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Mathematics Support for Advanced-Level and Gifted Students

Pre-Assessment

Give pre-assessments so that students who already know the material do not have to repeat it but may be provided with instruction and activities that are meaningful. In the elementary grades, gifted learners still need to know their basic facts. If they do not, don't hold them back from other more complex tasks, but continue to work concurrently on the basics.

Enrichment

Illuminations - National Council of Mathematics resources for teaching math. 100+ online activities and 600+ lessons.

Illuminations (Factorize) -

Illuminations (Factor Game) -

Illuminations (Geometric Solids) -

Think Through Math -

Thinking Blocks -

Pearson Success Net -

Grade 3 Enrichment Activities -

Grade 4 Enrichment Activities -

Grade 5 Enrichment Activities -

Grade 6 Enrichment Activities -

Algebra Enrichment Activities -

Algebra Enrichment Activities -

Make Puzzles -

Calculation Nation -

City Weather Data -

Funbrain -

Order of Operations-PEMDAS -

Order of Operations Four -

Order of Operations Practice -

The Order of Operations Millionaire Game (Math Play) -

Fruit Shoot (Prime and Composite) -

Math Playground: (Factor Trees) -

Number COP -

PEMDAS Blaster -

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That Quiz - Free online quizzes to test math concepts.

Figure This! - Math challenges for middle school mathematics.

Brightstorm - Math videos on Algebra I and II, Geometry, Trigonometry, Precalculus, and calculus. Set of online textbooks paired with videos as well.

- Guides students through typical calculus problems and their step-by-step solutions. Students can better understand the process of solving calculus problems by practicing with the guidance of these solutions.

I Love Calculus - Collection of Calculus links.

Plus Magazine - Articles on mathematics and its applications to science, art and society.

Discussion

Socratic Seminars for Math (Article)

Socratic Seminars in Math (Video)

Verbal Discourse in Math Classroom (Video - 5th grade)

Questioning – Elementary Math (Video)

Socratic Seminar in Math (How-To)

Wingman Socratic Seminar (How-To)

Videos

Kids Math Videos - Enjoy our educational math videos for kids. Learn online with a range of fun videos covering everything from algebra to fractions, counting, subtraction and shapes. Get some handy tips to help you solve sudoku puzzles, learn the order of operations, see the numbers of nature in action, enjoy a funny multiplication trick and much more. Watch a range of instructional videos and have fun improving your math skills

The Rounding Rap -

The Story of One (Terry Jones BBC number documentary) -

Mathemagic by Arthur Benjamin -

Virtual Field Trips

Symmetry and Pattern: The Art of Oriental Carpets - In this online exhibit, the study of symmetry is used to analyze patterns in Oriental carpets. A joint venture of The Textile Museum and the Math Forum.

The Exploratorium - Home page of San Francisco's museum of science, art and human perception. Online exhibits, cool sites, archives, sport and science, and the digital library (the Exploratorium A-to-Z).

Smithsonian Institution - An independent trust instrumentality of the United States holding some 140 million artifacts and specimens in its trust for "the increase and diffusion of knowledge," and a center for research dedicated to public education, national service, and scholarship in the arts, sciences, and history.

Educational Games

Math Playground - Popular learning site for kids of all ages filled with math and thinking games, step-by-step instructional videos, math practice, and problem solving activities. A favorite of parents and teachers, Math Playground provides a safe place for kids to learn and explore math concepts online.

Cool Math for Kids - Make connections between math and future careers while playing games. There is even an iPad app available.

Sheppard Software - Math practice for younger students, including a popular balloon pop multiplication game. In addition, students can work on games where they alter the difficulty level of the math they are playing (between easy, medium and hard) and focus on skills like counting money or telling time.

Kids Math Games - Enjoy a wide range of free math games, interactive learning activities and fun educational resources that will engage students while they learn mathematics.

PBS Math Games - Fun games to develop and reinforce math concepts and thinking skills.

HoodaMath - Fun games to develop and reinforce math concepts and thinking skills.

Lure of the Labyrinth - This logic based online game is a fun and easy way for your pre-algebra students to work on their problem solving and systems thinking skills.

Free Rice - Multiplication, Pre-Algebra, and SAT prep as well as a number of other content areas available.

Virtual Manipulatives

Provide useful concrete experiences. Even though gifted learners may be capable of abstraction and may move from concrete to abstract more rapidly, they still benefit from the use of manipulatives and "hands-on" activities.

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (K-12) -

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (Pre-K-2) -

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (3-5) -

Virtual Manipulatives (Glencoe) -

Fraction Tiles -

Math Playground -

NEA National Library of Virtual Manipulatives -

Math of America -

eManipulatives -

Educational Java Programs -

NCTM E-Examples -

Independent and Flexible Skills Groups Projects

Provide some activities that can be done independently or in groups based on student choice. Be aware that if gifted students always work independently, they are gaining no more than they could do at home. They also need appropriate instruction, interaction with other gifted students, and regular feedback from the teacher.

Use inquiry-based, discovery learning approaches that emphasize open-ended problems with multiple solutions or multiple paths to solutions. Allow students to design their own ways to find the answers to complex questions. Gifted students may discover more than you thought was possible.

Lemonade Stand - Business simulation that can be “played” for 7, 14, or 30 days.

Coffee Shop - Another business simulation.

Smart Stocks - Stock market simulation that can be experienced independently or with a group.

Texas Performance Standards Project (TPSP) - At each grade level, the TPSP provides guidelines for independent learning experiences and research projects that teachers can adapt and use with their G/T students. The projects are interdisciplinary.

Pure Mathematics Project Ideas - Projects based on mathematics for science fair or any time of year.

Applied Mathematics Science Fair Projects - Projects based on mathematics for science fair or any time of year.

B-Cubed - Multiple solutions that can be worked on at varied pacing independently or in small groups.

Bloxorz - Multiple solutions that can be worked on at varied pacing independently or in small groups.

Acceleration and Independent Study

Be flexible in your expectations about pacing for different students. While some may be mastering basic skills, others may work on more advanced problems.

TedTalks - TED Talks is a daily video podcast of the world's leading thinkers and doers giving the talk of their lives in 18 minutes.

iTunes University - The world’s largest online catalog of education content from leading institutions. More than 500,000 free lectures, videos, books, and other resources on thousands of subjects.

MIT Open CourseWare - MIT Open CourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.

Academic Earth - Everyone deserves access to a world-class education, which is why we continue to offer a comprehensive collection of free online courses from the world's top universities. And now, we take learning outside the classroom with our original series of thought-provoking videos, designed to spark your intellectual curiosity and start a conversation.

ALCUMUS - Alcumus offers students a customized learning experience, adjusting to student performance to deliver appropriate problems and lessons. Alcumus is specifically designed to provide high-performing students with a challenging curriculum appropriate to their abilities. Free.

Khan Academy - With over 2,700 videos on mathematics, science, art history, and history, it is easily the most exhaustive collection of instruction on the internet allowing learners to know that they can fill in almost any of their "gaps" with the content on this site. Video and interactive practice. Free.

Dictionaries

A Math Dictionary for Kids 2013 -

Math is Fun Illustrated Dictionary -

Interactive Dictionary -

SAT Preparation

SAT Math Section Tips

SAT Study Plan

SAT Question of the Day

SAT Full Practice Test

SAT Answers Imagined

SAT Skills Insight

SAT/ACT Blog

SAT Practice Questions

Number 2 Find practice exams, questions words of the day, and basic SAT information. There is even a space for a "coach" like a parent, tutor, or teacher to sign in and track progress. The SAT Companion (also free) automatically adapts to your skill level and can send you an email reminder about studying.

March 2 Success Offers 7 full length practice tests for both the SAT and ACT. These practice tests are timed. Each section can be reviewed after the section has been scored. This will show whether each question is correct or incorrect with the correct answer and explanation of the problem.

I Need a Pencil Provides free SAT prep materials and online textbooks.

Major Tests SAT practice questions arranged into mini practice tests, each practice test has a score card at the end. Provides explanations to the questions you get wrong so that you can learn from your mistakes.

Technology-Based Inquiry Learning

Demonstrating Mathematical Proofs Dr. Randy Yerrick, professor of science education, State University of New York at Buffalo, 8th- to 12th-grade math

Following a lesson where math teachers demonstrate the construction of an algebraic or geometric proof, students are given the opportunity to create their own. Using media-based presentations and audio recordings of their own voices, students create and share a narrated slide-show presentation.

Keynote is Apple’s presentation app that enables students to build a slide-based presentation with text and media, which they then present live in front of an audience. The Explain Everything app enables students to build and record a series of narrated slides with picture, text, and media content that explains and demonstrates a concept to an audience. Essentially, once students put the slides in the order they choose, they tap Record and step through their slides, explaining, highlighting with color, and accentuating with the laser pointer feature. The Record function also enables students to pause or to rerecord their presentation so that they can practice before presenting it to the class. Explain Everything also includes members’ libraries and upload links to such social media sharing sites as Dropbox and Facebook, making student sharing of work easy and manageable.

Students were given the option of using the preceding apps to explain some of the data that can be retrieved from scientific agencies such as the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Students used the latitude and longitude of approaching hurricanes to learn Cartesian coordinates and plot them. For example, one student provided an explanation of the calculated arrival time of a tsunami across the Pacific Ocean from an image acquired from the USGS. This is also a scenario in which students can use apps such as GarageBand or iMovie to collate specific photos they gather into a podcast or movie and explain what they know or how they apply the concepts to examples in the real world.

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