I am a student at the University of South Carolina, currently working on my
Master's in Secondary Math. I also attended USC for my
The following links will be useful to my upcoming students and teachers looking for some new ideas!
Additional Help:
These sites offer students additional assistance
This site has flashcards, games, homework
Funbrain is another interactive site where students
Through this site worksheets and quizzes can be
The program presents students with problems, has
With games such as Algebra 4 (based off of Connect 4)
Female Mathematicians:
Too often girls think that they aren't supposed to
The top ten women in math history are shown on
This is another site with famous female mathematicians.
Fun Math Stuff:
From quotes, to songs, to clip arts, this section has it all....
There were two quotes I especially liked on this
-“Black holes result from God dividing the universe
-“The human mind has never invented a labor-saving
A lot of people like clip art. Clip art is viewed as a
This site has an extensive number of songs on it,
undergraduate degree where I majored in Math and Political Science.
This fall I will begin teaching at Hand Middle School, where I will
teach Pre-Algebra and Algebra I. I will also be coaching the math team
and holding an early bird class, where we prepare to compete in
various math competitions around the state: Math Counts, College of Charleston, Furman, etc.
and are geared at improving students' grades.
helpers, and practice worksheets. It is designed
to help students improve their math scores in
various classes.
can participate in games and activities while learning.
It covers not only math but also English, and it has
lessons geared K-8. Students create an account,
and they can begin participating in the Math Arcade.
created involving the various levels of algebra. Students
are able to access this site to create their own worksheets,
and they can even have a key created to accompany it.
them input their answers, and then gives the correct
answer. It also offers the option of having the problem
worked out step by step so students can see exactly
where they are experiencing some difficulty. To access
this site students are required to create accounts,
free trial offers are available for home and school, and
no installation is required.
and Function Flyer (transformations of functions) students
are able to practice skills through virtual games.
(Some of the games on this site do require a java
applet and will not work if the computer does not have it.)
be good at math, here are some links that prove
the opposite!!!
this website. It gives brief descriptions of their work
and short biographies, but there are hyperlinks available
for students to read more about the women.
website, and I plan to use both in my future classroom.
by zero.” – Unknown
machine equal to algebra.” – Unknown
way to jazz up any dull or bland paper.
all related to mathematical topics.