Web Resources for the Middle School Curriculum
Compiled by Ms. Wimmer during her BFLEX class
Connected Math Resources
6th Grade Aligned Activities
7th Grade Aligned Activities
8th Grade Aligned Activities
7th Grade CMP Resources
Select Math
Prentice Hall CMP Resources
Michelle Volkerts Teacher Web: This site provides links to all
sixth grade CMP books
PSSA Prep
Franklin Institute Online: each month there are open ended
problems ranging from easy to challenging for each math strand.
Miscellaneous Great Sites
MathGoodies: educational site for teachers, students, and
parents. This site offers tutorials for procedures in math
problems. Helpful items include interactive activities, printable
worksheets, and resources for teachers and parents.
Technology: this site is a collection of math webquests that
take students through the process of mathematical real world
problem solving.
Classzone: a resource for all middle school topics which includes
online lessons, worksheets and interactive tutorials
Numbers and Operations
Intermath Dictionary: a dictionary of every math term along
with real life examples and practice problems.
Make a Match: Matching equivalent fractions
Homeschool Math: this site contains interactive sites on
percents, decimals, fractions, and integers.
Clara's Ice Cream Shop: converting improper fractions to mixed
numbers
AAAMath: Tutorials and Practice Games
TV411: a good interactive tutorial for ratio, proportion, percent
among other topics
AAAPlusMath: Graded flashcard games for all areas (numbers
and operations - geometry/algebra vocabulary)
Homeschoolmath-Fractions: resources for fractions, decimals,
and integers
Homeschoomath-Measurement: resources for measuring,
coordinate plane, and geometry
Algebra
General Coordinates Game: a fun review of plotting points on
the coordinate plane.
Growing, Growing, Graphing: a lesson plan for using internet
resources to explore the exponential growth.
Rags to Riches: a fun game for reviewing solving simple
equations
Call Me: a webquest comparing rates of different telephone
plans using linear equations.
Data Analysis and Statistics
Create a Graph: Create bar, line area, pie and coordinate graphs
Data Analysis and Probability Virtual Manipulatives: this is a
wonderful resource that has box plots, circle graphs,
histograms, it also includes tossing a coin, spinners.
Box and Whisker Graphs
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/data/boxwhisk.htm
*** Very simple page. Breaks down each part of
5-number summary with definitions. Shows how to construct a
box and whiskers plot.
http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/power/ch12/plots.htm
*** This page is more detailed than the previous website.
One of the things that I liked about this site was the fact that it
has sample questions and even an answer key.
Box and Whisker Plots
*** Shows stills of graphing calculator and has some
sample problems.
Scatterplots
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/data/scatter.htm
*** Same type of website as the first one in the Box and
Whiskers section. Very simple page. Breaks down the
components of the scatter plot. Has clear definitions.
Scatterplots
*** Shows visual examples of the correlation
http://www.skymark.com/resources/tools/scatter_plots.asp
*** Has nice breakdown of the statistics needed for
scatter plots and how they are calculated. This site is nice also
because it has links to pages about other types of plots and
charts.
Pie Charts
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/piechart/
*** Allows you to choice the number of wedges that you
would like in the pie graph and then allows you to print out the
pie chart that you want to use. Also gives you the opinion to
choose if you want it labeled as a percent or a fraction.
Stem and Leaf Plots
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/data/stemleaf.htm
*** Very simple to use page
Just For Fun
Brain Bashers: an exciting collection of brain teasers, puzzles,
riddles, games and optical illusions.
Lemonade Stand : a business math game
Math Can Be Fun: Interactive math games and logic puzzles