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Maths group activities including, challenging games, logic challenges, virtual manipulatives, tangrams and thinking blocks all of which make Maths more visual. Khan Academy for concept and instruction videos.
The Geoboard is a tool for exploring a variety of mathematical topics introduced in the elementary and middle grades. Learners stretch bands around pegs to form line segments and polygons and make discoveries about perimeter, area, angles, congruence, fractions, and more.
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/geoboard-by-math-learning/id519896952?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/geoboard-by-math-learning/id519896952?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Website: http://www.mathlearningcenter.org/web-apps/geoboard/
Google Chrome app: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/geoboard-by-the-math-lear/gaakmmdiopnmcenkojohldanladpajak
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/thinking-blocks-addition/id668450919?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Number Pieces helps students develop a deeper understanding of place value while building their computation skills with multi-digit numbers. Students use the number pieces to represent multi-digit numbers, regroup, add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/number-pieces-by-math-learning/id605433778?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Google Chrome app: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/number-pieces-by-the-math/fhcpnppigjdhghbohcbogmmhmfkobgbm
Website: http://www.mathlearningcenter.org/web-apps/number-pieces/
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mathlands-kids-logic-game/id489905188?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
The Number Rack facilitates the natural development of children’s number sense. Rows of moveable, colored beads encourage learners to think in groups of fives and tens, helping them to explore and discover a variety of addition and subtraction strategies.
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/number-rack-by-math-learning/id496057949?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/number-rack-by-math-learning/id496057949?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Google Chrome app: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/number-rack-by-the-math-l/pdblapgbfbphhldogcijidlkbcgokfkc
Website: http://www.mathlearningcenter.org/web-apps/number-rack/
This app provides students with the opportunity to model and solve word problems. The app helps teach students how to organise information and visualise number relationships. Suitable for Stage 3
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/thinking-blocks-multiplication/id669725575?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
A maths game intended for Stage 3 students that helps students enjoy practising their order of operations. The game encourages students to use higher order thinking to solve the "target" number by working backwards given the answer but not the equation. The best feature about this simple maths game is that teachers are able to receive immediate feedback of their students’ progress through email.
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/5-dice-order-operations-game/id572774867?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/5-dice-order-operations-game/id572774867?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Over 210 tangram puzzles
Paid iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/letstans-classic/id605105345?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Paid iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/letstans-classic/id605105345?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
This app provides students with the opportunity to model and solve word problems. The app helps teach students how to organise information and visualise number relationships. Suitable for Stage 3
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/thinking-blocks-fractions/id670767677?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Thousands of instructional videos and resources for Maths and Science explaining concepts. Just search for the content you want.
Website: http://www.khanacademy.org/
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id469863705?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id469863705?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Free Android Phone app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.khanacademy.android
Free Android Tablet app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.khanacademy.android
Edmodo app: https://spotlight.edmodo.com/product/khan-academy,324527/
More than just standard drills, MathBoard encourages students to actually solve problems, and not just guess at answers. This is done by providing multiple answer styles, as well as a scratchboard area where problems can be worked out by hand. Students can also turn to MathBoard's Problem Solver for further help. This powerful teaching feature walks students through the steps required to solve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division equations. Additionally, the included quick reference tables serve as a valuable learning tool.
Paid iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/app/mathboard/id373909837?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Paid iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/app/mathboard/id373909837?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Paid Android Phone app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.palasoftware.mathboard
Paid Mac program: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mathboard/id413393758?mt=12&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Virtual fraction bars
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/virtual-manipulatives!/id471341079?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU