Math Website Recommendations from Diane DeMille, OCDE

HOW TO HANDLE THE FIRST DAY BACK
Find solid tips here on getting organized, getting to know your students--and putting them at ease as well--getting right into vocabulary and daily drills, creating an effective classroom discipline plan, and assigning classroom jobs.
http://hannahmeans.bizland.com/first_day.htm

ICEBREAKERS
Every year this site publishes a brand new set of fun icebreakers to loosen everyone up and get to know each other. Find past editions of these activities on site as well.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson242.shtml

DECIMALS WITH STORY PROBLEMS:
Story problems will help to illustrate the everyday use of decimals, clarifying for students how and when decimals need be applied.
http://www.orchardproject.org/SP%20addsub%20deciamls.htm

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
MathWorld is a comprehensive and interactive mathematics encyclopedia intended for students, educators, math enthusiasts, and researchers. The site is continuously updated to include new material and incorporate new discoveries. There is a subject index and an alphabetic index. Each entry includes reference links. Contains LiveGraphics3D interactive Java applets which allow 3D solids to be viewed inside your browser window. MathWorld is a free service for the mathematical community provided by Wolfram Research with additional support from the National Science Foundation.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/

ALGEBRA WORKSHEET GENERATOR
Define your terms and variables, select the type of equation you would like (one step, two step, combining like terms, distributive property), choose quadratics, and also print an answer sheet with this online algebra worksheet generator. Great for printing out on-the-spot student math worksheets. http://www.math.com/students/worksheet/algebra_sp.htm

ONLINE MATH TOOLS AND ACTIVITIES
For real world math exercises, use the links here for online math tools, and calculate just how big that tree is that towers outside your school doors, or calculate your carbon debt, convert Roman Numerals, try an abacus, or find flashcards for skills practice.
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson124.shtml

Nutrition Facts Analyzer
This handy and searchable site translates info about your food into clear and succinct bites of information. And don't miss the fast food facts about your favorite restaurants!
http://www.nutritiondata.com/index.html

EIGHTH GRADE COMPUTER ASSIGNMENTS
Several lessons are collected here for your computer lab classes, including a worksheet determining student skills and computer knowledge. Suitable for middle school classes, students will learn about business forms, create a brochure, and produce checks, gift certificates, memos, business cards, letter heads, and fax cover sheets. An additional lesson plan instructs students in proper form and formatting for writing business letters. http://www.crews.org/curriculum/ex/compsci/8thgrade/index.html

EXCEL SPREADSHEETS:
EXCEL IN THE CLASSROOM
Here's a comprehensive list for classroom strategies and projects for Excel. Covered are charts, Bingo, databases, spelling lists, vocabulary lists, math, etc. Teacher resources are also included. http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/kadkins/spreadsheet.htm

SPREADSHEET ACTIVITIES
Find spreadsheet exercises with graphing, probability, timelines, interviews, pie charts, and more.
SCHOOL SPREADSHEET SAFARI http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110054/
This Thinkquest site will take you and your students step-by-step through the process of using and creating spreadsheets. Puzzles and quizzes are also included.

MATH AND SPREADSHEETS
Try Casey at the Bat, checking accounts, discounts and sales, measuring, sports, and numerous other projects to develop spreadsheet skills.
http://www.middleschool.net/lesspln/mathF/mathlp.htm

USA Math TODAY for Grades 7 to 12 FREE online educational math resources integrating USA TODAY content with Texas Instruments technology
http://www.usatoday.com/educate/mathtoday/index.html
Dedicated to engaging students in timely, relevant, real-world information integrated with TI graphing technology. Written by experienced math educators and based on USA TODAY's articles and signature graphic Snapshots® and infographs, the first of these activities is the Math TODAY for Grades 7-12 subscription. Each Math TODAY activity has been specifically designed to explore topics in pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, pre-calculus, calculus or statistics (you may need to register with TI (free), prompts will walk you through the process)