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Prairie State College
Math 206-01
Math for Elem. Teaching II


This course is a continuation of Mathematics for Elementary Teaching I.  Topics covered include geometry, probability, statistics, and measurement.  Mathematical reasoning and problem solving are emphasized.  This is the second course in a two-semester sequence recommended to meet the requirements for teacher certification in Illinois.  It is not a methods course in teaching mathematics.  This course provides general education credit for elementary education majors.


Course Information Sheet | Lecture Pace | Homework Problems
Tests & Quizzes | Office Hours | Final Grades


Links to interesting or useful stuff

GeoGebra:

  • GeoGebra - GeoGebra is a free dynamic geometry program
  • Our GeoGebra examples
  • General Information:

  • Mathematics Archives
  • Math Forum
  • Ask Dr. Math
  • Math Education Links:

  • NIU's Elementary Ed. Links
  • MathGoodies
  • A+ Math
  • FunBrain.com - The Internet's #1 Education Site for K-8 Teachers and Kids
  • Project Interactive - This is a very nice site with lots of interactive activites.
  • Patterns/Sequences/Numbers/Number Theory:

  • Fibonacci Numbers
  • Exploring Pascal's Triangle
  • The Prime Pages
  • On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
  • Golden Ratio
  • Geometry:

  • Animated constructions with printable worksheets
  • More animated constructions
  • Construction Reference
  • Polyhedra - Paper nets, nice tessellation tutorial.
  • Geometry Web Page
  • Pythagorean Theorem and its many proofs
  • GeoGebra
  • Statistics:

    History and Other Stuff:

    Graph paper:


    Steve Kifowit
    Prairie State College
    Chicago Heights, IL 60411
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    This page was last updated on  May 21, 2010.