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20 Free Math Resources for Classroom Teachers
By Bill Lombard on 24 July, 2009
Guest post from Karen Schweitzer, the About.com Guide to Business School Are you looking for fun activities to engage your math students? Would you like interactive ways to explain difficult mathematical concepts? The resources you need are only a click away. There are tons of free online lesson plans, activities, and resources specifically designed to [...]
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Free Printable Paper for Math Teachers – a Wealth of Resources for Your Classroom
By Bill Lombard on 1 January, 2009
Hundreds of papers you can download and print for free. Here you can find graph paper, lined paper, financial paper, music paper, and more. Here are some of the Categories of interest to math teachers: Graph Paper, Lined Paper, Logarithmic Graph Paper, Polar Graph Paper, Isometric Graph Paper, Hexagon Graph Paper, Octagon Graph Paper, and [...]
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Schools Turn Algebra into Child’s Play in Lebanon Oregon
By Bill Lombard on 30 December, 2008
This post features a video and some excerpts from the article “Lebanon schools turn algebra into child’s play”, by Betsy Hammond, The Oregonian. While most high schools in Oregon and across the nation struggle to get freshmen to pass algebra, one school district is trying something very different. Lebanon, which educates 4,000 students in eight [...]
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Math Nexus – a Weekly Treasure Trove of Resources for the Math Classroom
By Bill Lombard on 1 December, 2008
The Math Nexus website is loaded with neat stuff for math teachers looking to supplement their students’ classroom experiences. The site publishes, on a weekly basis, new Problems, Quotes, Statistics, Humor, Websites, Math Person, Resource, and Golden Oldie. If you want an email reminder about new content, there is a weekly update list for this [...]
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