Other Resources

These resources can help students and teachers with math and science studies.

Math

Math.com - Math.com has games, tools, and more. It offers homework help, calculators and other tools, online practice quizzes, games, and other interactive explorations of math for all levels. In addition, you'll find assessment, on-demand modular courses that target key math concepts, 24/7 live online tutoring, and expert answers to math questions.

Cyberchase  - A daily animated adventure TV series and multimedia project for children ages 8-11. To save the day, our heroes have to use math and brain power. Check your local PBS station for schedules.

Cramster.com  - On this site, students can find textbook specific homework solutions for some of the most popular math, science, and engineering textbooks and a board to post questions. Some materials are available free. Most are available with paid registration.

Curriculum Focal Points - The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) identifies three important mathematical topics at each level, prekindergarten through grade 8. The publication 'Focal Points' seeks to spur discussion of mathematics curricula. It is intended to bring more coherence to the diverse mathematics curricula currently in use. It provides a framework for states and districts to design more focused curricular expectations and assessments for pre-K-grade 8 mathematics curriculum development.

Figure This! Mathematics Challenges for Families Web site - This site for middle schoolers is offered by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and supported by NEA. It provides interesting math challenges that middle school students can do at home with their families. Glenda Lappen, Michigan State University professor and former NCTM president, says that middle school is when "students have time to experiment, to ponder, to play with mathematical ideas, to seek relationships among ideas and concepts, and to experience the power of mathematics to tackle problem situations that can be mathematized or modeled."

Math Forum - One of the leaders in mathematics and mathematics education on the Web. Have a question about a homework problem? Ask Dr. Math. Need a lesson on data and statistics for your second graders or high schoolers? Do a search by topic and level. The search engine on this site is particularly useful for parents, teachers and students.

PBS.org Teachers provides a database of mathematics lessons, searchable by grade level and topic.

PBS's Mathline - Online professional development opportunities for educators.  and other products available for use with students.

MegaMath - lets teachers and elementary students explore important mathematical ideas, such as the Four-Color Theorem and graphs. In addition to student activities and detailed explanations of math concepts, the site examines math's connection to industry and business. A project of the Computer Research and Applications Group at Los Alamos National LaboratoryStandards-based Math and Science Resources.

Illuminations - This math Web site, produced in cooperation with the MarcoPolo Education Foundation, supports teachers in their implementation of standards-based math. The site offers online multimedia investigations, lesson plans keyed to standards, and links to reviewed Web sites.

The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives from Utah State University presents online manipulatives (base ten blocks, algebra tiles, pattern blocks, etc.). Manipulatives are indexed by math topic and grade level.

Science

The Water Cycle - The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Water Resources, has a comprehensive Web site that includes a diagram explaining the water cycle in 57 languages.

Cool Cosmos - The site provides classroom activities, experiments, lessons, ask-an-astronomer videos, an infrared astronomy timeline, and more.

Online Science-athon - This site helps students discover the science in their daily lives. It is organized around four events: "How Tall Am I?" for grades 2-3, and the "Marble Roll," "Catching Sunshine," and the "Chocolate Melt" for grades 4-8. The site makes it easy for teachers to incorporate the events into instruction, align learning with academic standards, and get students investigating their world in ways that are fun and instructive. Each event produces class data and includes questions for exploring student-generated data.

Visible Earth - NASA's searchable directory of images, visualizations, and animations of earth. Topics include soils, clouds, storms, hurricanes, droughts, precipitation, vegetation, oceans, sea ice, human population, land use, erosion, fires, rocks, minerals, regions and countries. 

Science Netlinks - This site, produced in cooperation with the MarcoPolo Education Foundation, supports K-12 teachers in their implementation of standards-based science. The site offers online multimedia investigations, lesson plans keyed to standards, and links to reviewed Web sites.

Try Science - This site offers a wealth of resources to help teachers integrate TryScience and science center resources into classroom activities, connect with parents and students, and more.

Science Center - This site from Education World has an abundance of support materials for pre-K-12 educators. Teachers can search the science database by grade level as well as topic. In addition, teachers can submit their favorite lesson plan and browse through other teachers' favorites.

NASA projects There are literally hundreds of sites dedicated to   that have education components.

Space Science Education Resource Directory - This site can help teachers find Web-based resources to support space science curricula. Teachers can set up an account and log in (though this is not required) and save their searches for later use.

Updated June 2008