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Examples of Microworlds Math Activities

• Factor Game
• Spiros
• Billiards - similar to Paper Pool
• The Jinx
• The Pizza Palace
• Logo Microworlds - a collection of java-like activities
• Shoe Size vs. Height
• Random Birthday Applet 
• Birthday problem & Applet - Enter number of people and a list gets printed stating how many matches you have

Software vendors

• Key Curriculum Press - Geometer's Sketchpad
• Tom Snyder Productions

Organizations

• CIESE  Stevens Institute of Technology Curriculum Projects 
• CLIME Council for Technology in Mathematics Education 
• NCTM National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 
• AMTNJ  New Jersey's Math Association 
• TERC Technology Resource Center in Cambridge, MA 
• EDC Educational Development Center in Cambridge, MA 
• IMATTT Project - Collaboration of Paterson, NJ school district and CIESE

Problem Solving

• Open-ended Math Problems - from the Franklin Institute folks in Philadelphia. This site is for the specific purpose of preparing Middle School students for open ended problem solving on standardized tests. 
• The Cyber Food Shopper
• Middle School Problem of the Week

• Living on Your Own, Let's Calculate the Cost
• Math Stories - Worksheets disguised as storis for Grades 7-8

• Introduction to  Statistics
• Survey Studio
• Shoe Size vs. Height
• PBS Teacher Source: Statistics and Probablity
• PBS Teacher Source: Data Analysis
• Exploring Data
• Simply the Best - Uses baseball game statistcs
• Growing Growing, Graphing
• A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words- Lesson on analyzing and creating graphs
• Math Forum- Probablity and Statistics
• Probability by Surprise
• Turtle Race watch the turtles race according to probabilities
• Olympics Statistics - data from previous summer olympics
• Ms Sosenke's Pizza Project

• FAST FOOD COMBINATIONS

http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.mcdonalds.html
Several contributors noticed when McDonald's introduced a special menu with 8 different items. An ad claimed that this creates 40312 possible combinations. Is this true?

• http://www.math.byu.edu/~lfrancis/readings302/Spreadsheets.html
• http://www.tedwilliams.com
• http://bes.belmar.k12.nj.us/public/everyday_spreadsheets

• 7 tips on searching the web

• The Math Forum If you only have time for one website, then this is the one! 
• The Math Forum Newsletter If you want Math Forums list of worthwhile math Sites
• Yahoo's Most Popular Math Sites - good list - any recommendations? (Math with Alice:-( - Printing it out. They have a most popular list which includes - 
• K-12 Mathematics Teaching Materials - Math Archives - extensive 
• http://archives.math.utk.edu/cgi-bin/k12_software.plList of software packages - 
• Exploratorium's 10 Cool Mathematics Sites - from 1966-2000 - looks good
• http://www.exploremath.com/ Looks like one of the best of these
• Schrock's Guide for Mathematics - website put together by Kathy Schrock who was inducted recently in the Internet Librarian Hall of Fame
• ENC Math Lessons and Activities - from the one of the biggest Internet sources
• AIMS Math Resources
• Basket Math Interactive - a lousy use of the internet; player makes basket if answer is correct. From Science academy software.
• A+Math - help for students
• Math.com - help for students & Teachers
• Houghton Mifflin's Eduplace Math section  - a math portal promoting educational experiences - grades 1-6 includes prof dev, data projects, Brain teasers and test prep - on-line multiple choice
• Suzanne Alejandra's resources - Great collection of math lessons.
• MSTE Applets - Materials for Teachers - U. of Illinois
• King Middle School Math Sites - nice collection for grades 4-6

• Pattern Blocks: Exploring Fractions with Shapes  - Cynthia Lanius
• Block Perimeter Applet 
• Area Probability (Throw Darts!) 
• Fraction Shapes  - Cynthia Lanius
• Java Applets & Activities
• Educaional Java programs from Archytpe
• Graphing Linear Equations - JAVA  Masters project - Tim O'Brien - 1997 - polished traditional algebra program - does slopes etc... 
• Java sites - good 
• Buffon Needle Applet Page 
• MSTE: WebDice 
• Beanie Babies Math Fun (Example)  Cute, but primitive CAI. Students of Evansville U writing these... 
• Eratosthenes sieve (java) 
• Huahai Yang's Game of 24 
• The Java Boutique: Free Java Applets, Games, ... 
• Java(TM) Boutique Educational Applets 
• billiards for corners 
• Middle school java  Contents 1. Angles and Pararell Lines 7 applets. 2. Congruent Figures and Triangles 13 applets. 3. Quadrilaterals and Conservation of Area 10 applets. 4. Similar Figures 9 applets. 5. Circles 23 applets. 6. Pythagorean Theorem 19 applets. 7. Miscell 
• example of internet use by vendor 
• Patterns 
• Java Applets and Activities 

Examples of Real Time (or Near Real Time) Data Resources

• World Clock  
• U.S. National Debt Clock  
• U.S. Census Bureau Population Clock  
• NJDEP Bureau of Air Monitoring  
• Yahoo Stock Information  
• New York Metro Commute 

Problem Solving Tools

• Strategies 
• How Far is it?  
• MapQuest  
• Finding Your Way with a Map and Compass  
• Universal Currency Converter 
• Classic Currency Converter 
• Unit Conversion Calculator 
• Calculator.com
• Measurement Converter Volume, area, lengths, etc

Examples of Collaborative Projects

• The Global Sun/Temperature Project 
• Sixth Grade Survey and Survey Results 
• Fifth Grade Birthday Survey 
• The Global Grocery Project 
• Mighty M&M Math Experiment 
• National Pet Census 
• Noon Day Project - Measuring the earth - ala 200BC 
• Project NEAR - Rendezvous with an Asteroid

On-line courses

http://www.k12.hi.us/~mathappl/imwelcome.htm

Demo version available for download
    http://www.probexplorer.com/demo.html
    All features are available in the demo, except the ability
    to save and print. In addition, in any given experiment the
    number of trials allowed is limited to 500

  Full version is available for purchase
    http://www.probexplorer.com/order.html
    Single User $18; see site for multi-user licenses    
             
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       PULCHRITUDINOUS PRIMES - Adrian J.F. Leatherland
         Visualizing the Distribution of Prime Numbers

         http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~bunyip/primes/

  Author Adrian Leatherland visualizes the distribution of
  primes:
    - Visualizing Primes in 2D
    - Visualizing Primes in 3D
    - Prime Island!
    - The Ulam Spiral Phenomenon
    - Triangle Numbers on the Ulam Spiral

  With introductory remarks on "Why primes?" and "Why
  visualize primes?"