New Resource

 I was looking for something on the internet this morning and stumbled across this site with over 1900 resources for teaching math.  I love having resources available so I can find the perfect one.  This site, the Scitech Institute, out of Arizona has a list of math resources for grades K to 12.  Imagine having access to a list so long.

The list is subdivided into the strands of Algebra, Arithmetic, Calculus, Geometry and Trig, Stats and Probability, and other.  The calculus section only has 23 resources listed but the rest range from a couple hundred to over 600 for the topic.  Talk about having fun checking out things.  I selected algebra since I'll be teaching it this semester and it has 406 listings.

There are the usual ones like prodigy and Khan academy but they also have the not so usual ones like Kennedy Center.  Yes, that is right, the Kennedy Center with something on "Patterns across the day - Fibonacci in nature and art."  I pulled this one up so that I could check it out. It has everything from preparation to instruction. It has the standards, the websites, materials, everything and it provides the openers, the lesson, and the closing for the lesson.  It is quite complete. 

In addition, there are links to online free textbooks, links to youtube videos for short videos from Arizona State University, Mathalicious, and others.  The mathalicious videos often show real world applications of topics such as using piecewise functions with candy consumption or coupon clipping with percents and proportions.  There are links to Inside Math from the University of Texas at Austin, Geogebra materials, and so much more.  34 pages worth of links so it takes a while to go through them but the list seems quite comprehensive and it has a good search engine.

If you go to advanced search, you'll find a search bar that allows you to narrow things by grade level, math topic such as estimating and rounding, imaginary numbers, order of operations, and the list tells you how many resources they have for each topic.  There are 21 entries for negative numbers but only one for imaginary numbers.  In fact, you can narrow by both grade and topic which helps because certain topics such as geometry are listed together and you need to use the advanced search to help narrow things down.  Furthermore, you can narrow it down further by type of resource such as lesson plans, online game, etc, or you can go for the specific organization that produced it.

This site is almost like having Christmas hit because it has so much.  I plan to use some of these resources in my classes this semester.  Check it out and let me know what you think, I would love to hear.  Have a great day.