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Resources for
Middle School

Some good sources of middle school math tasks (in no particular order):

Play with Your Math - collection of low floor, high ceiling math puzzles

Student-Centered Math - collection of resources which ensure students are at the center of learning

​Yummy Math - easily searchable database of real-world math activities

Problem-Based Lesson Search Engine - Searches many of the sites listed below

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101 Questions - Given an image, what is the first question that comes to mind?  

Estimation 180 - Ideas to foster number sense
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Tap into Teen Minds - 3 Act Tasks and other lesson resources to spark curiosity

Mr. Orr is a Geek - How to start a math fight and other ideas for getting students to remember what you are teaching

Visual Patterns- Visual patterns that can be used to determine a pattern.
Math Talks- Summary of how Pattern Talks (using the above Visual Patterns) and Number Talks can be done in middle schools. 

Estimation 180 - Activities for building number sense

Problem Solving Book - Alicia Burdess' book on problem solving includes great problems and ideas

Math Assessment Project: Assessment tasks and lessons tied to CCSSM content and practices.  

Open Middle - Challenging math problems worth solving

3 Act Math - Short videos to encourage question posing by students

Math Pickle - Math games and puzzles organized by grade or subject

Nrich: British website of rich tasks

YouCubed Tasks: Open-ended, low floor/high ceiling tasks organized by grade and concept

G'Day Math!: James Tanton's lessons on a variety of topics

NCTM's Illuminations: Lessons and interactives sortable by concept or grade level

Inside Mathematics: Lesson tasks, performance assessments, problems of the month

Illustrative Math: Tasks aligned to CCSSM standards.

Which One Doesn't Belong - Collections of four items (of mathematical nature).  An argument for selecting any one of the four items can be made. 

Robert Kaplinsky - Lesson seeds and blog

Howard County Public Schools - Routines, lesson seeds, videos...  Organized by grade/course

​Compound Interest for Kids - Games to help children learn about compound interest

Dan Meyer's Resources: 
  • Math Class Needs a Makeover TED Talk
  • How to use Three-Act Math Tasks
  • List of Three-Act Math Tasks
  • Graphing Stories

Manipulatives:
Algeblocks
Algebra Lab Gear
Algebra Tiles

Math-Specific Technology:
Desmos: Free lessons and activities using Desmos (free math software)
Geogebra: This free dynamic math software tool allows users to explore geometry, algebra, tables, graphing, statistics and other areas of math in one easy-to-use package.


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