Mathematics
nrich: many many resources. Low entry, high ceiling. ‘Live problems’: Secondary Primary. Developing mathematical habits of mind, Sometimes, always, never. Factors and multiple puzzle. Linked problems: Primary curriculum map, Secondary curriculum map.
NZMaths: A huge collection of resources. Problem solving, rich tasks, Take this, digital learning objects organised by curriculum level. Faviourite tasks.
YouCubed: inspire all students. Favourites: Tasks, Week of Inspirational Maths, Mathematical Mind Set Algebra. Jo Boaler interviewed by TVNZ. Reading about mixed attainment teaching (de-tracking).
Desmos (Teacher): Use Desmos online graphing tool to best effect. Ready-made lessons with student login and teacher gallery to monitor student progress. Balloon Float, Awesome Coordinate, Function Carnival, Mini Golf Marble Slide.
When Math Happens: a selection of 3 Act Tasks, examples of using the 5 practices for orchestrating productive mathematics discussions.
dy/dan: Dan Meyer’s blog on teaching with 3 Act Tasks. The first clip is of Dan in action with teachers to show how to manage student thinking and discussion. Mega list of 3 Act tasks.
Tap into Teen Minds: making maths contextual, visual and concrete.
Sara van der Werf: Blog with lots of teaching ideas. Favourites: 100 numbers, Mathematics discussions.
Fawn Nguyen: Guest speaker at the 2023 NZAMT conference. Resources.
Robert Kaplinsky: A collection of lessons and rich tasks to support problem solving. Levels of convincing. Favourite: Hot dogs.
Estimation 180: Using estimation to develop number sense.
Which One Doesn’t Belong: Squares of 4 prompts. Find a reason why each doesn’t belong. Organised into topics: Number, Shape, & Graphs.
Have You Got Maths Eyes? Collections of photographs which can prompt interesting maths questions. Regular competitions to challenge students and teachers. Mathematics Unites: Photo Challenge.
Visual Patterns: Massive collection of patterns presented visually. Algebra patterns. See gallery for student work and links to blogs.
Would You Rather …? Lots of starters to provoke discussion and debate using maths ideas. Sorted by year group.
Student Centered Mathematics Classrooms: learning experiences that are adaptive to student need. Favourite: Convince me that.
Ed Galaxy: 100s of lesson plans, resources and ideas roughly sorted into strands.
NCTM Illuminations: lessons & digial tools to promote understanding. Searchable by grade and strand.
Mr Orr is a Geek: Canadian maths educator. Lots of 3 act tasks and other activities. Trashketball, Two truths and a lie.
Same But Different: a collection of images to prompt mathematical discussion.
Math Pickle: Puzzles, games and mini-competitions organised by grade or subject.
Math for Love: Dan Finkel and Katherine Cook, a husband and wife team devoted to transforming how math is taught and learned. Family maths night ideas. Favourite: Prime Climb.
Steve Wyborney’s blog with collections of lessons for number sense, rich mathematical talk. Favourites: Splat, Fraction Splat, Esti-Mysteries.
Median: developing thinking for Y7 12. Organised by topic, lots of teaching ideas with brief comments by Don Steward.
Resourceaholic: Ideas and resources for teaching secondary school mathematics.
MathsBot: Tools for maths teachers. Do nows, manipulatives, printables, puzzles.
MathsStarters: a great way to start your lesson.
Maths is Fun: Used by primary, secondary and tertiary teachers and students for illustrative definitions, puzzles and activities.
Mashup Math: A source of maths puzzles, riddles and problems for Year 1-10. Favourite: Two truth & one lie, Think Notice Wonder, Which one doesn’t belong.
Mathematics Assessment Project: well-engineered tools for formative assessment and summative assessment that explore students’ mathematical knowledge and reasoning. Extensive lists of lessons/challenges and tasks for middle high school.
Solve emoji: Maths puzzles organised by difficulty.
SolveMe Puzzles: Three types of puzzles that promote exploring, logic and creating.
Theresa Wills: Where there is a a will there is a way. Teaching routines, games, templates and resources for online mathematics teaching.
Kristen Acosta: Making maths an active subject Year (1 -9). A collection of resources such as 3 Act Tasks, Clotheslines and Number Talk Images.
Mixed attainment maths: created to enable teachers of mixed-attainment maths classes to share resources and ideas. Lesson ideas.
Cambridge Mathematics: an organisation rethinking support for curriculum design in mathematics. Expresso: small but intense draught of filtered research on mathematics education.
Multiplicity lab: support for primary teachers as they strive to provide rich mathematical experiences for all. Image of the week, 2 routines, Using big ideas in activities.
Open middle: Challenging Maths problems worth solving. Problems organised by year level (ECE to High School). Problems ready to download as Google slides. Free webinar to help teachers rethink class work.
History of Mathematics Project: A virtual interactive exhibit being developed for the National Museum of Mathematics in New York City.
Top draw teachers: resources for teachers of mathematics from AAMT. Rummage through these draws for expert advise, teaching suggestions, classroom activities.
JoBoaler.org Creating limitless learners. Jo Boaler’s blog site. Podcast interview with Jo Boaler.
NZL 123 Robyn Headifen’s collection of links and resources.
Pangarau Mathematics: Kelly Maddock’s collection of online resources to use with learners.
Let’s debate math: help for teachers to build discourse and debate routines. STEM debate resources.
Tasks/Resources/Manipulatives. Watch out a real rabbit hole of amazing resources.
G Fletchy. Massive collection of 3 Act Tasks. Watch the videos to understand the learning progressions for key number topics.
Mr Barton Maths: Almost 10 years after it started, the aim of this website remains the same: to get everybody enjoying their maths a bit more. Venn Diagrams, Rich tasks, Maths and Logic Puzzles.
Interactive Maths: Six types of activities for each topic. All the activities make use of a random function that creates random questions for students to practice the skills they learn in class.
Man vs Maths: Mr Plant from St John’s College in Hamilton. Resources, practice and homework organised by year level.
Routines for reasoning: Instructional Routines are specific and repeatable designs for learning that support both the teacher and students in the classroom. Login for free videos and resources.
Dr Ange Rodgers: providing clarity and confidence to Primary School Numeracy Leaders and teachers. Place value articles. Notice and wonder files.
Dr Raj Shah: Making Maths irresistible for students and teachers. Speaker at NZAMT conference 2022. YouTube clips of Maths Treats.
Dr Austin Maths: A collection of KS3 and KS4 IGCSE and GCSE Maths resources ordered by topic
How we teach: amplifies important ideas in mathematics education to help teachers grow their practice and profession. Maths Talks. 17 prompts for writing in maths.
Peter Liljedahl: Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics. Card Tricks. Numeracy Tasks, Good problems.
Paul Swan: lots of resources, games, activities, and ideas for mathematics teaching. Free downloads, more materials.
ReSolve Maths by inquiry: flagship mathematics education program from the Australian Academy of Science. Sortable by topic and year. Click to download ….it’s worth it. Assessing Maths Reasoning, Circumference, Area of Circle.
Math equals love: engaging and fun high school maths activities. Use the topic index to find activities and resources.
BP Challenge: A hands-on competition where students work as a team using simple materials to solve problems.
Financial Literacy
Links to resources for developing financial literacy.
Money Time: Financial literacy made easy. Free for Year 7 and 8 NZ schools. Interactive financial literacy lessons (modules) with a money management game.
Sorted in Schools: Resources organised by Level, learning area and theme. Māori Medium Education website. Navigating our financial future - Pacific edition.
TKI Financial capability: A NZC theme for effective cross curricular teaching and learning. Learning Progressions. Teaching ideas and tips.
