ZoomerOne Family Links

• AAA Math (http://www.aaamath.com/index.html) - This highly recommended math site illustrates and provides interactive arithmetic exercises and problems for grades K-8. It contains a series of basic math skills lessons, solid explanations, and challenging interactive games and problem sets. This is a much-needed resource for formal elementary math classes and homeschooling sessions, which are a resource that can be used by math students in formal elementary education math classes, tutoring, and home schooling.
• Brain Teasers (http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/) - Thanks to Houghton Mifflin, you can join forces with classmates, go to this site, and solve one of these mind bogglers. Each Wednesday evening they post a new Brain Teaser for each grade level range: 3-4, 5-6, & 7-8. They post solutions one week later.
• ENC Online: Math Topics (http://www.enc.org/weblinks/math/) - The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC) for Mathematics and Science Education has collected effective curriculum resource sites and created high-quality professional development materials to improve K-12 mathematics and science teaching and learning. This is great for students, parents, and educators. Besides the "Math Topics Web Links" section listed here, check out the "Student/Classroom" and the "Reference Sources" sections.
• Getsmarter.org (http://www.getsmarter.org/index.cfm) - This is a great "animated and interactive testing and learning site where students can compare their performance in math, and science, with other elementary, middle, and high school students worldwide. You can also "access learning hints and links to help you Get Smarter!" This site requires Flash, and it is a "free, no-risk, publicly available" Website geared to "help stimulate improvements in K-12 math and science education," providing kids with information on exciting careers that use math and science.
• Math Baseball (http://www.funbrain.com/math/index.html) - FunBrain.com, an award-winning interactive learning and "edutainment Web site" links K-8 children, parents, and teachers together with its fun math baseball game that you can play by yourself or with friends. It gives you a choice of math problems and the level you want to practice. Click on the Games icon for other games available through their site.
• The Math Forum: Elementary School Student Center (http://mathforum.org/students/elem/) - I believe that this is the best math site on the Web for students, parents, and teachers. One interesting section is their Problems of the Week (PoWs), which are designed to provide creative, non-routine challenges for students in grades three through twelve. Problem-solving and mathematical communication are key elements of every problem. You can also browse this site and look at some of the questions Dr. Math has answered.  Then come up with a math question of your own and submit it.
• Math Goodies: Math Help for Students (http://www.mathgoodies.com/students.shtm) - Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies is a free "math help site featuring interactive math lessons (statistics, pre-algebra, probability, integers, percent, number theory, circumference, perimeter, & area), homework help, worksheets, forums, and more." Their award-winning site has tons of activities for students, teachers and parents, primarily designed for grades 5-8.
• Math Magician Games (http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Mathmagician/cathymath.html ) - Brought to us by Oswego City School District in New York, this fun, interactive math learning site is geared for elementary school students. It covers the multiple levels within the areas of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and when you complete each activity, you get print out your "Math Magician Award" certificate! A very easy and entertaining site for beginning and intermediate math learners--you will like it.
• Room 108 Math (http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/Math/math.htm) - This site shows math with visual and sound effects, and students get Audio Feedback on their answers. It teaches adding, multiplying, dividing, etc., as well as the use of calculators, using sound effects. Check out the stories, crossword puzzles, spellings, and other activities there for elementary school-use
• WebMath (http://www.webmath.com/index3.html) - Formerly hosted by DiscoverySchool.com, this site is now on its own, and it still offers step-by-step instructions on how to do addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, scientific notation, ratios, and proportions, as well as geometry, pre-algebra, algebra, trigonometry, calculus, data analysis, and problem solving. Great for students with tough homework assignments--it breaks its site down into "Math for Everyone," "General Math," "K-8 Math" (that is what section the link above takes you to), as well as more specific higher-level math areas.