Great Math sites

Math seems to get left out the "the equation"(ha!)when we talk about interactive sites or "fun" activities. The reality is that there is plenty out there by and for math teachers. Following are sites that might be useful(Thanks to Richard Byrne and others).

The Math Factor is a good podcast website for students finding interesting and challenging mathematics problems. Math teachers may also want to play the podcast in class then have students discuss and work on solutions to the problems. It has been created and maintained by the Math department at Univeristy of Arkansas. Much if it seem very interesting and challening to me.

Going global, NZMath is created and maintained by the New Zeland Ministry of Education. Algebra, Geometry and Statistics are among the areas covered, by level/ability. Looks interesting!

The Harvey Mudd College Math Department maintains a site called MuddMath Facts that allows for searches by topic. Again, lost of information

Kind of a fun way to begin class is with a video clip. Math in the Movies is a fun way to create an anticipatory set. The site is created and maintained by a member of the Harvard University Math department. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE STANDARD FOR APPROPRIATENESS AND LANGUAGE IS DIFFERENT AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL-PREVIEW ANYTHING FOR LANGUAGE AND CONTENT

Here is the latest application that I am hooked on: The Eyeballing Game is such a fun way to learn and interact with geometric theorems and shapes. It would be great on a SMARTboard! I've found that I am obsessed with trying to create the perfect parallelogram! The game rotates through the seven tasks three times and then provides you with an overall average of your accuracy along with where you rank with the last 10,000 people who have played the game. Think of class team competition using this application!

If you are a SMARTboard user at all you will appreciate Mr Vizza's site. The best I can figure, this gentleman is a math teacher with lots of time and experience with SMARTboards. He has a "gallery" of SMARTboard lessons and resources that is pretty amazing

Finally, there is Jim Reed, a Canadian math teacher who's page makes my head hurt. But if you are a math teacher, you will probably find some good information.