which are intended to give children practice and reinforcement
of number concepts in an enjoyable way. The emphasis is on active
participation rather than passive viewing of Flash presentations.
The activities should be particularly useful with interactive
whiteboards. Number Puzzles
Monthly puzzles give entertainment and education for all ages (they say although more
suited to KS3 and up). Excellent printable number puzzles, cross puzzles (words and
numbers). Also Interactive puzzles. May be useful as group activity and homework /holiday
work files. Numeracy
Software
Free downloads of lots of useful files: MSW Logo procedures, Excel spreadsheets for maths
activities, screens for MyWorld and more.
NumeracyWorld
Loads of downloadable, photocopiable worksheets Perfect
Times
A card game for practising times tables skills. You can play the 9
and 24 times games on line or buy the cards (You can also get the CD
from Cambridge University Press). Plot
the Robot
A maths activity site involving both calculation and use of co-ordinates. This site
includes printable activities and a free downloadable book. The activities involve solving
number problems which allow you to arrive at co-ordinates. When the co-ordinates are
plotted and joined in sequence a picture is generated. Colourful and well worth a look. Primary Games
From the same stable as Teaching Tables this site has a collection of games to help
children develop and practice their maths skills and knowledge. Some of the games are
quite challenging. (If you like them you can download the games to use offline or buy them
on a CD for about £10).. Excellent. Primary
Worksheets
Loads of maths worksheets generated before your very eyes! Choose the one you want. Print
it. Click the button to generate a new version. Great! Problem Solving
This is a must see site! Loads of problems tied to the New Zealand Mathematics Curriculum
but easy to apply to the UK NC. The home page gives a good explanation of what problem
solving is and why it is such a valuable tool for mathematical education. Then there are
problems set at levels 1 to 6 each with specified learning outcomes, extension activities,
resources (including copy masters in English and Maori!), alternative contexts for the
problem and a set out teaching sequence... and all laid out on a simple, quick loading
pages. Excellent!
RekenWeb
Lots of little online flash games for young
mathematicians on this Dutch (but in English) site.
Skoool.co.uk
Skoool provides Maths and Science lessons for
students to download. It is hosted by a variety of
broadband consortia. Children download a special
browser which then allows them to download lessons
for use off line. they say that Skoool.co.uk is a
new concept in e-learning. Looks interesting to me. Teaching Ideas for Primary Maths
Lots of ideas from fellow teachers for maths activities and games to play The site has a
nice clear index page. Don't miss it! Teaching Tables
A collection of online Flash games and worksheets/ worksheet generators to help children
learn and practice their multiplication tables. Simple and excellent. Teaching Time
A site with a collection of interactive games and activities to help in teaching about
time. There are also supporting worksheets to download although most of them will only
print if you have paid the modest fee. This is from the same author (Mark Cogan) as the
excellent Primary Games and Teaching
Tables sites.
Tessellation
A page of links to sites about tessellation.
Excellent. Time
This is a set of activities which will help you work out and
understand time. The games use AM and PM as well as
digital and analogue clocks.
Time and Date
All sorts of information and calculations about
time, time zones, dates, calendars etc. Totally Tessellated
A wonderful site all about tessellations. There is
an introduction with explanations about different
kinds of tessellation, a lot of stuff about MC
Escher (perhaps the most famous tessellator of them
all).
WisWeb
A Dutch website offering flash activities for a
range of age groups. There is some excellent stuff
here (most of it in English). The home page looks a
little dry but it is well worth exploring.
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