Curriculum
Ideas A growing area of curriculum suggestions, as well as ideas on how
to homeschool inexpensively. Realistic, affordable ideas, as well as
reality checks!
Leadership
Position Papers
Opinions, white
papers, and sometimes controversial papers from HSC and others about
homeschooling from a Christian worldview.
State
Laws & Support Individual pages for states and countries to help you with state-specific
questions, including book suggestions, driver's ed, support groups,
and more.
Note:
Although you may see links highlighted in a certain category, such
as geometry, one site may cover many areas of math.
Curriculum Providers
Key
Curriculum Press Award winning math publisher produces math textbooks and the "Key
To..." books.
Math-U-See A math curriculum based on the use of manipulatives that is gaining
popularity within homeschooling. The videos are a great help. The
slogan "Build, Say, Write" is the theme throughout, pointing
out that the children need to understand what they are doing before
they do any worksheets.
Be sure to see our interview
with the California representatives, Dan & Angie Sinclair.
Modern
Curriculum Press Makers of math and phonics books. The Phonics books are also known
as the "Plaid books."
Saxon
Math Not only does this site tell you about their products, but there
is an online placement test as well as some helpful interactive drill
programs to be used while on-line.
Silver
Burdett Ginn Mathematics Publisher of math textbooks, this Web site has information as
well as Internet activities for kids and printable worksheets.
Ask Dr. Math From Swarthmore University. A part of the Math Forum, Ask Dr.
Math answers questions for math K-12.
Calculation
Tricks and Tips From Drexel University's Math Forum. "Beat the Calculator"
with 290 tips for fast calculation, multiplication and division rules
to help you do mental math.
Cuisenaire
Learning Place A math and science manipulative program using manipulatives and
print materials for K-12.
Curious
and Useful Math Here you will find tricks and rules for quickly calculating certain
types of math problems. There are also some entertaining trivia and
math facts that are nice to slip into casual conversation.
Double
Division
This is a fabulous new way of doing division using only addition and
subtraction. It doesn't get easier than this to teach long division.
Euclid's Elements From Clark University. A modern version of the original 13 books
in Greek of Euclid's Elements, uses a logical development of geometry
and other branches of mathematics. Java applets helps to bring the
illustrate geometry and bring the Elements alive.
Mathematically
Correct Devoted to the concerns raised by parents and scientists about
the invasion of our schools by the New-New Math and the need to restore
basic skills to math education. Domestic and International Standards,
reviews and articles are found in this large Web site. They also review
math textbooks--a real eye-opener! One of the BEST math Web sites.
Family Math Family Math is a program developed by EQUALS, at the Lawrence
Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley, California. The
goal of Family Math is to encourage underrepresented groups (especially
girls and minority students) to enter careers that use mathematics.
FAMILY MATH is, of course, family-based.
Math
Mistakes Glossary This is a list of mathematical mistakes made over and over by
advertisers, the media, reporters, politicians, activists, and in
general many non-math people. By Paul Cox. December 2000 article is
on the mathmatics of a tied election!
Math
Stories Grades 1-5. Practice for word problems.
Math Story Problems From Math Counts (Mrs. Ball). Various activities and worksheets
to print.
Mathematics
Lessons That Are Fun By Cynthia Lanius for 3rd grade to adult. Includes such topics
as "Who Wants Pizza," "Calendar Fun: It's Algebra,"
"The Hot Tub," and "Dueling Pinwheels."
Mega
Mathematics The MegaMath project is intended to bring unusual and important
mathematical ideas to elementary school classrooms so that young people
and their teachers can think about them together. Some of the interesting
subjects include: the Most Colorful Math of All, Games on Graphs,
Untangling the Mathematics of Knots, Algorithms and Ice Cream for
All,
Machines that Eat Your Words, Welcome to the Hotel Infinity, and A
Usual Day at Unusual School. (error message "forbidden access"
on 3/20/99)
Michele's
Math Some really neat tricks from a mom to teach basic arithmetic.
Well worth a peek!
The
Prime Pages Prime number research, records and resources. By Chris Caldwell.
Problem
Based Learning (PBL) from Maricopa Community Colleges. Gives an Adobe Acrobat
file showing how Problem Based Learning is used to teach math by carefully
guiding the learner to gain skills necessary to solve the problem.
The example lesson they give is on buying a car and how much of an
income the student will need to afford it.
S.O.S.Mathematics A Review of Logarithms, Algebra, Trigonometry, Calculus, Differential
Equations, Complex Variables, Matrix Algebra, Exponential Functions,
and practice exams from BBC Education.
Simtel.net Shareware, Freeware, and programs in the public domain includes
many programs, including math from elementary to advanced.
The
Math Worksheet Site
By Scott Bryce. This is a fabulous worksheet generator for K-8 math.
I am convinced that you can use this exclusively until a child reaches
4th or 5th grade. Large free area. It's worth the small cost to join
the member area for more sheets and flexibility.
Virtual Library of Math Incredible site with tons of links ! Includes extensive list of
Math software links, Mathematics Oriented High School Servers, and
over 65 Mathematics. Education links with games, curriculum ideas,
and SO much more!
Word Problems Categorized by grades (5-12) Carefully selected problems that
are modified from the Canadian Mathematics Competitions which can
help you improve your problem solving skills by St. Francis Xavier
University
Basket
Math From Science Academy Software Clicking any of the questions in
the Table of Contents left of your window will result in the presentation
of a mathematics question and animation. If you answer the question
correctly, the result will be a basketball shot animation; incorrect
responses yield the correct answer. This interactive online application
basically imitates the BasketMath application. Grade levels 4-10 (Adult
Basic Skills).
Beat the Calculator Helps you test and improve your mental math skills. From Swarthmore's
MathForum.com.
EdHelper.com Worksheets for math grades 1-12, .algebra worksheets, spelling,
vocabulary, and crosswords
Enchanted
Mind Tangrams Ancient art of tangrams turned into a program in which you click
a button, move the pieces, and drag them with the mouse. There are
a number of designs you can match by moving the pieces around. When
you have mastered the predesigned patterns, you can make up your own.
A really good math trick book is called Short Cut
Math by Gerald Kelly. The short cuts in the book don't require
special math ability, just regular arithmetic. Also mentioned on the
back cover is "How to Calculate Quickly: Rapid Methods in Basic
Mathematics."
The Open Computer Algebra
System Web site for MuPAD (Multi Processing Algebra Data tool) a general
purpose computer algebra system for symbolic and numerical computations.
Pre-Algebra
Review An on-line course from free-ed.net Learning Focus Center. Also
has an arithmetic course.
The
Fractals Lesson What are Fractals? They're everywhere, those bright, weird, beautiful
shapes called fractals. Fractals are geometric figures, just like
rectangles, circles and squares, but fractals have special properties
that those figures do not have. This fractals site is for kids, to
help them understand what the weird pictures are all about - that
it's math - and that it's fun!
The
Geometry Center The Course Material pages house materials for educational use.
They include classroom exercises and laboratory materials, as well
as the CHANCE database materials for a course in probability and statistics.
Site includes vast geometry resources and references.
Gallery
of Interactive Geometry Part of the Geometry Center site above,
the gallery contains several geometric figures, patterns, symmetry
groups, etc., that can be played with like a game. Includes a very
cool "build a rainbow" section.
Geometry Forum A K-12 Geometry site with several links including classroom materials
for teachers and students, software for Geometry, Internet projects,
and much more.
Lessons
for Mathematics & Reason Introduces you to the books of Alan Selby. The guides on this
site link logic (rule-based thought) and mathematics together, talk
about sources of skill and confidence in mathematics, and many even
explain why mathematics is a mystery for many. If you are mathphobic,
start with the logic guide. It is math-free. It offers ideas which
adepts should master as well.
The
Pavilion of Polyhedreality
This page includes several examples of polyhedral figures made from
everyday items. Very interesting, even for the mathematically challenged.
Polyhedral angle is the configuration formed by three or more planes
having intersections that form a common vertex. From George Hart.
Trigonometry
& Calculus
Dave's
Short Trig Course By David E. Joyce of the Department of Mathematics
and Computer Science, Clark University. Neat and clean outline to
follow, slow to load.
Statistics This site introduces the beginner to the basics of statistics,
such as mean, median, and percent. By Robert Niles.
Critical
Thinking
Critical
Thinking Award-winning Web site, The goal of Mission: Critical is to create
a "virtual lab," capable of familiarizing users with the
basic concepts of critical thinking in a self-paced, interactive environment.
San Jose State University.
Interactive
Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles Raymond Smullyan, a Mathematician, Philosopher and author of several
outstanding books of logical puzzles, tells, in one of his books,
a revealing story. A friend invited him for dinner. He told Smullyan
that his teenage son was crazy about Smullyan's books and could not
wait to meet him. The friend warned Smullyan not to mention that he
is a Mathematician and that Logic is a part of Mathematics because
the young fellow hated Mathematics
