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FREE PREVIEWS OF MATHEMATICS ACTIVITIES, PROGRAMS, & MEDIA

The following organizations have offered free preview opportunities:
 
 


For Grades 5-12

The Futures Channel offers free mathematics related movies and vignettes. Activities to support this media is also offered. Please visit the website to review these items.

http://www.thefutureschannel.com/sd_dvrl/kentucky/

 



For Grades 5 - 12

HeyMath! is offering a free opportunity to review the PRIME programs for higher ability students and HELP e-lesson program. Please visit the website below and complete a short form to begin the review

http://www.heymath.net/main/freetrial.jsp
 



For Grades K - 5

Math Out of the Box™ is a K–5 math curriculum that offers a new way to teach math concepts and thinking skills. Because every kit provides 20 hands-on lessons plus materials for 30 students, you get effective instruction that’s easy to use.  Carolina Curriculum offers previews of teacher guides and a piloting program for all kits.  Please visit the website below for additional information regarding the previews.

http://www.carolinacurriculum.com/mootb/

Updated June 24, 2008


          Grades 3-5

“Drexel University in partnership with Microsoft is offering a free opportunity for teacher professional development for technology use in mathematics instruction. The workshop entitled, Tools for Building Math Concepts, explores how teachers can use software tools to help third- through fifth-grade students develop fundamental math concepts by gathering data and investigating patterns. Please visit the website below for more information”

http://mathforum.org/toolsandconcepts/ 
 



For Grades K - 12

Riverdeep is offering a free opportunity to preview several levels of their Destination Math software. Destination Math is a comprehensive mathematics program that teaches basic skills, math reasoning, conceptual understanding, and problem solving. Please visit the website below to begin your preview.

http://www.riverdeep.net/portal/page?_pageid=414,105272&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
 



For Grades K - 12

Silver Strong and Associates is offering a free opportunity for educators to join their online lesson bank of research-based teaching strategies. Additionally, educators are encouraged to take advantage of the free monthly strategies which include examples of classroom implementation and reproducible resources. Please visit the websites below for more information.

Online Lesson Bank: http://www.thoughtfuled.com/lessonlogin.php?location=lessonbank.php

Strategy of the Month: http://www.thoughtfuled.com/stratlogin.php?location=strategy.php
 



For Grades 5 - 12

Texas Instruments is offering a free opportunity to review weekly on-line algebra activities as well as request a CD-ROM based activity set. Additionally, Texas Instruments invites educators to join their activities exchange. Please visit the websites below for more information regarding these opportunities.

Weekly Algebra Activity Preview: http://www.tialgebra.com/

CD-ROM Activity Set: http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/nonProductSingle/global_forms_activitycd.html

Activities Exchange: http://education.ti.com/educationportal/activityexchange/activity_list.do?cid=us
 

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