Mathematics on MEWAN (Manchester Education)

Mathematics on MEWAN :
18/9/09 – Superb for planning and resources. This site cannot be recommended too highly.

Adding Unlike Fractions

Adding Unlike Fractions
22/4/09 – Very simple, very effective way of demonstrating common denominators and equivalent fractions. Uses a mixture of fraction notation and colourful pictographs.

Kakuro – Cross Sums

Kakuro – Cross Sums
22/2/09 – “Hot on the heels of Sudoku comes Kakuro. Think of them as the mathematical equivalent of crosswords. Also known as Cross Sums or Kakro in Japan they have recently come to the UK featuring in The Guardian newspaper. A Kakuro consists of a playing area of filled and empty [...]

Illuminations: Mathematics Lesson Plans and Resources

Illuminations: Mathematics Lesson Plans and Resources
8/2/09 – over 100 activities, more than 500 lesson plans, plus web links to support teaching across the full mathematics curriculum.

Math Goodies – Interactive help since 1998.

Math Goodies – Interactive help since 1998.
30/11/08 – “Welcome to Math Goodies, your free math help portal featuring interactive lessons, worksheets, and homework help. A pioneer of interactive help, our site has been reviewed on television and radio! Today, we have over 500 pages of activities for students, educators and parents.” [...]

St Thomas Tean – Numeracy Links

St Thomas Tean – Numeracy Links
25/11/08 – What a great find! Hundreds of maths links ordered by strand and operation. Well worth a look.

Create Worksheets for Maths & English Using Worksheet Genius

Worksheet Genius
12/10/08 – Ronseal – provides worksheets and is really quite clever… There is a lot on offer here: “completely free, randomized worksheets, design your own, easily differentiated…” I like the look of what I’ve seen so far and can definitely recommend it as a timesaver.

eRiding – Mathematics Booster Lessons

eRiding – Mathematics Booster Lessons
31/8/08 – Although intended for KS3, there are PowerPoints aimed at boosting attainment from L3 to L4 and from L4 to L5; covering most of the mathematics curriculum.

Teaching and Learning Tameside – Planning

Teaching and Learning Tameside – Planning
27/8/08 – A highly useful source of planning for most subjects, but especially Literacy, Mathematics and Science.

Shockwave Lectures in Mathematics

20/8/08 – Suitable for higher ability Y5 and Y6 children, these online lectures relate to almost every aspect of mathematics.
Waybuilder.net
These could be useful for extending G&T children or given to pupils to explore in the ICT suite or for homework.

Funology — The Science of Having Fun!

Funology — The Science of Having Fun!
30/7/08 – “science experiments, quizzes, trivia … all kinds of great learning activities.” I agree, this is a superb site for children to use by themselves, or for teachers to use in the classroom. Puzzles, challenges, science experiments, magic tricks, maths magic and jokes.

Mathematical Challenges for Year 5 and Year 6

Mathematical Challenges for Year 5 and Year 6
28/6/08 – Maths puzzles for Years 5 & 6, on the Lancashire GfL site. There are also links to resources for children from Year 1 to Year 4.

Coventry Learning Gateway: Simple Maths ITPs

Coventry Learning Gateway: Gordons – ICT – Simple Maths ITPs
28/6/08 – Links to dozens of maths ICT resources on this great site.

Mathtrain.TV: Videos explaning maths concepts

Mathtrain.TV: Videos explaning maths concepts
22/6/08 – American site with hundreds of videos covering the more advanced primary-level concepts.

Very cool clock

Very cool clock
4/6/08 – digits move round clockwise, other numbers create the shape and form of the clock. Very useful for teaching time, as it’s updated live.

Tutpup – mathematics operations, times tables and spelling games website

Tutpup – mathematics operations, times tables and spelling games website
4/6/08 – Looks pretty good – children can sign up for a free account. No account needed for a quick game.

Printable paper rulers

Printable paper rulers
27/4/08 – Fit nicely with the printable paper templates. Don’t shrink to fit when printing!

Mental Maths Tests

Mental Maths Tests
tags: mathematics, mathematics.oral-mental, resources
25/3/08 – Aimed at Y6 / L4 – choose from four different tests.