Prairie State College

Math 206 - Math for Elementary 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 | General Education Math Objectives

Office Hours | Final Grades

Links to interesting or useful stuff

    Problems:

    Reference:

  • Dave's Math Tables
  • Visual Dictionary of Plane Curves
  • National Curve Bank
  • On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
  • Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  • Mathematical Functions
  • Digital Library of Math Functions
  • MAA Calculus articles especially for students
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        History and Other Stuff:

        Calculators:

        Organizations:

        Math Education Links:

  • Mathematics Archives
  • NIU's Elementary Ed. Links
  • Math Forum
  • Math Links Page
  • Education Place - K-8 Resources
  • Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Eduation
  • MathGoodies
  • A+ Math
  • FunBrain.com - The Internet's #1 Education Site for K-8 Teachers and Kids
  • MegaMath
  • Project Interactive - This is a very nice site with lots of interactive activites.
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        Patterns/Sequences/Numbers/Number Theory:

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

  • Basic constructions
  • Geometry Software - There is some nice free software available here (not only geometry stuff).
  • Polyhedra - Paper nets, nice tessellation tutorial.
  • Geometry Web Page
  • Pythagorean Theorem and its many proofs
  • GeoGebra - Very nice, easy-to-use, dynamics mathematics software
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        Statistics:

        Graph paper:

    Steve Kifowit
    Prairie State College
    Chicago Heights, IL 60411

    This page was last updated on May 15, 2008.