Overview
Summary of sessions

October 30
December 17
January 12
February 13
March 16
April 20
May 13

Resources
Websites
Announcements

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Examples of Microworlds Math Activities

• Factor Game
• Spiros
• Billiards - similar to Paper Pool (NCTM illuminations
  
• The Jinx
• The Pizza Palace
• Logo Microworlds - a collection of java-like activities
• Shoe Size vs. Height
• Random Birthday Applet 
• Birthday problem & Applet - Enter number of people and a list gets printed stating how many matches you have
• Explore Learning - gizmos

Problem Solving

• Open-ended Math Problems - from the Franklin Institute folks in Philadelphia. This site is for the specific purpose of preparing Middle School students for open ended problem solving on standardized tests. 
• The Cyber Food Shopper
• Middle School Problem of the Week

• Living on Your Own, Let's Calculate the Cost
• Math Stories - Worksheets disguised as storis for Grades 7-8

• Introduction to  Statistics
• Survey Studio
• Shoe Size vs. Height
• PBS Teacher Source: Statistics and Probablity
• PBS Teacher Source: Data Analysis
• Exploring Data
• Simply the Best - Uses baseball game statistcs
• Growing Growing, Graphing
• A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words- Lesson on analyzing and creating graphs
• Math Forum- Probablity and Statistics
• Probability by Surprise
• Turtle Race watch the turtles race according to probabilities
• Olympics Statistics - data from previous summer olympics
• Ms Sosenke's Pizza Project

• Fast Food Combinations
  
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.mcdonalds.html
Several contributors noticed when McDonald's introduced a special menu with 8 different items. An ad claimed that this creates 40312 possible combinations. Is this true?

• http://www.math.byu.edu/~lfrancis/readings302/Spreadsheets.html
• http://www.tedwilliams.com
• http://bes.belmar.k12.nj.us/public/everyday_spreadsheets

• 7 tips on searching the web

• The Math Forum If you only have time for one website, then this is the one! 
• The Math Forum Newsletter If you want Math Forums list of worthwhile math Sites
• Yahoo's Most Popular Math Sites - good list - any recommendations? (Math with Alice:-( - Printing it out. They have a most popular list which includes - 
• K-12 Mathematics Teaching Materials - Math Archives - extensive 
• http://archives.math.utk.edu/cgi-bin/k12_software.plList of software packages - 
• Exploratorium's 10 Cool Mathematics Sites - from 1966-2000 - looks good
• http://www.exploremath.com/ Looks like one of the best of these
• Schrock's Guide for Mathematics - website put together by Kathy Schrock who was inducted recently in the Internet Librarian Hall of Fame
• ENC Math Lessons and Activities - from the one of the biggest Internet sources
• AIMS Math Resources
• Basket Math Interactive - a lousy use of the internet; player makes basket if answer is correct. From Science academy software.
• A+Math - help for students
• Math.com - help for students & Teachers
• Houghton Mifflin's Eduplace Math section  - a math portal promoting educational experiences - grades 1-6 includes prof dev, data projects, Brain teasers and test prep - on-line multiple choice
• Suzanne Alejandra's resources - Great collection of math lessons.
• MSTE Applets - Materials for Teachers - U. of Illinois
• King Middle School Math Sites - nice collection for grades 4-6

• Pattern Blocks: Exploring Fractions with Shapes  - Cynthia Lanius
• Block Perimeter Applet 
• Area Probability (Throw Darts!) 
• Fraction Shapes  - Cynthia Lanius
• Java Applets & Activities
• Educaional Java programs from Archytpe
• Graphing Linear Equations - JAVA  Masters project - Tim O'Brien - 1997 - polished traditional algebra program - does slopes etc... 
• Java sites - good 
• Buffon Needle Applet Page 
• MSTE: WebDice 
• Beanie Babies Math Fun (Example)  Cute, but primitive CAI. Students of Evansville U writing these... 
• Eratosthenes sieve (java) 
• Huahai Yang's Game of 24 
• The Java Boutique: Free Java Applets, Games, ... 
• Java(TM) Boutique Educational Applets 
• billiards for corners 
• Middle school java 
  

• example of internet use by vendor 
• Patterns 
• Java Applets and Activities 

Examples of Real Time (or Near Real Time) Data Resources

• World Clock  
• U.S. National Debt Clock  
• U.S. Census Bureau Population Clock  
• NJDEP Bureau of Air Monitoring  
• Yahoo Stock Information  
• New York Metro Commute 

Problem Solving Tools

• Strategies 
• How Far is it?  
• MapQuest  
• Finding Your Way with a Map and Compass  
• Universal Currency Converter 
• Classic Currency Converter 
• Unit Conversion Calculator 
• Calculator.com
• Measurement Converter Volume, area, lengths, etc

Examples of Collaborative Projects

• The Global Sun/Temperature Project 
• Sixth Grade Survey and Survey Results 
• Fifth Grade Birthday Survey 
• The Global Grocery Project 
• Mighty M&M Math Experiment 
• National Pet Census 
• Noon Day Project - Measuring the earth - ala 200BC 
• Project NEAR - Rendezvous with an Asteroid

Software vendors

• Key Curriculum Press - Geometer's Sketchpad
• Tom Snyder Productions
• Logo Computer Systems Inc
• Probability Explorer* - Hollylynne Stohl
  

Organizations

• CIESE  Stevens Institute of Technology Curriculum Projects 
• CLIME Council for Technology in Mathematics Education 
• NCTM National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 
• AMTNJ  New Jersey's Math Association 
• TERC Technology Resource Center in Cambridge, MA 
• EDC Educational Development Center in Cambridge, MA
  

On-line courses

http://www.k12.hi.us/~mathappl/imwelcome.htm

Miscellaneous    

PULCHRITUDINOUS PRIMES - Adrian J.F. Leatherland - Visualizing the Distribution of Prime Numbers
http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~bunyip/primes/

  Author Adrian Leatherland visualizes the distribution of
  primes:
    - Visualizing Primes in 2D
    - Visualizing Primes in 3D
    - Prime Island!
    - The Ulam Spiral Phenomenon
    - Triangle Numbers on the Ulam Spiral

  With introductory remarks on "Why primes?" and "Why
  visualize primes?"