Resources: Math
TOOLS FOR AT-HOME INSTRUCTION
DreamBox
This innovative software package adapts to your child's skill level. Using your child's answers to different kinds of problems, DreamBox detects which skills a student has mastered and which need more work, then provides instruction and practice in the form of games. Parents can use the Dashboard feature to monitor their child's progress. Be aware, however, that DreamBox cannot be configured to match the curriculum your child is encountering in school; rather, it follows the sequence of exercises that its panel of experts has determined is most beneficial to ensure that there are no gaps in your child's math skills. DreamBox is a particularly good choice for summer math enrichment.
DreamBox
This innovative software package adapts to your child's skill level. Using your child's answers to different kinds of problems, DreamBox detects which skills a student has mastered and which need more work, then provides instruction and practice in the form of games. Parents can use the Dashboard feature to monitor their child's progress. Be aware, however, that DreamBox cannot be configured to match the curriculum your child is encountering in school; rather, it follows the sequence of exercises that its panel of experts has determined is most beneficial to ensure that there are no gaps in your child's math skills. DreamBox is a particularly good choice for summer math enrichment.
TOOLS AND RESOURCES
EQ Editor
EQ Editor - $4.99 for iPad
This powerful app allows high-level math students with difficulty controlling a pencil to type out and solve complex equations. Work is easy to share with instructors: students can export into PDF, PNG, MathML, TeX, HTML, and email formats or uploaded to Dropbox.
Panther Math Paper - $14.99 for iPad
With Panther Math Paper, pencil control is no longer a pre-requisite for working out equations. Students can use Panther's templates as an alternative to scratchwork, and work can be emailed easily to teachers for evaluation.
Math Slice
This page will likely be boring to students but helpful to instructors. The online games here are pretty uninspired, but the site allows parents, teachers, and tutors to create customized worksheets to practice just about any math skill you can imagine.
Create a Graph
Create a polished line, bar, pie, or xy graph with this free tool available through the National Center for Educational Statistics.
Khan Academy
We often tell our clients that the Khan Academy is like YouTube for math: Users can search through thousands of short instructional videos explaining in a clear, concise way everything from simple addition to advanced calculus. Though it was originally an instructional site for math, the Khan Academy now features videos on a variety of topics such as economics, the humanities, science, and more.
Illuminations
This outstanding collection of online activities was developed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Parents and teachers will find invaluable resources here, but be aware that kids will probably need to walk through most activities with an adult before being able to use the site independently. This is a place to develop conceptual understanding and get some high-level practice, not to drill. Activities range from basic money counting to high-level trigonometry and calculus.
Create a polished line, bar, pie, or xy graph with this free tool available through the National Center for Educational Statistics.
Khan Academy
We often tell our clients that the Khan Academy is like YouTube for math: Users can search through thousands of short instructional videos explaining in a clear, concise way everything from simple addition to advanced calculus. Though it was originally an instructional site for math, the Khan Academy now features videos on a variety of topics such as economics, the humanities, science, and more.
Illuminations
This outstanding collection of online activities was developed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Parents and teachers will find invaluable resources here, but be aware that kids will probably need to walk through most activities with an adult before being able to use the site independently. This is a place to develop conceptual understanding and get some high-level practice, not to drill. Activities range from basic money counting to high-level trigonometry and calculus.
Graphing Calculator HD
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Graphing Calculator HD
Turn your iPad into a sophisticated graphing calculator for a tiny price tag. Color-coded results make graphs easier to see and analyze. Math As A Game Struggling with beginning or intermediate algebra? This site is for you. Each page has a left panel, containing instructions, and related challenges in the right panel so students can access conceptual information while they practice their skills. |
GAMES AND APPS FOR PRACTICE
Mathmateer
Formerly known as Rocket math, this app is a great way to practice math facts.
Mathmateer
Formerly known as Rocket math, this app is a great way to practice math facts.
Motion Math - preschool - middle school
Outstanding iOS games for developing numeracy (i.e. number sense). A variety of games are available, from a basic one for preschool-aged children to a decimal game for middle school.
Addimal Adventure - kindergarten and 1st grade
Addimal Adventure is more than a game. It provides top-notch instruction and practice for basic addition, helping young students to master important, basic addition concepts and drill the facts at the same time. Lesson quality is outstanding, both in terms of production and pedagogy. Load the free app onto your iPad via the iTunes store.
Subtangent - 3rd grade and up
We really love the fun, inventive games on this site! One example is Broken Calculator, in which the player is shown a calculator with missing keys and challenged to make certain numbers using only the few number and sign keys left. We also liked Matching Game which challenges students play a version of memory by turning over digital cards to look for matches like equivalent fractions, multiplication facts and their answers, shapes and their names, etc.
Native Numbers - ages 4 and up
This app for iPad, endorsed by Harvard Graduate School of Education's magazine in addition to countless other experts, is designed to help children develop number sense. Through a series of carefully sequenced activities, young children will develop a deep understanding for concepts like numeracy, sequence, and ordinality that are often overlooked in early childhood education.
Outstanding iOS games for developing numeracy (i.e. number sense). A variety of games are available, from a basic one for preschool-aged children to a decimal game for middle school.
Addimal Adventure - kindergarten and 1st grade
Addimal Adventure is more than a game. It provides top-notch instruction and practice for basic addition, helping young students to master important, basic addition concepts and drill the facts at the same time. Lesson quality is outstanding, both in terms of production and pedagogy. Load the free app onto your iPad via the iTunes store.
Subtangent - 3rd grade and up
We really love the fun, inventive games on this site! One example is Broken Calculator, in which the player is shown a calculator with missing keys and challenged to make certain numbers using only the few number and sign keys left. We also liked Matching Game which challenges students play a version of memory by turning over digital cards to look for matches like equivalent fractions, multiplication facts and their answers, shapes and their names, etc.
Native Numbers - ages 4 and up
This app for iPad, endorsed by Harvard Graduate School of Education's magazine in addition to countless other experts, is designed to help children develop number sense. Through a series of carefully sequenced activities, young children will develop a deep understanding for concepts like numeracy, sequence, and ordinality that are often overlooked in early childhood education.
TWO-PLAYER GAMES
Multiplication Baseball
Pass an iOS device back and forth to take turns at batting. The larger the product, the farther the hit!
Multiplication Baseball
Pass an iOS device back and forth to take turns at batting. The larger the product, the farther the hit!
Equator
Equator - 3rd grade and up
There's no turn-taking in this one-of-a-kind, two-player game. Players both use their half of an iPad to answer math problems simultaneously and as quickly as possible. Seasonal changes around the globe bring additional challenges that will keep kids riveted.
Arcademic Skill Builders
This site offers more than just math games. Users can practice their addition, subtraction, or multiplication through real-time competitions with other players logged on at the same time. Our personal favorite is the race car game. Quick answers give one's car bursts of speed!
Decimal Squares
A variety of innovative web-based games for practicing tricky decimals.
For more fun ways to practice math, jump to our Educational Games page.
There's no turn-taking in this one-of-a-kind, two-player game. Players both use their half of an iPad to answer math problems simultaneously and as quickly as possible. Seasonal changes around the globe bring additional challenges that will keep kids riveted.
Arcademic Skill Builders
This site offers more than just math games. Users can practice their addition, subtraction, or multiplication through real-time competitions with other players logged on at the same time. Our personal favorite is the race car game. Quick answers give one's car bursts of speed!
Decimal Squares
A variety of innovative web-based games for practicing tricky decimals.
For more fun ways to practice math, jump to our Educational Games page.
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