http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/practice/lessons/4_mathsci.htm

The National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational Programs (NCELA) is funded through the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) to support the Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students (OELA). The National Clearinghouse "is authorized to collect, analyze, synthesize, and disseminate information about language instruction educational programs for limited English proficient children, and related programs," with an emphasis on academic content, English proficiency assessments, and accountability systems. This section of the website lists select websites that offer online Math lesson plan ideas. Other subjects featured in the lesson plans section include science, social studies, language arts, and foreign language/ESL. The National Clearinghouse website is also a resource for information on demographics and other statistics related to English Language Learners (ELLs), educational policy information, and a variety of other educational resources of interest to practicing teachers, prospective teachers, parents, community members, researchers, and service providers. Several terms commonly used in relation to the education of linguistically and culturally diverse students are defined in the Glossary of the Ask an Expert section, where visitors to the website can also submit a question they want answered. [VF]

http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/19_03/19_03.shtml

Rethinking Schools, founded in 1986, publishes educational materials, including this online version of its quarterly journal. The organization is "firmly committed to equity and to the vision that public education is central to the creation of a humane, caring, multiracial democracy." Although the journal features articles of interest to a broad audience, they focus on problems facing urban schools, with a particular emphasis on issues of race. The articles are written by and for teachers, parents, and students and cover topics relating to classroom practice and educational theory, in addition to key policy issues. The Spring 2005 issue includes two articles specifically addressing mathematics education as well as excerpts from the organization's newest book called Rethinking Mathematics. The first article, entitled Integrals and Equity, discusses how "a math lesson prompts new awareness for prep school students--and their teacher." The second article, entitled The Geometry of Inequality, describes a math activity in which students and teacher explored some of the causes of the 1992 "Rodney King Riots" in South Central Los Angeles. [VF]

http://www.triangle-coalition.org/

The Triangle Coalition is a nonprofit organization with the goal of bringing together "the voices of government, business, and education to improve the quality and outcome of mathematics, science, and technology education." The website describes their three major areas of activity as "advocacy, communication, and programmatic efforts to advance science, mathematics, and technology education for all students." The Advocacy section of the website provides several online resources to assist members in reaching government representatives and reviews current legislative news. Although some of the materials the organization offers are available only to its members, the Triangle Coalition Electronic Bulletin, an electronic newsletter, is available free online for visitors and highlights current developments in math, science and technology education. Additional resources for non-members include comparison sheets, factsheets and historical information on federal programs relating to math, science, and technology education. The section on programmatic activities describes the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program, which brings selected mathematics, science, and technology teachers to Washington, D.C., where they work as professional staff members in Congressional offices, the Department of Energy, NASA, the National Institute for Standards and Technology, or the National Science Foundation. [VF]

http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/math/geometry/

Annenberg/CPB, part of The Annenberg Foundation, develops multimedia resources to help teachers "increase their expertise in their fields and assist them in improving their teaching methods." This section of the Annenberg Teachers Lab features lessons on Shape and Space in Geometry. The website reviews the ways in which geometry is not abstract, but rather is "fun and colorful, instructive and practical." A background article explains how geometry is part of real life and why geometry is an important part of math education. The site offers several classroom activities, which are divided into two broad categories. The first set of activities is about shape and focus on identifying properties of various shapes and measuring their dimensions. The second set is about space and focus on moving objects in your imagination, and visualizing how things will look. An overview page for each set of activities discusses the rationale for the focus on shape and space, and reviews the NCTM Standards addressed through the activities. [VF]

http://www.treadwell.co.nz/index.htm

Teachers at Work is a website, maintained by Mark Treadwell, offering Internet tools for teachers. Key features of this website include Online Professional Development, through which teachers meet monthly to discuss online education research papers selected by the professional development group, as well as a section listing over 3,000 websites reviewed by Treadwell. The articles used for the Online Professional Development program are available to download free of charge (although not all of the links were working at the time of this report). The online educational resources are organized by subject area, such as Info & Com Tech, Math(s), Science, Social Science, and Technology Education. Other sections feature websites that provide background information on Asians in Asia, Aboriginal people in Australia, Maori in New Zealand, and African Americans in the US. A newsletter, published online and free to access addresses a select topic in each issue and reviews websites related to education. The product offered by Treadwell, for a fee, is The Knowledge NET, which can be used to combine intranets, create an extranet for a cluster of schools, and provides other administrative tools to assist educators. A series of links on the right side of the website provide general information on Internet technology. [VF]

http://www.teachnet.com/t2t/

Teachnet.Com was started by a husband and wife team--Lee Shiney who is a graphic designer and writer, and Lajean Shiney who is an elementary school teacher in Wichita, Kan. Their website offers multiple resources for teachers, including lesson plan ideas in mathematics, science, technology and many other subject areas. A section called Power Tools offers ideas and services that can simplify a teacher's job, such as online organizational tools, interactive games, and instructional tips. The Sharing section provides teachers a chance to speak out and hear others "talk" about various topics. This section includes editorials on education-related topics, reviews of websites and products, as well as a bit of humor and inspiration. Teachers can also contribute by sending in their own submissions, responding to surveys, or joining their Teacher-2-Teacher electronic mailing lists. [VF]

http://www.letus.org/

The Center for Learning Technologies in Urban Schools (LeTUS), funded by the National Science Foundation, is a partnership between the Chicago Public Schools, the Detroit Public Schools, Northwestern University and the University of Michigan "to better urban science education through innovative, hands-on, project-based curricula." The Center develops curricular units designed for urban students and then observe the classrooms to learn about what works in the classroom. The website provides an overview of the organization's instructional approach, as well as links to websites that describe its various curricular units and provide supporting technology, such as software, that is free to download. Topics covered in the curricular units include air quality, animal behavior, biology, communicable diseases, Earth science, physics, environmental science, water quality and weather. Findings from the Center's classroom studies are detailed in research papers available online as part of the LeTUS Research Paper Series. [VF]

http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/~borishandal/MathsInternetGuide/index.html

The Maths Internet Guide is maintained by Boris Handal, who has taught mathematics education, engineering mathematics, statistics and computer studies units across various educational settings. He has compiled this list of over 250 select websites, "carefully chosen for their interactivity and grouped into five search categories." The websites can be browsed by topics and grade levels. Also featured here are a selection of Maths Humour websites, Mega Sites with links to online resources, Magazines & Journals, and a couple of workshops, Using the Internet in Teaching and Learning Maths, and Evaluating Online Maths Resources (which work best using Internet Explorer). The resources are intended for "individual learning, homework, demonstrations or explorations." [VF]