MATH
Online Resources
Scroll down to see a list of great Math resources for middle schoolers.
These resources are available to assist, compliment, or extend your learning in Math this year. Look up topics you may struggle to understand, see videos explaining them, and practice skills in a variety of ways. Please visit these sites to practice, enhance, and further develop your skills!!!
General Resources:
Mathletics - Transform the way your students learn math with Mathletics, the world’s leading online math program that builds confidence through personalised learning, exciting games and mastery challenges. (Click Here)
Math practice website for students to assist in their learning of concepts. It has unlimited questions on thousands of math topics, as well as other resources.
Main website: A set of online tools and aids that help students. Provides short lectures in the form of YouTube videos to help explain Math concepts and procedures. Browse by topic.
YOUTUBE Channel for Khan Academy. Educational video tutorials on a variety of Math topics.
Math explained in easy language, plus puzzles, games, quizzes, and worksheets.
Math Prodigy - Prodigy delivers a unique learning experience through an interactive math game where success depends on correctly answering skill-building math questions. Players can earn rewards, go on quests and play with friends — all while learning new skills!
Math based games to help develop foundational skills (Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division).
Provides simple and engaging math resources that make learning math more fun for students of all ages. Primarily video explanations of math topics.
The Center for Education in Mathematics and Computing - Problem of the week for grade schoolers - The Problem of the Week is designed to provide students with an ongoing opportunity to solve mathematical problems. Each week, problems from various areas of mathematics will be posted here and e-mailed to teachers for use with their students from grades 3 and up.
Math Shorts - Short and concise videos explaining math concepts.
Math Drills is a great website with worksheets to practice many middle school Math skills. Each worksheet comes with an answer key to check/verify your work and answers.
Brainpop - Helpful and fun videos explaining Math and Science concepts and processes (Subscription required).
View videos that explore, step-by-step, how to solve a range of math problems and explain concepts. Practice questions and get additional explanation of concepts.
Cuethink: Created for students in 2nd to 12th grade, this innovative peer-to-peer application seeks to improve critical thinking skills by making math social. Focusing on the social aspect of math, according to CueThink, will help foster a growth mindset and enable students to perceive challenges as opportunities. Using this online program, students apply mathematician George Pólya’s four phases when tackling math problems: understand, plan, solve, and review. Once they settle on a strategy and devise a plan, students will answer the question and review their answer.
Tinkercad is an easy-to-use 3D CAD design tool. Quickly turn your idea into a CAD model for a 3D printer with Tinkercad. Discover tutorials and tools for 3D design & printing. Start Tinkering today. Designers. Kids. 3D Printing. Teachers. 3D Modeling. Hobbyists. Types: Toys, Prototypes, Jewelry, Planters, Home Decor, Minecraft Models.
The Art of Problem Solving - Pre-Algebra and Algebra:
Math Levels: pre-Algbera – Algebra (approximately 3rd – 11th grade)
My Favorite Thing: their videos are organized, clear, helpful, and free! This math website has lots of stuff including math discussion forums, math competition information, and classes students can enroll into… but we especially like their clear videos!
Coolmath4Kids is an amusement park of math, games, and more, designed to teach math and make it FUN. Focusses on foundational skill practice in a fun engaging way.
Helpful videos and practice problems for a wide variety of Middle School math skills.
Interesting website with Math problems, explanations, videos, and other great resources to support your learning!
The Ted Ed Youtube channel. Educational videos on a variety of topics including math. Great Youtube channel to spark interest and make learning fun.
Computer Coding Resources: Practice and grow you computer programming thinking and skills with these online coding websites!
Tutorials, activities, and games that teach students computer programming/coding.
Scratch is a free visual programming language developed by the MIT Media Lab. Scratch was created to help young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically and work collaboratively.
Codecademy is an online freemium interactive platform that offers free coding classes in 12 different programming languages including Python, Java, PHP, JavaScript, Ruby, SQL, and Sass, as well as markup languages HTML and CSS. The site also offers a paid "pro" option that gives users access to a personalized learning plan, quizzes, realistic projects, and live help from advisors.
Code Avengers is a great educational web platform that introduces users to HTML, Javascript, and CSS. These three platforms are used to build games, web pages, and apps.
Lightbot app integrates fun gameplay with coding lessons, teaching principles and concepts of coding, such as if-then statements.
The Basics level introduces users to commands. At first, this feels like just another puzzle game, which is the genius of Lightbot. Users start at three commands and increase as they are able to pass each level.
Code Combat gives learners the feeling of wizardly power at their fingertips by using typed code. Learn to code with game play.
A puzzle game created entirely on iPad, for all ages. Teaches the principles of programming! This is an app you can download.
Chilli Math - This is a well organized site that focuses on Pre-Algebra to Advanced Algebra. A great resource for gifted children who are ready to dive into Algebra!