Wonderful Websites for students and parents!
Magnificent Math Sites
TransMath - (www.transmath.voyagerlearning.com)
This site allows students to login and then access both text books (student text, and interactive text). The student text contains the student's daily homework and the interactive text is used in class daily to practice what is taught. This site also allows students to access vmathlive as well as teacher tutorials. The teacher tutorial are just that they are video lessons being taught by teachers for each lesson.
Vmathlive - (www.vmathlive.com)
Vmathlive is a website that encourages students to play games and earn rewards while practicing the lessons learned daily.
BigBrainz - (http://www.bigbrainz.com/index._php) Free Version download
This site was formerly called TimesAttack. However, they now allow students to practice all basic math facts (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) so the names has changed to BigBrainz to better represent what they do. Although there is a paid version, they have a FREE version for home use that is phenomenal. This is a game with high quality graphics that adjusts to a students ability while helping them learn their basic math facts.
Division Machine - http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/dividermachine.html
Sum Sense - http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/SumSense/sumdiv.html
Mr. Nussbaum's soccer division - http://mrnussbaum.com/soccer/
Division Drag Race - http://www.arcademics.com/games/drag-race/drag-race.html
Ratios
Thinking Blocks (Ratios) - http://www.mathplayground.com/thinking_blocks_ratios_iPad.html
Mission Possible Math (Ratios) - http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/index.html?page=lessons&lesson=m6lessonshell03.swf
All about Ratios - http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/proportions/
Variety of Ratio resources - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/common_core/use_ratio_rate_reasoning_solve_real_world_ratios_proportional_relationships_sixth_6th_grade_math_mathematics.htm
PBS learning Dunk Tank Ratios - http://files.pbslearningmedia.org/dlos/wnet/dlo4.html
ratio, proportion, percent activities - http://www.mathplayground.com/index_ratio_proportion_percent.html
Brain Pop Ratio game - https://www.brainpop.com/games/ratiorumble/ (movies below - see me for password)
Algebra practice
One-Step Equations Math Racing Game - http://www.math-play.com/math-racing-game-one-step-equations/math-racing-game-one-step-equations.html
Walk the Plank - http://www.math4childrenplus.com/algebra-walk-the-plank-game/
Soccer - http://www.math-play.com/soccer-math-one-step-equations-game/one-step-equations-soccer-game.html
Mangahigh - https://www.mangahigh.com/en-us/games/algebrameltdown
Sixth Grade Curriculum - http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/docs/curriculum/mathematics/scos/6.pdf
How do you learn?
What's Your Learning Style?- (http://agelesslearner.com/assess/learningstyle.html)
Learning styles refer to the ways you prefer to approach new information. Each of us learns and processes information in our own special ways, though we share some learning patterns, preferences, and approaches. Knowing your own style also can help you to realize that other people may approach the same situation in a different way from your own.
Index of Learning Styles - (www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html)
Discover your learning style and how to most efficiently learn. Everyone does not learn most efficiently in the same manner. After answering a few questions, this sight will provide the user with helpful tips on how he/she learns best and what should be done to enhance their education
Resources for LD
Learning Disabilities - (http://www.ldonline.org)
Offers new articles about learning disabilities each week. Also features children's artwork and stories.
Learning Disabilities Association of America - (www.ldanatl.org)
A national organization of parents, professionals and individuals with learning disabilities. Promoting advocacy, education, and research into the causes of Learning disabilities.
National Center for Learning Disabilities - (www.ncld.org)
NCLD provides essential information to parents, professionals and individuals with learning disabilities, promotes research and programs to foster effective learning, and advocates for policies to protect and strengthen educational rights and opportunities.
LD resources - (www.ldresources.com)
This site contains a variety of resources for the learning disabilities community, including articles and links to other resources and references.
The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities - (www.learningdisabilities.org.uk)
Provides information about issues affecting the lives of people with learning disabilities, publications, workshops, conferences, and funds research.
Adolescent searchable sourcesTeen Space - (http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/)
Teenspace is a great site for adolescents as they begin a search. This site is not filtered but the suggested links are screened; therefore the links have been selected to provide information of interest to teenagers. It includes both personal and educational links concerning subjects as diverse as the arts, college and career, dating, health, sports, style, and of course academic helpers. Within the homework help section there are links to most all academic areas, including English, History, Languages, Reference, Science, U.S. Government and Math.
Landmarks for Schools - (http://www.landmark-project.com/index.php)
Landmarks for Schools provides links to web sites, and interactive tools that provide information across a variety of disciplines, including but not limited to social studies, science, mathematics. There are over 85 science web sites listed; however, the list is arranged alphabetically in by topic/subject. It should also be noted that there are a plethora of suggested sites for social studies and english as well and they too are listed alphabetically. This site also includes links to many sites containing everything from trivia to forensics, and museums.
NC Wise Owl for middle school- (www.ncwiseowl.org/Interest/Middle.htm)
NC Wise Owl offers students an extensive set of choices. From a monthly set of featured web sites ordered by topics of interest (ex. a set of web sites describing the Wright Bothers flight Festival of Flight - 2003) to sites containing links to contests for students. This site also includes links to WebQuests with activities that can help students design a senior project, understand space travel, and explore the cell to name a few. This site also contains a magazine database that allows access to extensive collection of articles from newspapers, reference books, an encyclopedia and periodicals, many with full-text and images.
LearnNC - (http://www.learnnc.org)
This site is provides students and teachers with a plethora of options from which to select. The link above will take you to the home page for LearnNC. Of most interest to you will probably be the "media center"(link on the left navigational bar), just as the name describes this in a "media center" provided by the Web site LearnNC. You may want to select the secondary/adult option for the greatest access to articles and more technical material. However, I found that this section is geared more towards teachers. I also would suggest that you take a look at the seventh grade "media center" I found it to have many valuable resources not on the adult site. Within the "media center" there is an extensive list of reference sites under the "Quick Reference" section, even including a way that students can submit a question to a librarian if they cannot find needed information.
Noodle Tools - (http://www.noodletools.com)
"NoodleTools is a suite of interactive tools designed to aid students and professionals with their online research." The "free" resources for students include, Noodle links, Noodle Quest, Choose a Search Engine, and Quick Cite. Noodle links allows students to access bibliographies written by researchers one hundreds of topics from the ordinary to the unusual. For example, I found bibliographies about Music Appreciation and on the Chemistry of a cake. Noodle Quest helps the user refine their Internet search strategy based on their research topic. Choose a Search Engine offers an easy-to-understand description of various search engines frequently use by students.uick Cite assists the student in putting his/her resources into MLA style for a bibliography or works cited list. It not only offers samples but it also has a fill-in-the-blank citation generator. (Really cool since so many students have such a difficult time writing proper citations.)
On-line safety for students and parents
SafeTeens - (http://www.safekids.com)
Before you start surfing "the Web" be aware that some things you don't see can hurt you. Take a look at this site to help stay safe on-line.
Randolph County Board Policy on Internet Use -
This link takes you to the Randolph County Board Policy for Appropriate Educational Internet Use.
General Use and Informational Web sites
Plagiarism - (http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html)
Is this plagiarism or not? Each time students research information and write papers they must ask themselves this question. This site from Indiana University helps answer the question.
Dictionary.com - (http://www.dictionary.com)
An easy to use site that gives multiple definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, antanonyms, and example of the being word used.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus - (http://www.merriam-webster.com/)
Another dictionary at your finder tips. You can have the word pronounced, find its fnction, and etymology. This is a good chioce even if you do not know exactly how to spell the word. It has a spell checker that will allow you to select the word if you type it incorrectly.
This page created and maintained by Charlene Marsh, science teacher at Braxton Craven Middle School Email: [email protected].