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  • Brain Teasers This site from the Houghton Mifflin Company features weekly brainteasers for students in grades three through eight. The puzzles are designed to challenge kids' problem-solving skills. Students who need extra help can follow the hints link.

  • Illuminations : principles and standards for school mathematics (ENC-016955) Created by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), this site provides online information and activities to support and demonstrate how the new mathematical standards, PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL MATHEMATICS (PSSM), can be applied in the classroom. A section called i-Math features ready to use online interactive mathematical investigations for students; these include teacher notes, discussion questions, and connections to pages of the PSSM. Other sections of the ILLUMINATIONS web site offer video vignettes of classroom activities to promote discussion; Internet resources offering mathematical background information and support for the implementation of the PSSM; lesson plans for each grade band; and a searchable interactive version of the updated NCTM standards.

  • Math ForumThis site is a center for teachers, students, researchers, parents, educators, and all who have an interest in mathematics education. The Math Forum collects Internet and teacher-initiated mathematics resources and organizes them by subject so that these resources can be readily accessed. A favorite Math Forum feature, Problems of the Week, provide a creative mathematical challenge for students that can be used in the classroom or at home. New problems are offered each week for elementary, middle school, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry and calculus students.

  • Middle School Problem of the Week: Archive of Problems, Submissions, and Commentary This archive from the Math Forum contains fun word and logic problems that can be used with middle school students. These web pages also feature solutions that were submitted by students when the problem was originally highlighted as a Math Forum Problem of the Week. Tutors can review the hints and solutions before presenting a problem to students.

  • Word Problems for Kids - Canada's SchoolNet These problems were selected with the goal of improving problem solving skills and are classified into grade levels five through 12. Each problem contains a link to helpful hints as well as the solution.

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