Maths CHBE Central

Proverbs 1:7: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
God is the Great Mathematician and the fact that he has put everything in our universe in place in an ordered system proves his amazing power.

Lauren learning about symmetry.

Jason's Maths Workshop Notes:

"My passion for maths education started at Teachers College 20 years ago. God used my own personal struggles at school to help me understand what it's like for students learning new concepts or having difficulty in maths. This helped me to find ways to make learning maths as easy as possible."

Here is a printable page of Maths basic facts Grids...  maths_grids.doc

The BBC Maths Site is great for brief but clear explanations and examples for every term and strand of Maths. You will find an Explanation, Practice pages, Animated games and activities and practice tests.

Here is a link to their Primary Student Area...

Here is a link to their Secondary Area...

Arcademic Skill Builders are research-based and standards-aligned educational games that offer an innovative approach to teaching basic academic skills. We incorporate features of arcade games and educational practices into fun online games. Great fun!

  Junior MathsDictionary: Click here

Here are some links to Java programs that animate Maths for students:

Primary school activities: http://harcourtschool.com/activity/elab2004/gr3/index_2004.html

Upper primary and Senior http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/

Science, Maths and Art interact http://www.falstad.com/mathphysics.html

Exciting Geometry links:
Word Document of nets that can be printed out for students to make their own 3D shapes.

Great geometry games and learning activities.
Animated Geometry learning tools, fantastic site where parents and student can have a lot of fun!

Here is a link for some real Mathematical Construction Fun
and for paper nets for some mind blowing 3D shapes -Paper Polyhedra

Here are some printable grid pages for sketching geometric shapes and patterns  isometric_grid__jc09.doc and here are some examples of what you can do:

Base Ten Blocks:

These are essential concrete maths materials that aide in the development of place value and number concepts. They help childrenmastering the base ten numbering system -10's 100's and 1000's.

The importance of these blocks in forming strong relational understandings can not be underestimated.

You can order a plastic set from Edsco or ring Edsco to find out about the wooden sets. Check Ebay also as sometimes sets come up for cheap.

Here is a great site that demonstrates how to use these blocks:

http://www.math-drills.com/baseten.shtml