Mathematics

[|**www.theMathsFaculty.org**]senior seconday video clips from The University of Leeds, JISC and The Faculties Having some trouble with actual definition of terms, I also find [] which is fun for littlies or bigger mathematicians with puzzles and games which could also be useful when a teacher goes on PD

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Games and puzzles of use could be found [|here] or [|here] (Primary mainly I think) Shine and write is a collection of interactive activities suitable for use on IWBs with lower secondary students. Two useful weblinks for teaching specific skills and topics: 1. [] 2. []

[] all sorts of things with a bit of fun thrown in!


 * Infoplease’s Online Calculator []**

Think more deeply about the intellectual side of Mathematics by reading articles [|here.] A site with great Mathematics [|videos] Great interactive materials site with lots of links [] For stats: [] An intriguing & mind-boggling site! Worldometers is part of the Real Time Statistics Project< [] > - an international team of developers, researchers, and volunteers with the goal of making world statistics available to a wide audience.
 * Universal Currency Converter []**
 * Start each lesson with a quick activity [|here!]**

Real time stats are provided for World population, Government & economics (eg cars made this year), Society & media (eg mobile phones sold this year; books published), Environment (eg forest loss), Food (eg undernourished people), Water, Energy (eg days left till end of oil). Virtual nerd for help with Mathematics: []

**__CLASSROOM OBSERVATIONS – THE TIMSS STUDY__**
**__Source__**: [] = The TIMSS Video Study = The TIMSS 1999 Video Study was a study of eighth-grade mathematics and science teaching in seven countries. The study involved videotaping and analyzing teaching practices in more than one thousand classrooms. In conjunction with the International Association of the Evaluation of Education Achievement (IEA), the study was conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education under a contract with LessonLab, Inc. of Los Angeles, California.