Math+Web+Sites+and+Tools

=Math Educational Web-Sites and Tools=

If you find other good sites, please send an eMail and I'll add them to the list. If you'd like to edit thi page directly (maybe make it prettier), let me know. All contributions are welcome.

Dave_Mulkey@fis.edu

Math Web-Sites
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 * **MyMaths** - grades 6-8, online instruction using Flash animations, demonstrations and online practice exercises
 * **MEP** - Math Enhancement Programme - gr 1-12 (especially middle school), book chapters, online demos and practice at []
 * **Mr Vizza's Class** - extensive High School resources including SmartNotebook files
 * **Hippocampus -** lots of flash animations for High School math, through calculus
 * **Rain Forest Maths** - gr K-6, lots of graphics
 * **Math Tools** - lots of Java Applets for gr 6-8
 * **The Math Page -** instructional and review materials for high school - interactive
 * **Library of Virtual Manipulatives** - grades K-12, lots of Flash and Applets, very nicely organized
 * **TeacherLed** - interesting applets
 * **Cool Math Games** - LOGIC games, like Nim, 3D-Tic-Tac-Toe, jumping marbles, etc . **Shisen** is very pretty. Lemonade Stand is a good math exercise.
 * **Lots of Puzzles** - lots and lots of puzzles, good variety, for all levels K-12
 * **IB Portfolios -** an FIS site with notes and suggestions about IB portfolios
 * **CurveBank** - various interesting pictures of graphs and other stuff - gr 11,12, some good, some not so good
 * **Math World Wolfram Alpha** - huge database of mathematical theorems, plus a calculator that can solve all kinds of problems - integrals, factoring, etc.

Math Tools
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 * **Mathlets -** a wide variety of Applet based display tools for grades 11-12. All very easy to use.
 * **GeoGebra** - a programmable tool like Geometer Sketch Pad
 * **GeoNext** - for geometric figures, following geometry laws, including Cartesian grid
 * **Eigenmath** - CAS (computer algebra system) - does algebra, calculations, and draws graphs - needs a keyboard for typing equations and functions
 * **Graph** - for cartesian, polar, parametric graphs. Easy to reformat for nice presentation.
 * **DeadLine** - graphing tool for gr 11-12, especially good on SmartBoard