Online Resources
Teaching online? The MSEC shares the following collections of online resources that may be helpful. The MSEC does not manage these sites, and some may require a log-in/registration.
Sites for Curriculum, Tools, Assessments/Tasks:
North Carolina Standards - the mathematics standards specific to NC
Common Core Standards - the core document for mathematics
NC2ML - a rich collection of materials collected by educators across North Carolina. This site includes instructional frameworks that can help organize your planning of content.
Tools for NC Teachers - an organized collection of LES lesson plans, assessments, and additional resources, arranged by grade band
You Cubed - Jo Boaler's site, related to her work on Mathematical Mindsets
Inside Mathematics - housed at the UT-Austin Dana Center, a collection of video lessons, common core reources, assessments, and more
GA Curriculum Standards - resources housed at the Georgia Department of Education (it's okay that it says Georgia - many resources are still easily findable!)
NCTM Back to School - weekly sessions and materials on teaching mathematics from the national organization, NCTM
Technology for Teaching
Geogebra - a freely available site for geometry and algebra based explorations
The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives - online manipulatives and simulations available for free
Explain Everything - an interactive whiteboard applet that can be used on a tablet
Educreations - an interactive whiteboard applet that can be used on a tablet
FlipGrid - a social platform that allows students and teachers to upload short videos, for interacting, communicating/sharing, or even assessment
Books
- AIMS (Activities Integrating Math & Science)
- 98,99,100! Ready or Not, Here I Come!
- Apples, Bubble, and Crystals-Your Science ABCs
- Applying Algebra
- Connected Mathematics (click for units and topics)
- Bits and Pieces
- Covering and Surrounding
- Cricket in Times Square, The
- Data Around Us
- Elementary Math Teachers Book of Lists
- Environmental Chemistry
- Junie B. Jones Has a Peepin Her Pocket (Scholastic)
- How Do Bats See in the Dark? Questions and Answers About Night Creatures (Scholastic Question and Answer Series)
- Island Scrapbook, An
- Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor, The (Scholastic)
- National Science Resource Center (teacher/student guides-20 different topics)
- Overcoming Math Anxiety
- Prime Time
- Rockpool, The
- Salamandar Room, The
- Science Fair Projects (A Guide for Grown-ups) Booklets
- Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi, A Math Adventure (Scholastic)
- Sunlight, Skyscrapers and Soda Pop - The Wherever-You-Look Science Book
- Tangram Blocks Activities
- Tangram Blocks Exploration
- Thinking With Mathematical Models
- Variables and Patterns
- Volcanoes (Scholastic Science Reader)
- Weather (Scholastic)
- Weather Book, The
- ETA Pamplets on Using Manitulatives
- Lead Teacher Materials
- Variety of "History of Mathematics" Books
- Navigating Through Numbers and Operations Series (various grade levels)
- Navigating Through Problem Solving Series
- Navigating Through Discrete Mathematics Series
- Navigating through Data Analysis and Probability Series
- Navigating Through Algebra Series
- Navigating Through Measurement Series
- Navigating Through Geometry Series
- Variety of Cuisenaire Rods Books
- Variety of Activity Books - (various grade levels)
Mathematics Manipulatives
- Judy Clocks
- Color Cubes
- Fraction Bars
- Fraction Circles
- White Boards
- Tangrams
- Hundreds Boards
- Geometric Volume Shapes
- Base Ten Blocks
- Three Bear Counters
- Attribute Blocks
- Proof of Pythagoras
- Dice
- Play Money
- Protractors
- Multi-link Cubes
- Centimeter Cubes
- Scissors
- Tape Measures
- Pattern Blocks
- Compases
- Floating Ring Magnets
- Bar Magnets
- Algebra Tiles
- Spinners
- Two-Color Counter
- Relation Shapes
- Base Ten Blocks
- Relational Geo Solids
- Rulers
- Magformers
- Fraction Squares
- Cuisenaire Rods
- Polydrons
- Wooden Color Cubes
- Towers of Hanoi
- Decimal Squares
- Snap Cubes
- Dominoes
- Learning Wrap-Ups
- Hands-On Equations
- Hundeds Number Tiles
- Wooden Geo Solids
- Pentominoes
- Geoboards
- Miras
- Color Tiles
- Models of Geometric Solids
Kits and Manipulatives
- Effects of Smoking, the
- Instant Ear Thermometer (not a kit)
- Rock Detective Mystery Notebook with Samples
- Rocks and Minerals Kit (samples of common rocks and rock forming minerals)
- Tangram Blocks (flat and 3-Dimensional)