Worksheets
Various worksheets on TONS of math topics you can generate for free!
Basic operations worksheet generator is updated! Make worksheets for whole numbers or integers - all four operations, including add & subtract or multiply & divide - horizontal or vertical - add a border and/or extra workspace, use a variable, and more.
Curriculum
Advice, reviews, and resources to help you choose a math curriculum!
Math Apprentice
A multimedia site that provides students an opportunity to try various professions that use math. Students can be scientists, engineers, computer animators, video game programmers, and more. Math Apprentice provides areas of free exploration as well as specific problems to solve. It is meant for upper elementary and middle school students. www.mathapprentice.com
Yummy Math
Quality math activities from real life, organized into categories such as math and social studies, geometry, data and probability, holidays and annual events, food, sports, number sense, etc. Available as PDF and DOC files. The activities are free but answers are available only to subscribers. www.yummymath.com
Mathematical Moments
A series of one-page PDF files that promote appreciation and understanding of the role mathematics plays in science, nature, technology, and human culture. The one-page flyers cover very diverse topics such as findign oil, solving crimes, DNA, brain, traffic, aircraft design, etc. www.ams.org/mathmoments
Micron: Math in the Workplace
A great collection of REAL-world math problems contributed by a variety of businesses, demonstrating the relevance of math in today's world. The intent of these lessons is to excite students about mathematics, to expose students to professions that employ mathematics, and to demonstrate the relevance of mathematics in solving real-world challenges. Choose the "Math in the Worplace" tab. www.micron.com/foundation/educators/k12-educator-resources
When Will I Use Math - Careers
WeUseMath.org is a non-profit website that helps to answer the question "When will I use math?" It describes the importance of mathematics and many rewarding career opportunities available to students who study mathematics. weusemath.org/?q=careers
Career profiles
Essays from authors from a variety of careers for which a background in the mathematical sciences is useful. www.maa.org/careers
Primary Grade Challenge Mathby Edward Zaccaro A very good book on problem solving with very varied word problems and strategies on how to solve problems. Includes chapters on: Sequences, Problem-solving, Money, Percents, Algebraic Thinking, Negative Numbers, Logic, Ratios, Probability, Measurements, Fractions, Division. Each chapter’s questions are broken down into four levels: easy, somewhat challenging, challenging, and very challenging.
Basic operations worksheet generator is updated! Make worksheets for whole numbers or integers - all four operations, including add & subtract or multiply & divide - horizontal or vertical - add a border and/or extra workspace, use a variable, and more.
