Resources for Math Teachers

This page was created for math teachers at the secondary ed level. It includes standards and lesson plans as well as advice for dealing with adolescents.

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This is an excellent source for explanation of what each of the standards of math educaton means. The standards as well as well as what should and shouldn't be stressed are well explained.

Lesson Plans

These Lesson Plans are a result of the Columbia Educational Center's summer workshop. They are all excelent lesson plans that can easily be implemented into high school math classes. They all are using manipulatives or an application to real life.

• Exponents *****

  This lesson uses a cube coloring problem to show how things grow exponentially

• Probability ***

  Explores if the game "rocks, scissor, paper" is fair by expiremental and theoretical means - one weakness is the game is never explained.

• Problem Solving ****

  works at solving problems leading to creating students own deductive reasoning problems.

• Geometry (tangrams) *****

  This lesson involves creating tangram pieces and then using them to constuct different squares.

• Greatest angle ****

  Uses a hose to find the greatest distance the water will go by expirementing with the angle

• Significant digits ***

  Uses paper "rulers" to let students discover significant digits.

This is an excellent source for a beginning teacher. There are various subjects concerning classroom management and advice in relating to students. This is a must directory for all new and student teachers to browse.