Ring in the New Year with Marvelous Math Resources!!!

Did you know that SAFARI Montage provides access to over 12,000 math resources correlated to state and national standards? Whether you are looking to build a basic understanding of arithmetic operations or provide students with calculus instruction be sure to check out the truly outstanding learning objects available as part of your subscription to our Video Streaming Library! Below are some of my personal favorites:

NEW! The Concord Consortium Digital Resources -  80 dynamic interactive math models, lesson plans and assessments for middle and high school students. Topics include: graphing quadratic equations, inverses of functions, linear equations, systems of equations and more. Grades 6-11.

NEW! Sesame Street Web Links - Provides access to web streaming videos and documents from Sesame Street. Math titles include: Tyler Perry & Elmo Eat a Plate of Math, The Number 20 Song, Nia Long Divides, Abby and Cookie Monster Subtract (Eat) Cookies and more. Grades PreK-3, including Professional Development content.

Algebra’scool Teaching System - Provides comprehensive instructional material covering a complete Algebra I curriculum, including operations and expressions; linear equations; inequalities; functions; polynomials; quadratic equations; rational and radical equations; probability and statistics. This package consists of 37 hours of content reflected in 99 algebra lessons and includes 25 short videos profiling professionals who use algebra in their careers. The package also includes 943 PDF documents consisting of teacher's guides and student worksheets filled with lesson notes, guided practice, independent and additional practice and manipulative exercises. Teacher's guides provide a complete manual accompanying the lessons, complete with teaching tips, answers to the student problems, glossaries of key terms and module tests. Grades 7-12.

Math’scool Teaching System - Addresses the essentials of basic math skills and pre-algebra concepts including number sense and operations; fractions; decimals; geometry and measurement. It supports all relevant standards from both the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and Common Core and State Standards for mathematics. This package consists of 41 hours of content reflected in 74 lessons accompanied by teacher guides and student worksheets and includes 13 short videos introducing students to adults who rely on math in their daily professions. The package also includes 892 PDF documents consisting of teacher's guides and student worksheets filled with lesson notes, guided practice, independent and additional practice and manipulative exercises. Teacher guides provide a complete manual accompanying the lessons, complete with teaching tips, answers to the student problems, glossaries of key terms and module tests. Grades 5-9.

Mathispower4u Web Links – 3,643 web links providing access to arithmetic, pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, trigonometry and calculus video mini-lessons. Topics include basic operations, integers, exponents, ratio and proportion, area, volume, linear equations, quadratic equations, rational equations, radical equations, trigonometric functions, probability, statistics, limits, derivatives and integrals. Grades 3-Adult.

MyWhyU Web Links – 66 web links providing access to animated math tutorial videos. Offers insight into pre-algebra and algebra concepts on which the rules of mathematics are based. Topics include properties of numbers, fractions, exponents, sets, linear equations and more. Grades 5-Adult.

Numberphile Web Links – 158 web links to math videos in which innovative teachers explore math applications in the real world. Topics include: prime numbers, pi, probability, algorithms and more. Grades 7-12.

PhET Interactive Simulations - Links to HTML interactive simulations covering math and science topics including area, fractions, graphing, decimals, multiplication and more. Grades 3-Adult.

Cyberchase (PBS) - Packed with mystery, humor, and action, Cyberchase delivers positive messages about math by teaching concepts in a fun way that kids can understand.  Cyberchase models math reasoning and helps children improve their problem-solving skills through demonstrating the usefulness of math. 68 titles. Grades 2-5.

Odd Squad (PBS) – Each episode of Odd Squad includes cases in which agents investigate weird and unusual phenomena around them and use math to put things right. Agents use effective mathematical practices and critical mathematics concepts and skills to ultimately solve each case. In other words: Odd is the problem, math is the solution. 71 titles. Grades K-3.

Peg + Cat (PBS) – Peg + Cat is an animated math-based series which follows the adorable, spirited Peg and her sidekick Cat as they embark on adventures, solve problems together, and learn foundational math concepts and skills. The show teaches measurement, shapes and patterns, and a wide range of fundamental pre-math skills, as established by the National Association for the Education of Young Children and the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics. It also teaches an inquiry-based approach to problem solving that children can use in their everyday lives. 95 titles. Grades PreK-2.

The Educational Adventures of Max and Morty (Apperson) – This animated series provides an engaging review of algebra and geometry concepts. 28 titles. Grades 6-9.

Bill Nye’s Solving for X (Disney) – Bill Nye the Science Guy provides his singular, engaging approach to learning key pre-algebra and algebra principals such as infinite fractions, exponents, variables, balancing equations, linear equations and more. 2 titles. Grades 6-12.