Mathematics Teacher Resources
Desmos and Modeling…
- www.desmos.com (free online graphing calculator)
- teacher.desmos.com (activities and tools)
- student.desmos.com (student login for activities)
- learn.desmos.com (videos, tutorials, graphing challenges)
Rich Task Resources…
- 3 Act Math:Dan Meyer (Dan Meyer’s three act tasks)
- Rich Tasks: Robert Kaplinsky (Rich Tasks)
- 3 Act Math: Dane Ehlert (Another 3 act site)
- 101qs.com (collection of three act tasks)
- Estimation180 (build number sense through estimation challenges)
- visualpatterns.org (what it says, and amazing!)
- wouldyourathermath.com (start a maths argument with visual prompts)
- mathmistakes.org (analyze student mistakes to develop deeper understanding)
- openmiddle.com (“challenging maths problems worth solving,” a DOK 2-3 gold mine)
- wodb.ca (“Which One Doesn’t Belong?” Thought-provoking puzzles for maths teachers and students alike.)
- Visual Patterns Sorting Task (PDF)
- Play with your math (graphical organization of maths activities)
- mathalicious.com (real world, CCSSM-aligned lessons for middle school and high school)
- Inside mathematics (problems of the month, assessments, tasks)
- Illustrative Math (CCSSM-aligned lessons for K-12)
- Yummy Math (Rich tasks grades 3-12, some free, some subscription)
- Illuminations (NCTM resources)
- Mathematics Assessment Project (assessment and lesson tasks)
- Graphing Stories (Videos showing various situations and the graph that would go with them)
- Math Talks (student conversations about mathematics problem solving)
- Table Talk Math (math based conversations for parents, students and teachers)
- Math is Visual (pictorial representations of equations)
- Between Two Numbers (number fluency and estimation)
- Math Before Bed (visual mathematics explorations)
- nrich.maths.org (Rich Maths Tasks)
- motivate.maths.org (Rich Maths Tasks)
- solveme.edc.org (Solving equations with mobiles/shapes)
Blogs…(many with tasks)
- Michael Fenton
- Geoff Krall
- Dan Meyer
- Fawn Nguyen
- Avery Pickford
- Andrew Stadel
- Matt Vaudrey
- John Stevens
#MTBoS or #iteachmath (simply the best daily resource for math education collaboration) stands for Math Twitter Blog o Sphere
if you aren't on twitter, you need to be.
Twitter search engine for maths education: here.
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