Student/Classroom
Sites that can be used by or with students, both within and beyond the context of the teaching day. A great place for parents to find good sites!
Lessons & Activities
Sites with teaching materials that may include teaching units, activity books, and lab manuals categorized by math and science subject area. Other examples are interactive online activities such as applets with supporting teaching materials.
Online Textbooks and Tutorials
Sites that provide comprehensive student self-teaching materials for specific topics, often presented in a fairly traditional textbook-style format.
Projects and Investigations
Webquests, collaborative classroom projects, or web-based units for students to use on their own.
Virtual Field Trips
Sites that provide experiences analogous to real-life field trips or longer journeys, such as visits to zoos, museums, and foreign lands.
Simulations and Demonstrations
Sites that use the power of the web to demonstrate science and mathematics concepts, often with interactive features. Can include sets of applets without accompanying teacher information.
Problems, Puzzlers, and Games
Traditional or fun interactive sites for practicing problem solving or computation. The emphasis may be on logic or skill development.
Competitions and Science Fairs
Sites that offer information on how to organize, participate in, or prepare projects for math or science competitions.
Career Information
Sites that describe specific math and science careers and the professionals in them, or programs to support students interested in exploring such professions.
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