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 The Math Trail
The Math Trail gives students the opportunity to participate in an authentic learning experience by exploring their own community and creating math problems that relate to it. The project, based on real-world problem solving, invites submissions from around the world.
GRADE LEVEL: Pre-K-12
 Oreo 2000
For this data gathering/analysing project all you need is a bag of Oreos, and a little curiosity about what the most popular way to eat an Oreo really is! (9/1/00-11/21/00)
GRADE LEVEL: K-8+
The Sun Times, The Global Sun/Temperature Project
"How does your geographic location affect average daily temperature and hours of sunlight?" Schools from around the world participate in this collaborative project as students measure the local temperature and record the number of minutes of sunlight per day over a specific week. This data is then posted to the web site so that the students can compare and contrast their results with other classes from all over the world.
GRADE LEVEL: 4-8
Down the Drain
Do you know how much water you use every day? Would you be surprised to learn that the average American uses between 80-100 gallons of water per day? Do you think people in other parts of the world use more or less water than Americans? Well, this collaborative project will help you find the answers to these questions.
GRADE LEVEL: 4-8
 The Great Chocolate Experience: A K-12 Internet Project Makes Math Delicious!
Almost everyone has some background knowledge about chocolate, and most students are motivated to learn more about it because they like chocolate, said one participant in The Great Chocolate Experience. "Those things make great conditions for effective learning!" Packed with graphing, calculations, and a few calories, The Great Chocolate Experience is a project that teachers and students are eating up! See how this integrated project began and find out how to join in the fun. Included: Comments from teachers across the grades who have participated!
GRADE LEVEL: K-12
And the Winner Is… Math Competitions for Students
A little competition can inspire math students to greater achievement. This week, Education World highlights more than a dozen math competitions or contests. Included: Problem-solving and stock market competitions --- and the World's Largest Math Event!
GRADE LEVEL: 2-12
MathMagic!
MathMagic is a project that pairs up teams of students over the Internet to solve math questions. Students may participate in any of four grade-level categories: K-3, 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12.
GRADE LEVEL: K-12
Hewlett Packard Email Mentor Program
The HP E-Mail Mentor program creates one-to-one mentor relationships between HP employees (worldwide) and 5-12th grade students and teachers throughout the United States to help motivate students to excel in math and science. HP employees also mentor teachers who seek to incorporate current technology into the classroom.
GRADE LEVEL: K-12
Ask Dr. Math
If you have a question related to math, then it's most likely been answered here... and if it hasn't been, submit it!
GRADE LEVEL: K-12
Building a Working Community in the Classroom: One Teacher's Experience
Elementary teacher Toni Wing captured her students' interest by making them citizen-leaders of a city called Tinseltown. As business people, bankers, and employees, the students kept checkbooks and inventory and found out about the real world. See how the activity made learning across the curriculum relevant for students! Included: Ideas for creating a community in your classroom!
GRADE LEVEL: 2-8
Stock Market Games Bring Math to Life
Are your students in the market for meaningful math? Check out these on-line stock market simulations! Included: A fourth-grade teacher and her students talk about a fun and educational on-line stock market game!
GRADE LEVEL: K-12
Good News Bears Stock Market Project
This is an online project that was based on an interactive stock market competition between classmates that used real-time data from the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.
GRADE LEVEL: K-12
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FRACTIONS & DECIMALS PROJECTS
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Mighty M&M Math
The Mighty M&M Math site contains a lesson plan for teaching fractions and percentages.
GRADE LEVEL: 3-6
The Noon Day Project
Over 2200 years ago Eratosthenes made a remarkably accurate measurement of the earth's circumference. This project offers students an opportunity through collaboration to recreate his amazing experiment using sticks, shadows, and ingenuity. (3/1/00-4/1/00)
GRADE LEVEL: 6-12
Shape the World Project
What is the shape of our world? That's the question that this Web site for K-3 students asks. Several activities, resources, and lesson plans are provided to help guide children through the process of finding answers that will change the way they perceive the world around them.
GRADE LEVEL: K-3
Online Scienceathon
Science-athon events are easy to implement,fun, and instructive. Each event includes the exploration of questions using displays of student-generated data. (11/1/00-6/30/01)
GRADE LEVEL: 2-8
The Noon Day Project
Over 2200 years ago Eratosthenes made a remarkably accurate measurement of the earth's circumference. This project offers students an opportunity through collaboration to recreate his amazing experiment using sticks, shadows, and ingenuity. (3/1/00-4/1/00)
GRADE LEVEL: 6-12
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STATISTICS & GRAPHING PROJECTS
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The Great Chocolate Experience: A K-12 Internet Project Makes Math Delicious!
Almost everyone has some background knowledge about chocolate, and most students are motivated to learn more about it because they like chocolate, said one participant in The Great Chocolate Experience. "Those things make great conditions for effective learning!" Packed with graphing, calculations, and a few calories, The Great Chocolate Experience is a project that teachers and students are eating up! See how this integrated project began and find out how to join in the fun. Included: Comments from teachers across the grades who have participated!
GRADE LEVEL: K-12
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