Rainforest Maths - This is a Fantastic site with lots of interactive games for K- 6
Peter McMannis Great site on Number Thingys exploring number problems - great site dealing with some of the worl's great number problems
Adrian's Great Site
The Symmetry webquest page is excellent, sticks to the subject as well as being easy to navigate. Some of the images are quite fascinating and all sorts of symmetry is explained using wonderful imagery. Go there your students will love it.
Illuminations (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) This is a fantastic
site - just what you have been looking for - ineractive maths
activities online. Spanning the entire K-12 range, this great
resource includes:
1)i-Maths: online, interactive, multimedia math investigations.
All i-Maths are built around interactive math applets, and some
also include video clips.
2)Internet-Based Lesson Plans: examples of how the Internet can
be used to help create effective Standards-based mathematics lessons.
3) Math-lets: math applets you can download and use to explore
math and create interactive lessons on your own.
4) Inquiry on Practice: video vignettes, research reports, and
articles designed to encourage thinking and discussion about how
to improve the teaching and learning.
Clever Games for Clever People - Fantastic site with games to make offline
Java Script Maths Games from Quia
Interactive Maths K-12 deals with all strands of maths with simple manipulative java scripts.
The frightening world of Mathematics Some interesting ideas here. including the quadramatic more suitable for 7-12.
Time
Teaching Time UK Here's a great site for teaching the Time - interactive games as well as printout.
Symmetry - everything
http://www.schools.ash.org.au/stkierans-manly/Classes/Yr6/6B/6B.htm
Fractions
All
About Fractions
Dozens of colorfully illustrated pages with explanatory lessons
and interactive practice games
Fraction to Decimal Conversion
Converting fractions to decimals. Fractions
from 1/1 to 31/32 are neatly organized into a table showing
their decimal equivalents.
Rules for Fractions
For visual learners who can read an algebraic formula, this is
the site. In one straightforward table, you'll learn the rules
for adding (A/B + C/B = (A + C)/B), subtracting, dividing and
multiplying fractions.
***** Gigafloppingly Brilliant
TESSELLATIONS *****
Mathematicians define "tessellate" as covering
a plane with a
pattern, and it is a concept that interests scientists and
artists, as well as mathematicians.
Intriguing Tessellations
Marjorie Rice discover four new tessellating pentagons in
the late 1970's.
Tessellating
Animation
Japanese artist Makoto Nakamura has taken tessellations a step
beyond the plane with his awesome animations. See his
tessellated birds fly, his tessellated fish swim, and his
tessellated dancers dance. Next, visit Nakamura's Jigsaw
Puzzles
reassemble tessellated cats, pigeons, gorillas and more.
Tessellation Tool
Pattern
Blocks
ESCHER
M.C. Escher,the Dutch artist and father of
modern-day tessellations.
Hop's Escher Tesselation Tiles
What
is a Tessellation?
This Math Forum page is a great introduction to tessellations
for those who know some geometry.
Art and Math - Tessellations Tutorials
Tessellations on line, make online tessellations.
Geometry
Geometry
through Art
Story of Flatland , famous mathematics story, I just love it
General Maths Sites
Maths is Fun - Primary School
Jim Loy's Mathematics Page - High School
AAA MATH Hundreds
of pages of Basic Math Skills.
Interactive Practice on every page.
An Explanation of the math topic on each page.
Several Challenge Games on every page.
Aplusmath.com! This web site was developed to help students improve
their math
skills interactively.Visit our game room and play exciting games
like Matho and Hidden Picture...Test your math
skills with our Flashcards! Try out the Math Word Find puzzle.
Ask
Dr Math Your problems you never have to have a
problem you can't solve again at Swarthmore. This is a great place
to investigate. And you can get a weekly BEATCAL email giving
you the great maths trick of the week.
Maths and Mapping Great site with activities and map drawing. Mathematics of Cartography
A fantastic Maths Dictionary
for Kids - works every time by Jenny Eather
Internet
Mathematics Library
Prime Page - The prime source for information about prime numbers.
More about PI written by Elemantary school students. Pi Mathematics
is a multidisciplinary project designed around the concept of
pi, involving math, history, English, and problem solving skills.
This
site, designed for grades five through eight, guides students
in discovering the approximate value of pi, using measurement
data, formulas, and various problems and activities. Pi Mathematics
also offers a downloadable movie and software as in-class resources.
Pi Mathematics was created by teachers Georgette Moore and Betty
Ganas with assistance from the National Center for Supercomputing
Applications.
Competitions + Problem Solving
The NRICH site has age appropriate problems and this site also has a news letter and many other links - well worth a look.
Information about the Australian Mathematics Trust and Competitions
Historical Maths
Cool site for Egyptian
Calculator, translates into heiroglyhpics, excellent site
Tour through the history of Mathematics
from 3,000BC
Biographies of Women
Mathematicians
BBC Games Wheel includes Probability, means and averages etc -games are interactive and require shockwave
Colourful Maths, Hotel Infinity, all suitable for Elementary school. Great site.
CoolMaths
4 Kids Choose from multiply divide, add, and subtract
Online Maths Practice It's pretty wild - can you take it.
Another multiplication practice site.
Penta
Play game with pentominoes
Ken White's Coin
Flipping Page You have to see this one
Euclid's
Game
Taxi
The
Game of Nim
***Tangram