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"Hey Mr. Hoyle, anything new on your web site ?" former 8th grade student Matt A. would ask me everyday.
I'm always looking for new math links. If you have seen any quality links you feel I may have missed, please forward them to:
me
Mr. H's Selected Practice Quizzes at FunBrain.com
I've taken advantage of an offer from funbrain.com to set up some practice quizzes on various math topics. Need to improve your skills? Go to the student login and type in the not so secret words "Hoyle Math" (include the space), type in your name and you're ready to begin. "Failure to prepare is preparing to fail", so get to work!
Math Goodies
Math Goodies is a free educational web site featuring interactive math lessons, homework help, worksheets, puzzles, message boards, and more! They offer over 400 pages of free math activities and resources for students, teachers, and parents.
Assignment Pad
A quick reference to what we may be doing in class. Could be out of date, but I'll try to keep current.
Big Dog Puzzles
Here they are, some Big Dog puzzles. Remember, "If you can't run with the Big Dogs stay on the porch."
Ask Dr. Math
Students with math questions will love this site. Send an email to Dr. Math and one of the Math Doctors will get back to you. This site even has an archives that may already contain the explanation you've been looking for.
Helping With Homework
The "According to Hoyle" Home Page of Math Links contains many links for students and teachers. Here is a link to a page that offers tips to parents on how to help children with their math homework.
Spirolaterals
Every year one lessons during the first week is on spirolaterals. They help teach a little about a number of topics including geometry, codes, patterns and sequence, as well as following directions. Here's a nice site with some examples. But remember, we'll do our own.
Magic
Just to get the mind working on problem solving, let's try a little card trick.
What Good Is Math?
At one time, you may have asked yourself, "What good is math?" This page was created to answer that question. We realize that math will not give an answer to "the meaning of life", but it will help you out in more ways than one. We all use math every day, most of the time without even realizing it! Here are some situations that you may find yourself in on any given day.
Math Surf - Middle School Mathematics Course 3
Hey kids, this is the online link to the text we have been using. Check it out for additional information on each chapter.
CMP
And here's a Connected Math Project site.
Problem of the Week
Judy Ann Brown, a lead teacher in the Rutgers Discrete Mathematics Program, offers her "Problem Of The Week" on the Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Mathematics web page.
Rutgers Leadership Program in Discrete Mathematics
Information on the outstanding K-8 summer program and how to apply. Believe me, this program is well worth your time. For teachers already familiar with the course, you may want to check out... Judy Brown's May 1997 Follow Up Session Web Page
on sorting problems or... LP Web Pages
designed by various lead teachers and others who have participated in the program.
Locker Problem
Thanks to Judy Brown for sending me this link about the famous "locker problem". Includes a technology section to simulate the problem using a using a spreadsheet.
Palindrome List
"Madam, I'm Adam", "A man, a plan, a canal - Panama !" Palindromes read the same right to left and left to right. We've seen numerical palindromes in Pascal triangle. We've talked about them in class. Then my former super student Sarah V sent me this great list. Enjoy ! (and thanks Sarah ! We miss you down here at DMS.)
More Palindromes
"Was it a cat I saw?" That's right - more palindromes!
Palindromes Galore
"Sit on a potato pan, Otis" That's right - even more palindromes!
Pascal's Triangle
Judy Ann Brown does it again with a great resource for teachers and students on Pascal's triangle. Discoveries, worksheets, lessons for all grade levels. It's wonderful !
The 1998 Game
Can you use 1,9,9,8 and a combination of math operations to equal the numbers 1-100 ? It can be done. The game students have been trying in class is explained in detail with possible solutions (but don't peek until you've tried).
Petals Around the Rose
If you're a polar bear, you can join the "Fraternity of Petals Around the Rose". The link seemed gone for awhile but I found it again with the search engine Google .Need more information? Check out this Dr. Math question and answer.
Internet Math Challenge
The University of Idaho Department of Mathematics offers this Internet Math Challenge . A correct answer puts your name in a drawing for a cool t-shirt.
The Busy Teachers Web Site
Here are the Busy Teachers Web Site's Math links. You can also ues this to go to other subjects.
Fibonacci Numbers and Nature
A very good Fibonacci page with the rabbit problem, cows, bees, pine cones and more.
Fibonacci
Another Fibonacci page, this one is a work in progress from the Holy Cross Math Dept dealing with the sequence we all know so well from "breeding rabbits."
More Fibonacci Puzzles
Another Fibonacci page, this one with some puzzles for you to solve.
TerraServer
This site contains millions of aerial and satellite images. So with a few mouse clicks you can zoom in to see a bird's-eye view of your town, your neighborhood, your house.
SandlotScience
This site has some great optical illusions. Can you see how this relates to math ? Let me know.
Scott Kim Puzzle Master
Some great inversions can be found at this site.
Kids Connect
Questions about a research paper ? Email this site and they will get back to you within two days with sources for your report. Or you can check and see if your question has already been answered in the "Frequently Asked Questions" section.
Homework Helper
Lots, and I do mean lots, of links to help you with homework, research papers etc.
The Internet Schoolhouse
Links, links, links for just about every teacher covering just about every subject.
SAMI
Another loaded with links site designed as easy access for educators and students, SAMI (Science and Math Initiatives) brings together quality resources to one huge location.
Education World
Where educators go to learn.
StudyWeb
Doing research ? Here is a great place to find what you need. Includes many math links.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators Math Page.
Offers many math links, some lesson plans, and activities. Scroll down to find links to many other Web sites.
The Prime Page
The prime source for information about prime numbers.
The Math in the Movies Page
A ranking of movies based on their math content. Check out this original and creative idea.
Hollywood and Computers
More movie reviews, but with a look at computer themes.
The World of Escher Information on the favorite artist of mathematicians, Dutch artist M.C. Escher. And there's an Escher store as well.
NCTM
The homepage of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
eMath Mathematical Digest
Math teachers may be interested in this site that offers very short summaries of math articles that have appeared in the popular press.
John Allen Paulos
Author of the best seller Innumeracy, this site includes a summary of each of his five books and makes for some interesting reading.
Math Comics
From the Far Side to Peanuts, this is a site devoted to math in the comics.
The Pi Pages
Stacey Furtado, ace student and DHS point guard of the future, found this great Pi site. Should help with Pi Day projects.
Pi Day Songs
Really ! This site has songs, which can be sung to familiar tunes, to celebrate 3.14......on March 14 (Pi Day)
Pi High
A most rapid proclamation of Pi.
Friends of Pi
Another very good Pi site, the Friends of Pi.
Five
A web page devoted to the favorite number of Hoyle Athletes. Worn by father in Coyle basketball, son Josh, a three sport letter winner in high school, and son Adam for four years of varsity soccer (Currently wearing #4 in college until an upper classman finishes up with #5). Nephew Matt Wilson also got into the act in a Superbowl football season.
The Digits Project
If you're not a fan of #5, find other numbers here.
FLASH ! Basic Drills
Drills in X, +, -, /. This page also tells completion time and number of errors. Did you earn a certificate of achievement ?
Flashcards for Kids
EDU4KIDS site is similar to FLASH ! above, but this one also allows you to set the type of math, the difficulty level and set the size of the numbers in the problems.
Yahooligans
Yahoo's kid site with many good math links.
S.O.S. Mathematics
A place for students and educators to access mathematical formulas. The tables are organized by topics.
Math Words
Why do they call it a right angle? Where did the word hundred come from? A list of over 120 mostly math words, and their origins, from abscissa to zero.
Amusement Park Index
One source for the "Thrill Riders project".
Roller Coasters and Other Insanities
Source #2 for the "Thrill Riders project".
Coasterville
Source #3 for the "Thrill Riders project". Aren't you glad you have this web page for a resource ?
Funderstanding Roller Coaster!
"This simulator is designed for kids who want to design their own thrilling coaster and educators who want to use a cool activity to simulate the application of physics by using an exciting interactive tool and access to a wonderful reference source." Fast modem and java-enabled browser required!
Shodor.Org
Here is an inactive site that will help you construct box plots, stem and leaf plots, bar graphs, circle graphs and more. Search around. There are many interesting things including a Pascal's Triangle activity.
Dartmouth Public Schools
Information on the Dartmouth Public Schools and its many departments.
Apple Computer
