Lesson Prep
Monday, 16 January 2012
Where do you go for maths lessons and good lesson ideas?
Here’s the start of my list, I’m not particularly recommending these sites, just listing them as places to look for ideas.
- Math Snacks
- M2T2
- Mathalicious ($ Pay what you can)
- Math Pickle
- Mathematics Assessment Project
- Rich Tasks
- The Chalk Face
- I Love Math
(Of course, there are numerous blogs that could be included here)
I’ve added these sites to MathsSearch meaning you could search these sites through there.
So, in the comments, where do you go for maths lessons and good lesson ideas?
Comments
dear Simon
we have laptops across the school;
my main starting point is my Delicious file
I have tags for all my links that correspond to the related textbook
chapter; eg 08-05Probability tag refers to yr 8 chapter5 on probability; so
my links all line up in sequential order:all the 07 links, chapter by
chapter; then all the 08 links etc, which makes it easy to get the lesson
related web resources I’ve found.
I’ve also got an extensive geogebra library I’ve compiled and accumulated
powerpoints etc. The hardest part currently is consolidating my resources
into 1 access point, again organised by text chapeters for yr 7 through to
12 .
Every so often i need to periodically review what i’ve got and
discard/upgrade what has been collected/made in haste.
I’m sure this is a common tale of woe begging for time which is swallowed
up by much administrivia.
Anyway…
some links you may or may not know of which offer more comprehensive
curriculum coverage with a signifigant ict element
I appreciate that yours had more a “working mathematically “maths in
context “problem solving aspect which is great and fundamental to
relevance and engagement.
Finally, what you indicated about taking time to integrate this maelstrom
of maths into your coherent teaching persona is critical for feeling good
about what you are doing in the classroom and also having a life.
My guide is to reflect on what am I going to be doing in 4 years time and
where do I think good maths teaching will be in 4 years time
regards geoff dix
ASHGROVE QLD LINKS
Enrichment miscellaneous etc
CMIT
SELECTMATHS
KEYED IN MATHS
LEARNALBERTA
SINGAPOREMATHS
Mathalicious
Regents Exam Prep Center
Waldo Maths
Math Open Reference
Connected Mathematics Project
MathBooster
Bridgeport Mathematics Department
NEIRTEC
Hey – found you because you linked to my page. Very excited to see other people using it! I’m fairly new to teaching, and the main reason for putting up the webpage was selfish – I needed a way of organising resources. Often, despite the fact that there are hundreds of teachers producing thousands of great resources out there, when you’re in a hurry it’s quicker to make a new resource than to find one that does what you have in mind. After my first year I was starting to forget which folder things I liked using were hidden away in (“I used this with my year 7s… last year?”) so I started cleaning up spreadsheets, making things more user-friendly and then cataloging them for the web. A good incentive to make things easy to find! I also use some of the other links you’ve mentioned, and I’d also like to add Nrich to the mix – particularly good for extension work, especially at A-level. Some really interesting mathsy problems, with solutions.
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