Furbles | ptolemy.co.uk “Furbles are the shape of things to come: this software is technology at its best and well worth the money.” John Dabell, TES Magazine Furbles started life as an idea for teaching statistics in an interesting way with children from KS1 to KS3. The original version was published in 2003 online, and its popularity spread. It has been downloaded and used over 20,000 times in the last five years. In 2006 Sherston Software commissioned me to write a commercial version. Furbles was originally devised as an innovative way of imagining statistics and the depiction of statistics. Part of the idea of Furbles was also to encourage teachers to take a fresh look at how to teach the subjects. This model of a Furble (right) from Ferndown Middle School is a wonderful example of some work that lead from Furbles at a primary school. If you are interested in purchasing the 2008 commercial version, then please visit the Sherston Software website.
MathsClass - a blog about teaching and learning in the maths classroom Cool Math 4 Kids Times Tables Help - How Multiplying Works (times tables) Here's another one: This means that you have three groups of 5! Put the three groupstogether... How many pentagons do you have? Count them... So, our answer is: Let's switch the numbers around and do it the different way! This means that you have five groups of 3! Put the five groupstogether... Count them... Free Math Clip Art that Just Adds Up Sometimes things just add up and it truly does with this collection of free math clip art. It may not teach anyone how to add or subtract but they will definitely have the correct symbols to do so. Why not impress your teachers but adding some colorful clip art to that boring math assignment? If you do, she might ad a big colorful A+. Or you could just go blow it off and check out bowling clip art. Equals Sign Not Equal Calculator Clip Art Pi Clip Art E=MC2 Clip Art Geometry Clip Art Math Sum Clip Art Minus Sign Geometry Shapes Plus Sign Subtract Clip Art Divide Clip Art Multiply Abacus Add Symbol Free Math Clip Art
Mathletics.asia - Love Learning How to measure butter & margarine How to Measure Butter Is 1/2 lb. of butter the same as 1/2 cup of butter? The recipe writers of the world have entered into a conspiracy to make cooking with butter way more complex than it should be. In one recipe they ask for a half-cup of butter. In the next, they ask for 8 tablespoons. In this country, butter is mostly packaged in 1-pound boxes, with four individually wrapped quarters or sticks. Butter Measurement Translation Chart to Defeat Nefarious Recipe Writers* *This also works for margarine that comes in 1-pound boxes.
Curriculum Mapping We thought it would be helpful for maths teachers if we identified our favourite "rich tasks" from the NRICH collection. These resources have been chosen because they are ideal for developing subject content knowledge as well as mathematical thinking and problem-solving (process) skills. The documents give links to the different topics in the curriculum. We know they are transferable and useful to all teachers, whatever curriculum they follow. To help you further, as teachers create additional mapping documents based on ours and send them to us, we are adding them below. Further NRICH links to the Secondary Mathematics Curriculum in England NRICH has worked with the Secondary National Strategy to develop guidance based on NRICH problems that illustrate what pupils should know and be able to do within a particular process strand. NRICH links to OCR stages Mark Greenaway, an AST in Suffolk, has worked on embedding resources listed in the mapping documents to the 10 OCR stages.
Multiplication Worksheets We have multiplication sheets for timed tests or extra practice, as well as flashcards and games. Includes Multiplication Flashcards, Multiplication Bingo, Multiplication Tables, Multiplication I Have - Who has, and lots more! To see the Common Core Standards associated with each multiplication worksheet, select the apple core logo ( ) below the worksheet's description. Games Multiplication Game: I Have / Who HasFree A super-fun chain reaction game that teaches times tables! Multiplication Board Game: To the Moon Member Printable multiplication board game with a space theme. Multiplication Game: Memory Match (up to 9s)Free This fun memory card game will help students learn their multiplication facts up to 9 x 9. Multiplication Game: Memory Match (up to 12s) Member This version of Multiplication memory match includes 10s, 11s, and 12s. Multiplication Roll 'Em Member Play this multiplication dice game to make your math lesson more fun! Multiplication Bingo Member Flashcards Fact Family Flashcards Member
10 Best Free Educational Games: Online Learning That's Fun and Interactive Part 1 of Online Learning Games for Families These educational games are some of the best learning experiences that can be found on the Internet, but who knew they could also be so much fun! A recent study showed that of our 53 million K–12 students, 51 million of them (or 93%) play video games.1 Wouldn't it be better if a higher percentage of these games were educational? Well, parents and educators looking for the best free educational games online need look no further than the ten great sites on this list. Each site has an educational foundation that makes learning fun for students of all ages, and every teacher will tell you that children learn best when they are having fun. So, check out the websites on this list to provide an enjoyable online learning experience for your children.1. Online Learning Games for Families This series of articles rounds up some of the best online games that will educate everyone in your family.
Interactive Whiteboard Resources: Maths, Key Stage 2 Caterpillar OrderingTablet friendly A flexible game for ordering numbers and for number sequences. Fantastic on an interactive whiteboard and tablet friendly. Varying levels of difficulty make it suitable for use throughout the primary age range. OrderingFlash You'll love this ordering game! Compare Numbers on a Number LineFlash Compare numbers on two different number lines and decide which is bigger. Comparing NumbersFlash A teaching tool which is good for demonstrating greater than and less than with 2 and 3 digit numbers and rounding to 10 and 100. CountersquareFlash A hundred square with movable counters and lots of different ideas on how you can use this as a teaching aid. Higher and LowerFlash Lots of examples of ordering numbers from simple ordering numbers to 10 to fractions, decimals or negative and positive numbers. Thinking of a NumberFlash Children need to guess a number below 100 from clues on the clouds. Chinese Dragon GameTablet friendly SequencesFlash EstimateFlash Number LineFlash
The National Strategies - Schools Since the National Strategies website closed in June 2011, a number of popular teaching resources have been updated and adapted to allow users to access them through the National Archives. A snapshot of NS Online the National Strategies website has also been archived by the National Archives Please be aware that the features previously available on the National Strategies site will not be available on the archived versions. For example, the personalised functions, external links, search boxes and navigation will not work. Users will need to navigate via the National Archive’s menu rather than using the search facility displayed on the archived pages. Also, the facility to log into or complete e-learning modules is no longer available. If you're looking for useful teaching resources, you may also like to visit our TES page. Another useful site for teaching resources is Teachfind .
Creativity and imagination in the math classroom—reframing projects and project based learning | Curiouser and Curiouser This week was our monthly curriculum writing committee meeting. We were sharing our successes and challenges regarding the Common Core and I mentioned, “I don’t want to sound dramatic, but I hunger for creativity. I want my students to create.” I am truly afraid the kids will lose interest in math if I don’t give them opportunities to use their imagination. Jennie Winters, our Lake County ROE math/science coordinator, replied that according to PARCC performance tasks using creativity are one of the highest levels of performance indicators. So why have I limited my students’ creativity? If imagination is the single most important competitive advantage we can have today, (Thomas Friedman, Grinnell College 2009 commencement address) I should be fostering it in math. With that in mind, is it worthwhile to examine ways to demonstrate math mastery by combining it with a very different field the student has mastered such as art, music, language arts, social studies, etc? Like this:
ASSISTments Help us learn what feedback works best. Assign one, some, or all of the following newly built problem sets that are aligned to the Common Core. Click on the links below to see the content of the problem sets. Problem sets are aligned to the Common Core for grades 2 - 6 Great for remediation in grades 7 - 9 Other new content High School Cancer Awareness ASSISTments is in the second year of a five year $3.5 million grant funded by the US Department of Education to study the impact of immediate feedback for book homework as well as classroom implementation and teacher practice using ASSISTments. If you or someone you know is interested, visit the study's website for more information and how to apply.