Web links for secondary schools

The following sites have fun interesting maths for kids and ideas for teachers. Please note that CALMAST has no control over the content of these sites and teachers must satisfy themselves as to their suitability. If you have any other good web resources for Maths please email us at MathsWeek@wit.ieand let us know.

Please tell us about resources you have used and activities you have run in your school so we can share them.

PRISM

Founded at NUI Galway, PRISM is an annual contest for second level mathematics students. It is run in the hope of encouraging students to develop their interest in mathematical problem solving and in mathematics in general.

Mathshell

This is formative assessment website which provides guidance for assessment in maths along with 100 formative assessment lessons. A great website all round!

Oracle ThinkQuest

Many maths resources for all ages. Select an age group from the left hand side of this screen.

International Mathematical Olympiad

This Canadian site has information on the maths olympiad and links to other sites.

Plus+ Magazine

Plus+ is a complementary online magazine, which to tell students about the diverse applications of mathematics to solve problems in physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, and economics. It provides stories about new developments in mathematics and mathematical sciences, interviews with mathematicians, information about degree courses, history of mathematics and science, mathematical biographies, and links to other mathematics websites and resources.

ScienceEU

This website has lots of maths links, particularly to geometry.

Cool Math Games

Maths games, maths lessons, maths puzzles and maths fun for kids of all ages.

MathsIsFun.com

This website is developed and maintained by Rod Pierce, who loves mathematics and fun. The idea behind the site is to offer mathematics as well as some fun bits, and to combine the two wherever possible.

Nrich maths

This website provides rich problem solving activities for both primary and secondary students and teachers

Math Pickle

This american website has lots of puzzles that focus on problem solving. They are great to use in class!