Major search sites for learning objects and simulations:
Each of these sites provides links to other sites, from where you can find
learning objects and simulations. Below, I have included many of the specific
sites I have found that I found useful, as well as some specific simulations.
http://mathdl.maa.org/mathDL/3
Put on by the Mathematical Association of America, this site is searchable
by topic and by the program (Flash, Java, etc.) that each object runs through.
Click on Digital Classroom Resources, which will bring up a search bar
on the right hand side of the screen.
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/AOP/LO_collections.html
This website has a large listing of collections of learning objects.
Specifically, it details each of the different web resources, and explains
what all they have available on their sites. This website was created by
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee in 2001, and has been updated periodically
since then.
http://careo.elearning.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?EngineeringTechnologyMathematics
This site is a wiki page (users can create and add to their site) dedicated
to assisting UBC's Office of Learning and Technology. It has a useful listing
of Engineering, Technology and Mathematics resources, all of which have
fairly in depth explanations of what is included on the website.
http://www.uww.edu/icit/ltc/resources/learningobjects.html
The University of Wisconsin - White Water has put together this listing.
While their listing is less Mathematics specific, their are several sites
listed on here that are more focused on college level mathematics, and
are more geared for your higher level students. Also, UWW includes a listing
of how to use learning objects in the classroom.
Specific Learning object and Simulation Sites:
My personal favorites I found through my research:
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
This is the national library of virtual manipulatives.
This is a wonderful site for using as demonstrations when manipulatives
are expensive, or to have students work on (potentially as a station in
an elementary classroom, or as a computer lab day in an upper level classroom).
Manipulatives are sorted by grade level as well as by strand area. I especially
like Turtle Geometry in the High School Numeration for logic sense, and
ordering things, possibly as a preparation for geometry and proofs.
http://enlvm.usu.edu/ma/nav/doc/intro.jsp
As an extension, this site appears to offer lesson
plans to go with the different virtual manipulatives. You can browse by
course, or by manipulative. Lessons include what standards it relates
to, as well as how to use it in the classroom. This is an excellent site
for a teacher who is not used to using the internet in their mathematics
classroom!
http://nrich.maths.org/public/index.php
This site has a bunch of different resources.
First, it has specific problems of the month, which students can submit
answers to. Second, it has an archive of past problems. Put on by the University
of Cambridge, with problems broken down into different stages, and different
challenge levels, it may take a teacher a bit of time to get used to looking
for problems and games that will fit their students at their particular
level, but it is worth the time! All problems are open ended (sometimes
called "rich" problems by OSPI of Washington) and have multiple different
solutions, or solution methods. This would be a fantastic resource for
problems of the week or for challenge problems. A general rule of thumb
is through level 3 for middle school and through level 4 for typical high
school, 5 for Calculus and beyond. Use the maths finder to find problems
in many many areas.
http://nrich.maths.org/public/viewer.php?obj_id=2191&part=index&refpage=monthindex.php
A very very cool project on morse code, and how
it was created based on time, and frequency of letters.
Other potentially useful websites with excellent resources:
http://mathdl.maa.org/mathDL/3/?pa=content&sa=viewDocument&nodeId=404
This program graphs functions, allows trace,
solving systems, etc. This is an excellent alternative to some graphing
calculator emulators. It is fairly user friendly and easy to graph.
http://www.math.uri.edu/~bkaskosz/flashmo/graph3d/
This is a similar graphing program, which runs
a three dimensional graph program. Useful for those hard to draw functions!
http://science.kennesaw.edu/~plaval/applets/Riemann.html
Riemann Sum Calculator - useful for calculus
class, very user friendly
http://www.ilumina-dlib.org/
Specifically, this lists many free and for cost
links for different levels of mathematics and science. This site details
each, and then provides links to where products can be found. These range
from videos to project ideas. It is easy to narrow down searches, and can
be broken down by subject area. Specifically items are geared for upper
high school levels.
http://mathforum.org/teachers/
This is the "teacher's place" of the math forum
website. I really like the number of resources available, specifically
I like:
http://mathforum.org/te/
because it includes lessons for all different
levels of students, and has amazing resources, created and posted by teachers,
who are willing to share their great ideas. Recently I used their pascal's
triangle unit, with much success: http://mathforum.org/workshops/usi/pascal/index.html
http://www.needs.org/needs/
This website has lots of resources and links
to lessons for K-12 education to encourage students in engineering careers.
My students have really enjoyed the West
Point Bridge Designer program linked to off of this site.
http://www.smete.org/smete/
Click on find learning resources. Very searchable,
easy to find quality simulations and other resources.
http://www.wisc-online.com/
Very cool objects - you must register (for free)
to use, but then the objects available are interactive, students could
use them and could learn quite a lot, on their own, or in the classroom
as a demonstration. Objects range from basic algebra to higher level mathematics.
There are also a lot of science applications.
http://careo.ucalgary.ca/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CAREO.woa
University of Calgary - listing of lots of web
objects, mostly animated with instructions. Searchable data base. It appears
you could also post things that you use. All give practice problems for
students to check their understanding.
http://learn.midsouthcc.edu/math.htm
Shared Learning objects by Mid South Community
College. These are powerpoint lessons on different topics. All include
a pdf printable file, as well as the powerpoint. Most are fairly well organized,
and provide a lot of detail.
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