WWW Scavenger Hunt Nikki Perkins

  1. Subject Specific Sites
    1. Connected geometry
    2. http://www.edc.org/LTT/ConnGeo/
    3. site includes several example projects and a way to order the full set of geometric and other mathematical projects that help students connect the math concepts with their own experiences, it also includes a way to view a separate piece of research and the corresponding project based on rectangles
    4. the ordered book and the free examples will help a teacher think of their own projects
    5. the specific examples in the ordered set of materials would prove very helpful in relating different math concepts to each other
    6. measuring point perspective
    7. http://www.stpauls.nsw.edu.au/~IndArts/mppone.html
    8. the site provides step-by-step (web page-by-page) instruction on drawing in perspective
    9. being able to show the students a perfectly done, start to finish example and incorporating the web into the classroom
    10. giving the students the ability to learn and re-learn this "concept" at home and on their own time will surely help their performance on their own perspective drawings
  2. Professional Organizations
    1. www.nctm.org
    2. one can find the TEKS, the principles and standards, and lots of addresses, phone numbers, and places to look.  It's mostly a resource of resources. It also has really good lesson ideas and is helpful in making one's lesson integrated with modern technology
  3. Resources
    1. http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ibmgives/grant/grantapp.shtml
    2. IBM's Reinventing Education Program
  4. Resources
    1. http://www.worksheetfactory.com/
  5. Standards
    1. http://www.cde.state.co.us/index_stnd.htm  from here you can download the pdf files for the standards in all of the disciplines
  6. Standards
    1. Decisions made by teachers, school administrators, and other education professionals about the consequences both for students and for society.  Found at
      http://standards.nctm.org/document/chapter2/index.htm
  7. Museums
    1. http://muttley.ucdavis.edu/Curriculums/Tennis/index.html
  8. Television—Public Broadcasting
    1. NOVA’s Time Traveler activity is good for examining ratios. When Jane returns from her trip, how many times older is Tom than Jane? Also it examines variables such as distance and speed.
  9. Television—Public Broadcasting
    1. At http://klru.worldpost.com/publicarea/ViewProgram.asp?VsnID=84116 it says that the show is no longer scheduled.
  10. Lessons
    1. World Population Study http://www.col-ed.org/cur/math/math51.txt
  11. Lessons
    1. http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/Math/ It’s a pen pal organization that has kids from different countries talk about things like the weather, or comparison shopping, and encourages the graphing of the shared information.
  12. Lessons
    1. Kidlink also has projects that connect students from different states.