Web Sites for Middle School Students:

Math

Multiplication Facts Review

This Australian site Webclass has puzzles and games to practice math facts: http://www.webclass.asn.au/dev/millionaire/siteroot/asp/view/gameIndexBasMaths.asp

The Quia web site provides several games to review math facts: http://www.quia.com/jg/66145.html

Funbrain also has lots of math games. Try out math baseball at: http://www.funbrain.com/math/index.html

The ArithmAttack lets you quiz yourself on your arithmetic facts:http://www.dep.anl.gov/aattack.htm

Online Math Club

NRICH is an online maths club for children from 5 to 18, providing free teaching resources for schools and extracurricular activities for maths clubs. It is based in England, and has members from over 80 countries.

Number Systems

The Maya use a base 20 number system. See www.michielb.nl/maya/math.html for more information. Or check on the Egyptian mathematics web site for information on that number system.

Calendars

Would you like information on the different types of calendars used throughout the world? At the Calendars web site you'll find everything from a description of the Muslim calendar to the origins of Daylight Savings Time.

Calculators and their Alternatives

Want an alternative to the calculator? The Abacus web site will tell you all you want to know about the art of calculating with beads, including a comparison of Chinese and Mesoamerican Abacuses. Oh yes, and it can be viewed in Spanish, German, and French as well as English.