Math(s) Reviews

Math(s) Web Site Reviews

Subject: Mathematics     ID: 1628
Title: Step-by-Step Geometry from the Land of the Incas
Description: This web site provides an eclectic mix of sound, science, and Incan history intended to interest students in Euclidean geometry. The site includes geometry problems, quizzes, quotations, scientific speculation and more.
Rating: ********
Level: Ideal for year levels 10-12   On the web

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Subject: Mathematics     ID: 1629
Title: Go Math
Description: This web site has become quite extensive with teaching ideas and plenty of online practice questions available for students. The three main sections include geometry solutions, algebra solutions and a collection of interactive tutorials and quizzes. The geometry solutions section deals with perimeter, lateral and surface areas, and volume of plane and solid geometric figures.
Rating: *******
Level: Ideal for year levels 3-9   On the web

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Subject: Mathematics     ID: 1630
Title: Space Station Parabola
Description: Space station “Parabola” is running out of energy and unless more is found it is destined for disaster. The students will need to use their mathematical skills to reduce power and hence save the space station from almost certain destruction. This is an excellent collection of activities building students' skills in addition, subtraction, division and multiplication.
Rating: *******
Level: Ideal for year levels 2-4   On the web

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Subject: Mathematics     ID: 1631
Title: The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Description: Teachers will find an excellent collection of interactive manipulatives for all year levels and across a wide range of mathematical concepts such as number and operations, algebra, geometry, measurement, data analysis and probability. These are excellent and allow students a more visual view of the concept that is being taught.
Rating: *******
Level: Ideal for all year levels   On the web

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Subject: Mathematics     ID: 1632
Title: A View from the Back of the Envelope
Description: One of the most useful skills that any maths teacher can pass onto their students is the ability to be able to approximate. At this website students will be introduced to different techniques for approximating and be able to apply these techniques to a wide range of situations. Students are introduced to exponential notations calmer scale, the ability to simplify numbers and building concepts of relative size using actors of 10.
Rating: *****
Level: Ideal for year levels 4-10   On the web

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Subject: Mathematics     ID: 1633
Title: AAA Math
Description: If students or teachers are looking for resources on basic mathematical skills, including addition, comparing, decimals, equations, exponents, geometry, measurement, money, percentage, ratios, subtraction, algebra, counting, division, estimation, fraction
Rating: *****
Level: Ideal for year levels 0-9  On the web

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Subject: Mathematics     ID: 1634
Title: AAA Math Lessons
Description: This web site has extensive collection of lessons covering almost every aspect of mathematics and at all levels. The resources available here would be invaluable as revision and extension exercises. They are well-planned, sequential and easy to access.
Rating: *****
Level: Ideal for year levels 0-10   On the web

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Subject: Mathematics     ID: 1635
Title: Back to the Future   
Description: In this maths Webquest the year is 2540 AD.  The world is fully computerised and books no longer exist.  A ruthless group of terrorist mathphobes have hacked into the mainframe and released an evil virus.  The virus has destroyed a large part of the “history of mathematics”section of the hard drive.  The students role is to go back to the 20th century and retrieve information from the past.
Rating: *****
Level: Ideal for year levels 6-12  On the web

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Subject: Mathematics     ID: 1636
Title: Bestseller Mathematics
Description: This is an excellent article dealing with the statistics of best-selling books. Through the article students are introduced as to why Harry Potter appears to have done so well and how bar graphs and pie graphs should be interpreted. The concepts of the me
Rating: *****
Level: Ideal for year levels 6-10  On the web

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Subject: Mathematics     ID: 1637
Title: Brain Pop: Maths
Description: Many mathematical processes are abstract and difficult to follow but the use of animation can overcome many of these problems. At this website you will find over 20 animations dealing with topics such as estimating distance, adding and subtracting fractio
Rating: *****
Level: Ideal for year levels 3-10  On the web

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