50 Resources for Mathematics Educators

Starting your teaching journey can be both exciting and challenging. As you get ready to inspire and guide your students, having the right tools and resources can make a huge difference. To help you out, we’ve gathered a list of recommendations from experienced math teachers who’ve been in your shoes. 

In this blog, you’ll find a range of math resources that cover everything from interactive lesson plans and engaging classroom activities to useful online tools and professional development options. These picks are specifically chosen to support you in creating dynamic lessons, understanding key concepts, and connecting with your students. Whether you're looking for fresh ways to present material or seeking advice on classroom management, these recommendations offer practical help and insights to make your teaching experience both effective and enjoyable. 

3 Act Tasks
3 Act Tasks offers significant benefits to students by making math more engaging and relatable. They also promote a deeper understanding of mathematical concepts while nurturing problem-solving skills and mathematical reasoning. (Lonza H, K-5)

99 Math
It is a competitive game for students while also challenging them to get the material right. The only con to it is that I wish it had more topics or areas of math involved. However, for multiplication, division, and fractions - it is quite amazing, and my students constantly ask me to play! Who knew that making their multiplication table would be so fun for them? (Kristina E, 6-8)

A Math Dictionary for Kids
An engaging Math Dictionary website is alphabetized, and each concept is clickable. This website is a good resource for Anchor Charts also. (Anupama V, 6-8)

AchieveTheCore
My favorite site - This site has it all: Lesson planning tools, professional learning, and planning for instructions all aligned with the Common core. Coherence maps are invaluable, which show standards which students need to master and where their gaps could be. (Anupama V, 6-8)

AI Magic School
Help with generation of thoughts and ideas related to standards and lesson plans/assessments. (Jamie F, K-5)

Anenberg Learner
Show my students how function works using the function machine. I learned different activities, classroom practices, and high-ordered questions to implement them into my teaching strategies. (Benazir M, 6-8)

Better Lesson
Professional learning supports to help guide all teachers through coaching, workshops, labs, demos, etc. (Phoebe C, K-5)

Big Ideas Math
Math book that contains graphs, examples, etc. Easier for teachers to access mathematics information all in one place. (Saida E, 9-12)

Blooket
1. Another math game site to solidify the concepts. 2. When it is half day, my students do not want to learn anything new, so I am using these sites to solidify their math knowledge. (Benazir M, 6-8)

Building Thinking Classrooms
Highlights a technique to guide students to discover mathematics through working in small, randomized groups and finding solutions to problems. (Melissa F, 6-8)

Canva
Pre-made slides for subject matter or organizational do-nows. (Jamie F, K-5)

Conscious Discipline
There is science-backed research on all topics related to education, teaching, and students, as well as free resources for everyday school activities, taxonomies, etc. (Phoebe C, K-5)

Construction Tool
Online compass and protractor to teach geometry construction. Helpful when students don't have access to physical tools. (Xin H, 9-12)

Delta Math
Delta Math is an online resource designed to help students and teachers with math practice and assessment. It offers a wide range of math problems and exercises that cover various topics, making it a valuable tool for educators and students in middle school, high school, and beyond. (Alyaksand P, 6-8)

Desmos
Desmos allows students to graph equations, plot data points, explore transformations, analyze functions, and solve equations, among other capabilities. (Sandorogo B, 9-12)

Dream box
This site has an interactive math game you can use to reinforce learning. (MaKaylah P, 6-8)

Edpuzzle
This website acts as a co-teacher, helping students better understand lessons with videos and questions throughout. (Saida E, 9-12)

Education.com
Education.com provides free worksheets for all levels of K-8 math. I've found this site to be invaluable when I need extra support or review of material. It's also a great place to get free worksheets if you're in need of sub plans. (Allison S, K-5;6-8)

European Commission - Education Standards
A non-US perspective / insight always helps me to gain a broader understanding of the purpose of education in society and other ways to approach my lessons. (Rowen A, 9-12)

Frax- Math
Our school district noticed that many students struggle with fractions (adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing) on standardized tests. I teach 5th-grade math and was awarded a grant so my students could work on mastering fractions. This site allows students who struggle with this skill to hone their skills through a series of missions (games) that they must complete. Students are only allowed to complete one mission a day and my students are excited to complete the missions and improve their proficiency on fractions. (Alexis P, K-5)

GeoGebra
I use GeoGebra for interactive lessons and activities in geometry. This platform also helps get students ready for District or State Assessments. (Sara B, 9-12)

Hand2mind
Hand2mind has many useful resources. Sometimes I use it for practice problems for independent practice or homework. It also has many videos to explain how best to use manipulatives. (Ishani M, K-5)

Hoff Math
Many great diversions to engage algebra students without a lot of material and complicated setup time. Site and blog created by HS Math teacher who truly understands the challenges of the job. (Cheryl A, 9-12)

Homeschool Math
Games, worksheets, and ideas. (James H, 9-12)

Hundreds Chart Game
The Hundreds Chart game has demonstrated its effectiveness as an educational and motivating math activity for students. This versatile tool can be adapted to various grade levels and offers a wide array of benefits, ranging from reinforcing fundamental math skills to fostering the development of more advanced mathematical concepts. (Lonza H, K-5)

Illustrative Mathematics
I liked the overall comprehensive of the site. Algebra-1 is broken into 7 main Units. Each unit is then broken into multiple lessons. Each lesson has content explained via examples. Most of them have relevant videos. Then students have practice problems to work on. I have found those examples and problems to be of high quality. I like the summary provided at the end of each lesson. I plan to incorporate similar examples into my lessons. (Subhadeep G, 9-12)

Imagine Learning
It offers core curriculum, supplemental and intervention course work, support for educators and homeschool instruction. (Sara B, 9-12)

IXL
IXL is an excellent resource if you are looking for online support for topics you've covered. I've also used it to review basic skills and material from earlier in the year. Students enjoy the break from written work. It links directly to Google Classroom so you can post assignments. You can also create assessments within IXL that students can use - these are self-grading. Students can monitor their progress within IXL. It also keeps track of how long it takes a student to finish an assigned module and where they struggled. (Allison S, K-5;6-8)

James O'Neal Targeting Mastery for All
Resources for Math Teachers especially those teaching students of color. (Onaji J, 9-12)

Jeopardy labs
I used this to play review games. Used different games to create new games based on students to clarify misconceptions. (Benazir M, 6-8)

K5 Learning
Gives you free printable math worksheets for grades K-6! (Toni-Mari O, K-5)

Kahoot
This is a game-based learning platform that brings engagement and fun every year at school. (Fernando F, 9-12)

Khan Academy
A free resource with lessons, quizzes, and exercises aligned with math educational standards from kindergarten through college. My students love to complete assignments and see how many skills they can level up. This site provides multiple opportunities for students to work on standards based on their grades, videos so my students can take notes at their own pace and immediate feedback so they can hold themselves accountable. It allows students to see if they leveled up, leveled down, or had no skill change. (Alexis P, K-5)

Kuta Software
Provides free math worksheets based on topics; can purchase software to create personalized worksheets. (Marin C, 6-8)

LinkIt
A platform for managing assessments - especially in math, with many assessments, this is very useful. On the downside, it does cost money to use but may be available for use by teachers through some districts. (Adrian T, 9-12)

Math Drills
This site gives math worksheets for all levels of math. (MaKaylah P, 6-8)

Math=Love
Great to connect with others who share my love of high school math. Great hands-on activities to share love for math with my students. (Cheryl A, 9-12)

Mathigon
Interactive, exciting for new content. It has a graphing calculator, courses, lessons, and activities that are fun and engaging. (Grace M, K-5)

Nagwa
They provide a lot of lesson plans with videos describing how to work through problems to make them more understandable for students. (Sam C, 9-12)

NJGPA Practice Test
Students can prepare themselves for the official NJGPA test by practicing some of the concepts they will need to know in the future. (Saida E, 9-12) 

Paul's Online Notes
It covers mathematics topics from Algebra to Calculus classes. This site is good for people who are seeking a content refresher. However, this resource is only good for teachers who teach 9th-12th grade as the topics are more advanced. (Moises R, 9-12)

PBS
It has different explanations for the specific content of lessons and is easier to use in the classroom. (Benazir M, 6-8)

Sage Publications
Academic publications archive. This was my go-to in graduate school when looking for research-backed information. (Rowen A, 9-12) 

Splash Learn
Allows to easily track a specific student's understanding of a topic. The site's topics are aligned with 5th-grade standards, and I use the data it gives me to create small groups. (Daniel D, K-5)

The University of Texas at Austin Charles A. Dana Center
This website allows many different resources for math teachers. I most particularly enjoy the math cuts videos. These are short videos that I can incorporate into my lessons to aid in my lesson delivery. (Allison D, K-5)

We Are Teachers
This website compiles a list of different resources related to a specific content area. This allows teachers to see what resources are available and how they are used. (Allison D, K-5)

Wolfram Mathworld
Wolfram MathWorld is a comprehensive encyclopedia of mathematics with 13,000 detailed entries. It's a useful resource for learning and understanding mathematical concepts. (Sandorogo B, 9-12)

WolframAlpha
WolframAlpha, like the newer Desmos, is an advanced online calculator that can graph and do advanced computation. To show students the visual results of their work, I often pull up WolframAlpha. (Ronny G, 9-12)

You Cubed
The website provides a variety of math tasks while providing equity in the classroom. (Melissa F, 6-8)

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