Written by James Hollis
Mangahigh creates exceptionally high-quality, game-based learning resources to help Primary and Secondary students reinforce their Mathematics skills in a way that is both fun and engaging. In addition to all the great resources, the service includes assessment and analytical tools that enable teachers to monitor the progress of individual students. Best of all, these activities work great on the SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard.
The Mathematics edition of a teacher demonstrating the concept of Sharing Is Caring was a no-brainer. It’s Jim Reed’s Home Page containing an amazing collection of High School Mathematic resources. Mr. Reed’s Math Resource page has been awarded The Teacher’s List Top Ten Award.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science funds the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility also known as Jefferson Lab. Part of Jefferson Lab’s mission is to “serve the nation and its communities through education and public outreach.” In connection to that mission, they have developed a wonderful collection of teacher resources dedicated to Math and Science teachers.
SpeedmathThe Online Games and Puzzles section contains so many useful interactive resources that you’ll want to take some time to explore everything that they have to offer. These activities work great on the SMART Board interactive whiteboard.
Pre-K and Kindergarten teachers can use the Count Us In website to play some very engaging Math concept games on their SMART Board interactive whiteboard. Each game is very simple to use and allows students to interact with the information in a fun and engaging manner.
I’ve been spending more time lately developing custom Notebook lessons for the SMARTBoard classroom. For me, Notebook is the perfect tool for creating new and exciting lessons that can help increase student learning. When using Notebook, I don’t feel limited in what I can do. Notebook is so easy to use and so powerful that it allows me to be more creative in how I am able to present information and how I can make it possible for students to interact directly with the information.
The following Notebook lessons were made by me upon request. Please feel free to download and use them in your classroom.
That’s just about the silliest blog title I’ve ever used but I’ll stick with it since I’ve been having a lot of fun using a simple little application called Connectsums.
The game is very simple. Students are presented with a target number and they have to select the correct combination of numbers that add up to the target number.
One of the best critical thinking activities is using a Venn Diagram to organize relationships. However, it can be a challenge for teachers to create custom Venn Diagrams for students to use. With the Shape Sorter Venn Diagram activity, teachers can build their own Venn Diagrams to explore relationships between various geometric objects.
My last blog post highlighted a wonderful site for reviewing procedural methods for solving fraction, decimal, and percents problems. Here are a few other interactive sites that I found that help students understand and communicate using fractional notation. These all work great on an SMART Board.
Since the interactivity is so engaging, it really makes for a nice resource in the Middle School classroom. This would be a great activity to review in class and then have the students review again at home.
When using the Enter the Answer resource, they provide a keypad so kids can touch the correct answer on the SMART Board - no keyboard required. In addition, the mixed tables Enter the Answer review will provide a quick feedback for each table while you’re going through the activity.