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    Homeschool Resource: Math

    It’s Monday, and time for a new Homeschool Resource: Math. I would like to ask you to check out the Recommended Website: Kids Online Resources: Math Kids Online Resources: MathAge Range: 5-18 (Grades K-12, with parental supervision) Kids Online Resources, maintained by the Webb Family of Arcata, California, is a massive archive of web-based learning activities for a wide variety of subjects “from kindergarten to college”. We focused on the math pages today. Under “Math Resources”, there are 2 pages of links – click the red hand to move to the next page. The categories include: AlgebraCalculus, Geometry, Integrals, Statistics, TrigonometryFractions, Decimals, PercentagesLesson PlansAnd moreAt this site, you’ll find enough math activities and lessons to cover…

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    Homeschool Resource: Math

    It’s Monday, and time for our Homeschool Resource: Math. I would like to ask you to check out the Recommended Website: Motivate – Maths Enrichment for Schools Motivate – Maths Enrichment for Schools Age Range: 11-17 (Grades 6-12, with parental supervision) This archived site from the University of Cambridge presents downloadable multimedia explorations of how math relates to real life issues such as nutrition, disease, vaccinations, and the economics of health. The math topics covered include percentages, graphs, probability, equations, contingency tables, tree diagrams and much more! When you get to the site you’ll see a description of what’s provided on the site. Click on the links under the title “Multi-Media Packs” to get to the…

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    Homeschool Resource: Archimedes

    It’s Monday, and time for Math. I would like to ask you to check out our Homeschool Resource Archimedes. Have you used this Homeschool Resource and if so what did you think of it and why? Age Range: 11-18 (Grades 6-12, with parental supervision) This site is a treasure trove of information on one of the greatest mathematicians of all time – Archimedes. The site was created by Chris Rorres, a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Drexel University in Pennsylvania. It contains free information about the life and times of Archimedes, as well as examples of his work and inventions such as the compound pulley system, the planetarium, the water screw, etc. When you get to…

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