Deb Norton Tech

Mathsbox.org has a nice collection of flash-based math resources for a range of ages and topics across the curriculum. There are also nice printables.  New content is always being added.   This week I am using the Bingo game for fractions.  I will project the problems on the board and students will mark the correct answers on their Bingo sheet.   Many of the activities are higher level and challenging, which is great for our students. I highly recommend checking out Mathsbox.org .  

Lately my reading students have been very interested in discussing current events (Groundhog's Day, the Super Bowl etc.)  My math students love when I apply knowledge of a current event or interesting topic into our story problems.  So I decided to do a post about websites that provide resources in this area. Here are two math sites that apply math problems to the real world and a great web site on the science topic of quarks. #1 Yummy Math - this site shares math problems based on things happening in the world today.   The newest scenarios are on Groundhog's Day and The Super Bowl.   The topics covered are Algebra, Number Sense, Geometry, Food Math, Sports and more.  I like that the topics are of interest to students because they cover current events like American Idol , the Chinese New Year ,  and Facebook .   Most problems include a printable word or pdf document with questions.  A few include video or audio clips. ...

There are so many resources for math on the Internet.  One of my favorites is You Tube ! You Tube has videos including songs, lessons and tutorials that students enjoy.  You can search You Tube for any math topic, and find videos that will supplement that topic. Here are some good ones: Multiplication square numbers (doubles) This video comes from Mathsongs for which there are 34 videos in the series.  I have used several of the Mathsongs videos. Mr. Duey Fractions I I have used this video in the past.  Students really like Mr. Duey.  I have also used Long Division by Mr. Duey . Math Rocks!  Perimeter and Area Another great series with 40 videos covering a huge variety of math concepts!  I subscribe to this one! Nature by Numbers This video was inspired by numbers, nature and geometry.  I want to show this to my students before we start our geometry unit. Sqool Tube has great video lessons for math (among other...

Lately I've been on a mission to incorporate more tools for my math students to use in our math lessons.  Here are a few that I'm thinking about. Click here for my favorite math manipulative site from McGraw Hill: I love that there are backgrounds for pretty much any math concept I'm teaching.  I really like that students can print their pages.  Choosing your grade level makes finding the right manipulative much easier. Here are two sites that are simple and easy to use for making your own graphs.   Grapher Even very young students can create a bar graph using the Grapher.  Every part of the graph is able to be changed to meet your data. Create a Graph Create a Graph allows for more options and has tabs to click to create your graph.  I like that students can preview their graph and go back and make changes if things don't look right.  I also like that students can download or email their graph when they are done. Click Here for Dice f...