Sidney Tyrrell's Web Pages

This page was last updated on 29 July 2010.

I would start with Douglas Butler's site TSM Resources not only for mathematics but also for other fantastic goodies. Start with For the Busy Teacher. The maths pages contain a comprehensive list of international associations and magazines, fantastic classroom resources including 300 mathematical java applets from Japan, and the famous Waldo Maths by Ron Barrow of Tunbridge Wells, mathematical entertainment, and probability/statistics/data. There are links to subject specific sites plus a general reference site which is worth a quick visit just to see, neatly listed, the very wide variety of useful sites on offer including good schools sites.

EMaths for teachers & students: Mark McCourt shares best practice in maths education.
Count On site is the continuation of the Maths Year 2000 site.
The Futures Channel , one of my favourites, short video clips relating maths and real life.
Travels in a mathematical world about maths at work are podcasts from the IMA
GeoGebra ?It's free but the disadvantage is that it is not Autograph.
Fibonnaci the site to visit must be Ron Knott's.
The BBC maths site offers bite sized help and a series of short pages on maths in life.
The Maths Enhancement Programme of The Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching has many resources developed as part of the including lesson plans, and web links for ciphers, braille, postcodes, bar codes and vehicle registration marks to name but a few. They really are worth a visit - find them all under Bletchley Park codes .
RaceMaths , produced at Cranfield University, with topics linked to motor sport, including of course mechanics, but it starts at key Stage 1 and includes interviews with people in the sport, as well as footage of a race crash - fortunately the driver was unhurt!
Utah State University has a National Library of Virtual Manipulatives which sounds a bit grim, but try the balancing equations to get a flavour.
Footrule is about units and measures, from Imperial and metric to book sizes and hay bales.
Time and Date has time zones, calendars, dates or your next big birthday in seconds.
Paper models of polyhedra with free nets to print out for non commercial purposes provided by Gijs Korthals Altes.

Sites with lots of resources:

Hemsworth Arts and Community College Mathematics Faculty is a site and a half with some excellent PowerPoint tips.

Kangaroo maths has many free resources for all key stages.

Braincells is a resource for students, with lots of worksheets and PowerPoint, but may not be used other than for private study.

Sites that are more interactive are:

That quiz is a compendium of interactive quizes covering topics from number to calculus.
A lovely site is Subtangent with lots of revision stuff, and self testing stuff that is fun. Suitable for classrooms or private study. It includes a version of Countdown and Mathionnaire.
A Maths Dictionary for Kids is another bright and clear site by Jenny Eather from Australia.
Coolmath.com describes itself as an amusement park of math designed for fun. A bit bright for finding the way around but lots on algebra.
A similar starter might be Ten Quick Questions which provides 10 questions on a topic you choose. This is free downloadable software from CSF software, run by Chris Farmer who is a UK mathematics teacher. NB the free version is no longer supported or updated.
The games section of the LT Scotland 5-14 site provides interactive games by level and topic such as number, shape, problem solving. Many do require either the Macromedia Flash or Shockwave plugins for your web browser. To sharpen my mental agility I like MATHO addition under Number, money and measurement level D.

Games and educational fun

If you are looking for something new, Maths Net games indicates which are the newest, and has a complete listing on one page plus daily puzzles.
The Nrich games section allows you to search by challenge level, and if you like games try the frog puzzle.
Do try the Algebra versus the cockroaches challenge. Excellent and entertaining practice in finding the equationof a straight line.
MangaHigh, with Marcus de Sautoy, has great games.
Super Maths World is an interactive, and visually lively site of maths games.
Murderous Maths is a site with the wonderful football team illusion and lots of mathemtical tricks with calculators and cards. Stuff to impress.
The Set Puzzle provides a daily colurful puzzle challenging you to find the sets - it is not as easy as you might think and is good for stretching the brain.
Ambleside Primary School is just such fun with so many games to improve numeracy skills. I enjoy the simplicity and power of finding the angle, an interactive protractor.
Aplus Math has simple but good multiplication and addition games.
Pi day is 14 March. Here's a selection of related sites such as the YouTube sites: The Pi Song, another Pi song , a Pi rap,

ATM: The Association of Teachers of Mathematics,
MA: The Mathematical Association,
Maths Net, you now need to subscribe for the A level section.
MEI.
NCETM: The National Centre for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics,
Nrich at Cambridge is an excellent site to visit, and hasa good search facility, which is a rarity.
Plus magazine , not to be missed, with articles from the top mathematicians and science writers on diverse topics and a useful Careers section .

Not strictly mathematical sites, but useful

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