Resource Links for Students in Fundamental Concepts I and


Information on FREE tutoring for this course at SU

 

Web site for the text for this course (Bennett and Nelson).

 

“Areas of Circles” Activity (Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4)

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' "Selected Web Resources" This site provides a dynamic table to allowing one to selectively search over 1040 carefully reviewed Internet math resources. User may click on any grade band or standard, or click in a white box to choose a standard/grade band combination.

Mathematical Models I and II by Paul Griffith  This site is a companion to the 4th-8th grade curriculum Griffith use in his middle school math classroom (sixth grade begins with Course II). Each page on this site accompanies a lesson from the curriculum. The Math Alive curriculum (formerly known as the Visual Mathematics curriculum) is a hands-on, concept-building curriculum that stresses exploration and discussion. The curriculum has been published by the Math Learning Center at Portland (Oregon) State University since about 1989. Griffith's purpose here is to make the basic models and concepts we study accessible to parents and students in an on line format for use at home. Teachers are free to use or link to these materials.

The Math Lab  This site contains games and puzzles relating to many mathematical concepts.  Among the pre-algebra concepts explore via (algebra tiles) manipulatives are addition, subtraction, and multiplication of integers.

Java Version of the Tower of Hanoi Puzzle  This site contains an interactive version of the Tower of Hanoi puzzle as well as other mathematical puzzles and games.

Game of Frogs (Shuttle Puzzle)  These sites contain interactive versions of the “peg game” in the context of leaping frogs.  AlternativeSite1 , Alternative Site2

Find the Prime Factors of a Number   This site is provided by Washington University in St. Louis, and allows one to find the prime factors of a number.

How to Find the LCM and GCF of Two Numbers    This site illustrates the prime factorization method for finding the LCM and GCF.

Educational Java Programs Includes pattern blocks, base ten blocks, fraction bars, Pythagorean Theorem, and Pi.

Base Ten Blocks    Java applet for activites with base ten blocks.

King's On-Line Math Activities  This King Middle School site has many interactive games and activities related to middle school mathematics content.

Decimal Squares Program  This site gives examples showing how to use decimal squares to present operations with decimals.

Dr. Math  Do you have a math question?  You may search Dr. Math's archives for an answer. If you cannot find an answer in the archives, you may submit your question to Dr. Math via this web site.  For example, Dr. Math has answered questions related to using drawings to illustrate division of fractions and questions related to theproduct of two negative numbers.

Polya's Four-Step Problem Solving Proces  An outline of the problem solving process we employ for "PS" exercises.

Success in Mathematics   This site at Southern Illinois University provides tips on how to study mathematics, how to approach problem solving, how to study for and take tests, and when and how to get help.

How to Study Mathematics  Advice from the University of Texas Learning Center.  See the tips on test preparation.

Tesselations of the Plane  This site displays tessellations of the plane.

A Gallery of M.C. Escher’s Works Official M.C. Escher Web Site

Some Tessellation Activities  Some activities and samples of students' work.

 

A Tutorial on Tessellations

 

Tessellations Applet

Look at links to some class sessions.
Look at Dr. Cathcart's MATH 130 Fundamental Concepts I home page.
Look at Dr. Cathcart's MATH 230 Fundamental Concepts II home page