21^st Century Manipulatives

in the Elementary Math Classroom

Gail Lovely

http://www.gaillovely.com/

Gail@GailLovely.com

Special thanks to my colleague and friend Gloria Pearce for her help

Where to Begin?

The Principles and Standards for School Mathematics from NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) http://standards.nctm.org/index.htm

Java Programs – Virtual Manipulatives

National Library of Math Manipulatives http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html

Educational Java Programs  http://www.arcytech.org/java/java.shtml

Manipulatives with Lessons or Activities

Annenberg’s Teacher’s Lab http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/

Scholastic’s Math Hunts http://teacher.scholastic.com/mathhunt/index.asp

Scholastic’s Math Mavin’s Mysteries http://teacher.scholastic.com/maven/

Scholastic’s Max’s Math Adventures http://teacher.scholastic.com/max/index.htm

AND…..

I-math from Illuminations http://illuminations.nctm.org/imath/index.html

Also try http://illuminations.nctm.org/swr/index.html for even more resources….

More Manipulatives and Some Games

IknowThat.com http://www.iknowthat.com/com?COOK

Coolmath4kids http://www.coolmath4kids.com/  http://www.coolmath.com/

AAA Math http://www.aaamath.com/

Even More Online Manipulatives

Megamaths http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/megamaths/

MegaShapes http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/megashapes/index.shtml

 

Here’s a Large Collection

Collection of wonderful math sites http://www.galaxy.gmu.edu/~drsuper/Virtual_Manipulatives/gmu895/math.htm

including: Soma blocks http://users.ids.net/~salberg/soma/Soma.html

Aunty Math http://www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org/aunty/index.html

 

What About When the Network dies…

Brain teasers http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/

OLE MISS elementary brain teasers http://www.olemiss.edu/mathed/brain/

Brain teasers and math puzzles http://www.syvum.com/teasers/

Print your Own Manipulatives

http://mason.gmu.edu/~mmankus/Handson/manipulatives.htm

Clever Games for Clever People http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/~casey931/conway/games.html

Money, Fractions, and Telling Time too?

Practical Money Skills for Students from Visa http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/english/students

Kid’s Bank http://www.kidsbank.com/index_3.asp

Budgeting and Math Basics from KinderMagic http://www.kindermagic.com/BTN/BTNhome.html

Visual Fractions http://www.visualfractions.com/

Telling Time Resources http://www.gaillovely.com/

 

Graphing Online - Conversions

Create a Graph http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/Graphing/

Conversion Tables http://graphtools.com/

Instant Conversions http://www.google.com/

 

A couple of Compendia – in case I missed your boat…

The School Site for Math http://www.bottco.com/Schoolsite/MATH.html

Math Cats http://www.mathcats.com/explore.html

Design CAD drawings at Math-Kitecture http://www.math-kitecture.com/

United Kingdom’ Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/sitedesc.htm

KidsbyDesign http://www.edbydesign.com/kidsact.html

Funbrain http://www.funbrain.com/

 

 

Summary

Technology must:

 be expansive, yet manageable;

be accessible, yet powerful;

be continually evolving;

enhance education,

not encumber it.

PLEASE feel encouraged to email me if you have questions or are looking for something…

Gail

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