Extra Credit Blog 3.5

Resource # 1: 

https://www.mathsisfun.com

• Mathisfun.com is a site with a number of math resources and games involving the subjects algebra, data, trigonometry, and geometry. Students can partake in worksheets, games, money counting activities, and recipe counting activities. This site is accommodated for students in kindergarten to high school. I would not recommend this site to students taking college classes. All of the activities are interactive that allows the students to be entertained while still learning. For instance, the 6th grade and under probability activity  "An Experiment with a Die" requires students to get a die and record their answers on the website. Also, the site puts formulas with a reasoning in each activity and game to guide the students to complete the games.

• Skills students need are to:
• Be able to use the mouse to move objects
• Be able to use the keyboard to type in answers on worksheet activities and/or tables
• Read printed text
• Read and comprehend mathematical symbols and formulas
• Recognize what subject (geometry, algebra, etc) they need to learn

• Students in kindergarten will probably need adult supervision to navigate the site and to choose what topics they should be learning. But, any other student above that age should easily be able to navigate the site and to select what games pertain to the topics they are learning in class. The site has each subject in a different tab with different colors that allow the students to easily differentiate between the different tabs (subjects).

• I would highly recommend this site to students in secondary and grammar school. The games and activities allow students to perform them either individually or as a group. This would be a good tool for teachers to derive class activities from because it provides educational activities involving student interaction.

Resource #2:

http://catalog.mathlearningcenter.org/free

• The Math Learning Center site provides free math resources to students from kindergarten to fifth grade. There are over 130 activity sets and worksheets for students to practice their skills in. Also, the theme-based  activities provide problem-solving opportunities, skills practice, and continual encounters with broader math concepts to the students. The students will select the activity they want to do and the activity will download to their computer for them to print out.

• Skills students need are to:

-Be able to use the mouse 

-Be able to use the keyboard to type in answers on worksheet activities and/or tables 

-Read printed text 

-Read and comprehend mathematical symbols and formulas 

-Recognize what subject (geometry, algebra, etc) they need to learn

          -Be able to download activity worksheets

• Due to this being a site that is harder to navigate, students in kindergarten to second grade will probably need adult supervision when choosing the activity and when downloading the activity worksheet. But, other than that, this site offers a lot of useful practice problems that will strengthen the students' skills.

• I would recommend this site to students who are not looking for interactive games. This site provides more worksheet-style practice problems. But, there is a wide variety of these practice problems available to the students. Also, the worksheets could be useful and easy for teachers to distribute to their students during class for extra practice.

Resource #3:

http://interactivesites.weebly.com/math.html

  

•      Interactive Sites provides a galore of learning games to students kindergarten to fifth grade. These games are colorful, entertaining, and cartoon-like that makes math fun for students. Students can choose from a variety of mathematical topics such as algebra, addition, subtraction, geometry, decimals, probability, graphing, money, percentages, telling time, etc. Thus, this site practically includes any topic necessary for students (kindergarten-fifth) to learn and know. 

• Skills students need are to:
• Be able to use the mouse
• Be able to use the keyboard to type in answers
• Read printed text
• Read and comprehend mathematical symbols and formulas
• Recognize what subject they need to learn

• Students in kindergarten will probably need adult supervision when choosing which topic and games they should be participating in. However, this site is very manageable and kid-friendly for students to navigate through. The first page of the site has each topic bolded and highlighted in red computers. So, students will be able to differentiate between the different topics. When a student clicks on the "computer" topic, they will be sent to a variety of games that are in accordance to the topic.

• I would recommend this site to students who do not find math entertaining and/or do not like the subject because of the site's high use of graphics. This site has an entertainment factor to it that will excite students to partake in it while learning math.

Resource #4:

http://www.mathplayground.com

• Mathplayground.com provides a variety of games and activities to students in kindergarten to high school. Instead of listing the individual topics, this site has different colored tabs that list the each grade (kindergarten, first grade, etc). Before playing the games and activities, the site provides concepts/formulas for students to recognize while playing the games and activities.

•  Skills students need are to:
• Be able to use the mouse
• Be able to use the keyboard to type in answers
• Read printed text
• Read and comprehend mathematical symbols and formulas
• Recognize what subject they need to learn

Students in kindergarten will probably need adult supervision when choosing which topic and games they should be participating in. However, this site is very manageable and kid-friendly for students to navigate through. The first page of the site has each grade level bolded and highlighted in different colors. So, students will be able to choose what grade they are, which easily provides the games in accordance with their grade level. 

• I would recommend this site to students who do and do not find math entertaining. It is a great site for students who don't like math due to its high use of colorful graphics and cartoon-like games. But, it also caters to students who may find math enjoyable and may want more challenging activities such as multiple choice questions. It caters to all math preferences and age ranges (excluding college age students).