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In this section, you will find educational links and sites recommended by other teachers and staff. It is our hope that these sites will provide you with information about current educational events and serve as a medium for additional resources you may utilize at your school. If you would like to recommend a link to an educational site with a brief description, please enter the site below and then click the submit button. Thank you! We look forward to your submissions.

Recommended Links

Accelerated Schools Center does not necessarly endorse these sites and/or links. These are recommendations by teachers and staff in order to provide you with different resources and tools. We hope that these sites are helpful as you continue your professional growth. If you would like to submit a site, please go to the submission section of this area. Thank you!

Interactive Math Websites

Many of these are just one example from sites with numerous other activities that could be aligned with most, if not all, of the standards. Though the project/standards focus on high school mathematics, web sites intended for elementary, middle school as well as high school are included.

Base ten blocks: http://www.arcytech.org/java/b10blocks/b10blocks.html

Integers: http://arcytech.org/java/integers/integers.html

Polyhedrons: http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~sqrt/unfold/unfolding.html

Tangrams: http://www.math.usu.edu/matti/bin/tangrams/index.html

Games: http://www.funbrain.com/

Algebra/Functions: http://scan.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ - fun

Probability/Statistics: http://scan.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ - pro

Fractions: http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/chap5/5.1/ - applet

Area: http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/perm/index.html

Lots of Upper Level Interactive Simulations/Activities: http://www.exploremath.com/activities/index.cfm

Examples:

Coordinate Plane/Graphing: http://www.exploremath.com/activities/Activity_page.cfm?ActivityID=1

Inequalities: http://www.exploremath.com/activities/Activity_page.cfm?ActivityID=32

Rethinking Schools

Rethinking Schools is firmly committed to equity and to the vision that public education is central to the creation of a humane, caring, multiracial democracy. Rethinking Schools emphasizes problems facing urban schools, particularly issues of race. Rethinking Schools balances classroom practice and educational theory, through articles written by and for teachers, parents, and students. The website also include a wealth of links to on-line multicultural education resources.

Rethinking Schools

National Association for Multicultural Education

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