The Math Learning Center - An Interactive Resource for the Classroom

I saw a tweet a few days ago on Twitter I should have taken a screenshot of! The tweet talked about how worksheets should be used as a form of punishment.  I love that!

The tweet reminded me of a math resource I have shared with teachers in the past - The Math Learning Center.

The Math Learning Center has 10 interactive math apps students can explore on the computer or iPad. The interactive math apps include:
- Fractions
- Geoboard
- Math Vocabulary
- Money Pieces
- Number Frames
- Number Line
- Number Pieces
- Number Pieces Basic
- Number Rack
- Pattern Shapes

The Geoboard app is always a favorite of mine!  As a 2nd grade teacher, rubber bands would end up in the air or broken when we used the geoboards to explore geometry. With the Geoboard app, you don't have to worry about rubber bands.

The Number Pieces app provides the students with a board to construct, deconstruct, and compare numbers.

These are just two of the 10 apps available.

Have you used The Math Learning Center in your classroom? Which app do your students enjoy? How have you used them in the classroom?

Share your ideas with us!

iPads in the Math Classroom

Quite often I see students using iPads (and technology in general) in the language arts classrooms, but I don't always see it in the math classrooms. Yes, the word "technology" is seen through out the ELA Common Core and not seen through out the Math Common Core, BUT that doesn't mean you can't use technology in math!

So, how can I use an iPad in a math classroom? There are several apps out there that can enhance math standards in the K-6 classroom.

COUNTING AND CARDINALITY

~ Monster Squeeze - This app is by Everyday Mathematics. This app provides two students to practice comparing numbers and working with number line.

OPERATIONS AND ALGEBRAIC THINKING

~ Numbler - This is one of my daughter's new favorite games. This app is just like Scrabble, but with numbers. The player plays against the "computer" to create number sentences using the number tiles provided.

~ Tiny Chicken Learns Math - This is one of the many great apps from Tap to Learn. In this app, Tiny Chicken has to cross obstacles by solving equations.

~ Pick-A-Path - This app is by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Students select a path in order to create a number that meets the target. This app gets harder has you master each level.

NUMBER AND OPERATIONS IN BASE TEN

~ Tiny Chicken Learns Rounding Numbers - Students practice rounding numbers to the ten-thousandth place while helping Tiny Chicken open the vault.

NUMBER AND OPERATIONS - FRACTIONS

~ Virtual Manipulatives - I like this app because it provides students with endless opportunities to practice working with fractions, decimals, and percents.

~ Pizza Fractions - How doesn't love working with pizza? Students can practice their fractions knowledge with pizza.

MEASUREMENT AND DATA

~ Graphs - This app provides both instructional time and practice time. Students can learn about various graphs and then practice what they have learned.

GEOMETRY

~ Geoboard - The name of the app tells you what it can do!

There are also some great general math apps that can fit in any of the domains about. 

~ Marble Math & Marble Math Jr - These two apps provide students with a variety of math problems they practice in a pinball type game.

~ Math Champ - I don't know too much about Math Champ, but from what I have read and seen I need to download this app quick!

What apps do you use in the math classroom?