Classroom
Resources
The
sites listed are related to mathematics, science or the work of the Institute
in some way.
These links are provided for your convenience only and do not imply the
Institute's endorsement or approval of the contents of the sites unless
specifically stated. The Institute is not responsible for the contents
of other sites.
Ages 11 - 18
10
Ticks
Offering National Curriculum compliant maths worksheets for teachers,
parents and students. Comprehensive maths support for students with helps,
games and activities.
Ask
Mr Calculus
Provides
help with maths questions.
Bowland Maths
Bowland Maths is a new initiative providing a series of innovative case studies to appeal to pupils at Key Stage 3. They are interactive with open questions, requiring problem solving skills, imagination and a degree of teamwork.
CensusAtSchool
Collecting and disseminating real data for use by teachers and pupils
in data-handling, ICT and across the curriculum for learning and teaching.
Curious
and Useful Maths
Games
and puzzles.
Curriculum
Online
Here you'll find ALL the multimedia resources to support teaching and
learning that your school can buy with its eLCs and other funds. All resources
support the curriculum taught in schools in England from Foundation to
KS4. Many are free. Evaluate and compare resources before buying direct
from suppliers.
Defence Dynamics
A free multi-media teaching tool for 14-16 year-olds, offering a range of exciting educational resources that help bring core subjects to life! All lesson plans are curriculum and examination linked and currently support English, Maths, Geography and PSHE/PSD.
Dr
Maths
Steve Humble, aka DR Maths, is a member of the IMA's Schools and Further
Education committee. His column Dr Maths is published by the Evening Chronicle, http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/eveningchronicle,
the main local newspaper in the North East, which has a circulation of
around 55,000. The idea behind the column is to promote interest in Mathematics
to the general public.
Encyclopedia
of Integer Sequences
Type in the first few numbers in a pattern and it'll provide the rest.
Eric
Weisstein's World of Mathematics
'The web's most extensive mathematics resource!'
Escape
from Knab
You're
stranded on the slimy planet of Knab and need to earn enough money to
get back. Find out if you know enough about money and investing to earn
your way back home!
ExperimentsAtSchool
A new project for promoting good practice in collecting, handling and
interpreting data from experiments carried out across the curriculum.
Find out how your school can participate and the rich sources of material
available to create learning and teaching resources within and between
subjects.
FleetKids
Play
games and earn free prizes while honing your money sense! Get the scoop
on running a business, investing, and watching your money grow.
Fun
Brain
Show them maths can be fun! Mostly aimed at the age range 6-14. (Please
note - this website does contain adverts aimed at kids)
GCSE.Com
The material here is suitable for all GCSE maths students.
GCSE
Guide
Offer Students The Chance To Revise, Test Themselves And Learn GCSE Topics
FREE, With English Coursework, Maths Papers With Answers, Maths Revision
Notes, A GCSE Bookshop and more....
Geometry
Online
Consists
of geometry activities, updated monthly.
Interactive
Whiteboard Secondary Mathematics
IAWMaths is an interactive whiteboard site for secondary mathematics.
MacTutor
History of Mathematics
A very comprehensive collection of mathematical biographies.
Magic Mathworks Travelling Circus
Magic Mathworks is a travelling hands-on maths exhibition for schools, museums and discovery centres. This touring maths lab demonstrates and explores a multisensory approach to the learning of mathematics based on the Multiple Embodiment Principle of Z P Dienes.
Making
Better Use of Mathematical Talent - a report of a mathematical Association
Working Group which reviews existing provision, develops a proposed "star
curriculum" and identifies resources to support the teaching and learning
of the mathematically able secondary pupil.
MathAcademy
The
site includes a maths encyclopedia, quotes from famous mathematicians
and a book forum where you can search for maths titles.
Mathagony
Aunt
Mathagony aunt, Wendy Fortescue-Hubbard, answers readers' questions and
queries about maths in a weekly column in TES Teacher magazine.
Mathcentre
The UK Mathematics On-Line Learning Support Centre, free of charge resources,
available to academics for use in supporting students, and directly to
students themselves to support self-study.
Mathematical
Factoring
This website provides free information and resources relating to the subject
of mathematical factoring.
Mathematics
in Education & Industry
Supporting learning and teaching of AS/A mathematics modules.
Mathematics
Lessons that are Fun!
An
excellent site for Kids (and Adults) of all ages. A collection of lessons
ranging from 'Million $ Mission' which explores exponential growth, to
'The Hot Tub' which introduces algebra through a story.
Mathematics
Support Materials
Interactive maths packages to support student learning of mathematics.
Mathematics
- What Use Is It?
Resources from a variety of sources providing examples of the use of GCE
mathematics outside of the classroom.
Mathetainment
Really
colourful and written by young students. Contains puzzles, jokes and trivia.
Maths
in Daily Life
Examples
of how maths is used in everyday life eg home decorating and money saving.
Maths
in the Movies
List
of films and their maths content. Amusing trivia.
Mathsnet
Great source for lessons and tutorials for all levels.
MathWorld
MathWorld is a comprehensive and interactive mathematics encyclopedia
intended for students, educators, math enthusiasts, and researchers.
Moneyopolis
The
place for money sharp kids! It is designed to help 11-13 year olds develop
their maths and financial planning skills. Also has links for teachers
to assist in lesson planning etc.
Motorsport
Mathematics
An easy to use website combining key stage maths and sciences with motorsport
principles to encourage school children with their studies and show that
maths is used in a whole host of exciting ways. 'Motorsport Mathematics'
has been designed to not only improve awareness of the fundamental science
and engineering which underpins motorsport but also to highlight to school
children the relevance and practical use of these skills in industry.
Mr
Good math
Site
containing puzzles and challenges. Visitors to the site also have the
opportunity to pair up with kids from an American school to tackle problems
together.
Murderous Maths
The books, the extra bits, games, hints, tricks, puzzles... they're all here !
NAGTY
Improving educational provision for gifted and talented pupils up to the
age of 19.
National Association for Numeracy and Mathematics in Colleges
The National Association for Numeracy and Mathematics in Colleges (NANAMIC) was formed in 1993 as an association of further education, tertiary and sixth form colleges with the aim of assisting colleges nationally to developing quality in all aspects of their work in mathematics and numeracy.
NCETM
The National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics provides effective strategic leadership for mathematics-specific CPD. It aims to raise the professional status of all those engaged in the teaching of mathematics so that the mathematical potential of learners will be fully realised.
Personal
Finance Education Group
Pfeg is an education charity whose mission is for all young people to
leave school with the confidence, skills and knowledge they need in financial
matters so that they can participate fully in society. It receives support
from the education, business and government and is working within schools
across the UK at a strategic level to promote the development of financial
capability.
Perspective
Drawing
The
site illustrates how maths is used in perspective drawing.
Pi
in the Sky
Is a semi-annual periodical designated for high school students, with
the purpose of promoting mathematics, establishing direct contact with
teachers and students, increasing the involvement of high school students
in mathematical activities, and promoting careers in mathematical sciences.
Playing for Success
The Department for Children, Schools and Families Playing for Success initiative is establishing out of school hours study support centres at football clubs and other sports’ grounds.
Puzzles
4U
A
Collection of interesting logic puzzles, Language puzzles, math puzzles
and paradoxes.
Quantum
Magazine
Quantum
is a lively, bimonthly magazine of math and science (primarily physics).
Quia!
Mathematics Activities
Activities
that can help with math problems on geometry, percentages, factoring and
more.
Raftarget.com
This website is packed full of information and activities to support maths
studies at KS3 (S1-S2) and KS4 (S3-S4).
Robofesta
Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures
The maths lectures can be found at http://www.rigb.org/eventControl?action=archivedet&pg=1&interestId=2. While these (and other vintage Christmas Lectures) webcasts are free, they do require a short registration and ordering process.
Scibermonkey
Scibermonkey collects all the best websites ... throws out the nuts ...
leaving you with the pick of the bunch to go ape about science!
Science in School
Science in School
addresses science teaching both across Europe and across disciplines: highlighting the best in teaching and cutting-edge research. It covers not only biology, physics, chemistry, but also maths, earth sciences, engineering and medicine, focusing on interdisciplinary work.
Score
Mathematics
Interesting
links showing the use of Mathematics in the Real World, for example a
discussion of statistics used in the media. Also contains problems and
an excellent page (http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/real.world.html)
with links to additional resources organised into topic areas.
simpsonmath.com
The Simpsons has established itself as an award-winning international pop culture phenomenon. It is the longest-running sitcom of all time and it is also one of the most literate television programs on the air, containing many references to subject matter and scholars from various academic fields, including mathematics.
skoool.co.uk
skoool.co.uk provides learners and teachers with all they need to support
their understanding of Science and Maths for Key Stages 3 and 4.
STACK
Systems for Teaching and Assessment using a Computer algebra
Kernel
TES
Resource Bank
This is an area where you can share your materials with other teachers,
recommend your favourite resources, and rate and review other teachers'
resources and recommendations. You can upload and download files, or simply
point people to web pages you've found useful.
The ifs Student Investor Challenge
The ifs Student Investor Challenge is a set of business competitions for UK students aged 14-19 that could win you a whole host of prizes, including a trip to New York.
The Mathematics Millennium Project
The project's broad goal is to help people of all ages and abilities share
in the excitement of mathematics
and understand the enormous range and importance of its applications to
science and commerce. Other sites:-NRICH and NRICH Prime for
schools resources and students, MOTIVATE for details of
our video-conferencing programme for schools, and Plus, an online magazine
for the general public and older students about the applications of mathematics.
The
Math Forum Student Centre
This
is an American site where you can chat with other students and join in
projects and puzzles.
Theorem of the Day
Welcome to a gallery whose exhibits are the crowning achievements of mathematics: its theorems.
The
Pi Trivia Game
Trivia
quiz to test knowledge of Pi which is aimed at older children.
This
is Mega maths
Good
for group activities. The site includes instructions and materials needed
for each game.
Toolkit in
DataHandling Projects
For details of a resource to support GCSE Data Handling Projects.
UK
Mathematics Trust
UKM Torganises the UK's biggest national maths competitions and prepares
the UK's International Mathematical Olympiad Team. The UKMT Challenges
are designed to stimulate interest in maths in large numbers of pupils
in the form of multiple choice papers with lively and intriguing questions.
There are three levels covering the age range 11-18 and together they
attract almost half a million entries each year from over 4,000 schools.
Virtual
Polyhedra
Browse through 3D mathematical models on the web. (requires a VRML browser
plugin).
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