Three Great Sites for Math and Science
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. ...