83 Math Resources to Boost Student Engagement

Teaching math isn’t always as easy as 1-2-3. Every student learns differently, and meeting those challenges requires flexibility and creativity. When you combine your expertise with insights from fellow educators, you multiply your impact and help students become more strategic, confident, and critical thinkers.

That’s just what Rutgers Alternate Route math teachers did to create this list of top recommendations to boost student engagement. Whether you’re searching for creative ways to present new material, strategies for classroom management, or simply fresh inspiration, they have you covered with tried-and-true recommendations from their own teaching toolkits. Dive in and explore the 83 math resources they use to make their lessons both effective and rewarding.


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)

ALEKS
ALEKS reinforces concepts students have learned in class and enables them to work ahead. It also gives students their own personalized learning chart, which allows them to study at their own pace and choose their own topics to study. (Nanduri B. 6-8)

A Math Dictionary for Kids
The 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
This site has it all: Lesson planning tools, professional learning, and planning for instruction—all aligned with the Common Core. Coherence maps are invaluable and show standards that students need to master and where their gaps could be. (Anupama V. 6-8)

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

Anenberg Learner
I learned different activities, classroom practices, and higher-order questions to implement 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. and is easier for teachers to access mathematics information all in one place. (Saida E. 9-12)

Blooket
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)

BrainingCamp
BrainingCamp provides interactive tools like virtual manipulatives, helping students visualize and explore math concepts in a hands-on way. It supports teachers in making abstract ideas more concrete and aiding differentiated instruction. (Sevgi Tugce A. 6-8)

Brainpop
It provides engaging animated videos, quizzes, and interactive activities across various subjects, including math. It's particularly useful for reinforcing concepts and making learning fun. It can also be used as a supplement for various lessons and engage students with visual and interactive content that is also graded for you. (Jeyalakshmi. G 9-12)

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)

Chewable Math
Blends math and food for a fun learning experience (Chantel R. 9-12)

Code.org
Free resource to help students begin to explore computer science and programming skills. (Tim S. 9-12)

Commoncoresheets.com
Common Core Sheets is a worksheet-based online platform that helps students develop a deeper understanding of math concepts and reinforce their skills. (Sun L. 6-8)

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

Creative Educator 
This site is helpful, as it uses a digital approach for students in first grade to meet standard learning goals. (Faisa A. K-5)

Cue Math 
There are free downloadable worksheets that teachers can borrow from. (Conyers K. 6-8)

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)

DreamBox
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)

Edutopia
This is a site that provides information on different aspects of learning, like social-emotional learning and technology integration. It is a place that provides videos and articles on the best methods to adapt the classroom and how to meet student needs. (Sahmyja J. K-5)

European Commission - Education Standards
A non-U.S. 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)

Fish Tank Learning 
An all-around site for teachers with lesson plans, activities, worksheets, and anticipatory responses from children to look for. The cost was relatively inexpensive in relation to the amount of material you can gather from it. It also offers a free version, but it is very limited. (Erin T. 6-8)

Frax- Math
Our school district noticed that many students struggle with fractions (adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing) on standardized tests. I teach fifth-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 in fractions. (Alexis P. K-5)

Generation Genius
The site has videos, games, quizzes, and follows the standards for your state. It is very fun and keeps the students engaged. (Andres P. 6-8)

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)

Goalbook
Goalbook is helpful for identifying pre-assessments and tracking progress for students who have IEPs or are in the I&RS process. (Khadja C. 6-8)

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 a high school 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 comprehensiveness of the site. Algebra 1 is broken into seven main units. Each unit is then broken into multiple lessons, and each lesson has content explained via examples. Most of them have relevant videos. Then, students have practice problems to work on, which I have found 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)

Inside Mathematics 
Gives educators tools to be able to meet students where they are and help raise present levels. (Kelvin W. 9-12)

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

iReady 
iReady allows me to give students assessments throughout the year to track their progress through key math concepts. It allows me to assign lessons to reinforce what we are doing in class, or to backfill skills they might have missed. Students also have lesson pathways catered to their needs. The website also provides mini-lessons to reinforce skills in small groups. (Mackenzie C. 6-8)

IXL
IXL is an excellent resource if you are looking for online support with 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)

JeopardyLabs
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. ... My students can take notes at their own pace and receive immediate feedback and 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 useful platform for managing assessments—especially in math—with many assessments. On the downside, it does cost money to use, but it may be available for use by teachers through some districts. (Adrian T. 9-12)

Math Antics 
Math Antics is the typical quirky professor whom younger students still cringe at but often find funny. He precisely breaks down multiple steps of complex concepts in a way that is still easily digestible for students of all capabilities. (Kevin O. K-5)

Math Is Fun 
Simple, elegant explanations of a wide range of math topics, from simple (e.g., PEMDAS) to complex (e.g., Calculus and beyond), with accompanying graphics. (Sarah K. 9-12)

Math- Aids 
This website offers worksheet materials for extra student practice. (Kelvin W. 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)

NASA STEM 
NASA provides webinars on global topics such as climate change and allows educators to partner with them while providing tools and curriculum for the classroom. (Chantel R. 9-12)

NCTM Illuminations
Illuminations works to serve you by increasing access to quality standards-based resources for teaching and learning mathematics, including interactive tools for students and instructional support for teachers. (Marceline B. K-5) 

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

Nearpod
Nearpod is a program my district uses for science. It has quizzes, polls, slides, and 3-D modules that allow you to show the students things up close/give examples.  (Andres P. 6-8)

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)

Overleaf 
Overleaf is a free online LaTeX editing website that allows you to create and format math equations into documents. It takes some getting used to, but now I can't imagine trying to make a Calculus assessment without it. (Adam B. 6-8)

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)

Pear Assessment | Pear Deck Learning
Pear Deck enhances student engagement and learning by allowing teachers to create interactive slides that students can respond to in real-time. It promotes active participation through features like polls, quizzes, and collaborative activities, enabling teachers to gauge understanding instantly. The platform supports formative assessment, helping educators tailor their instruction based on student responses. (Phelps M. 6-8)

ProdigyGame
The benefit of this website is that it allows students to experience math through a wide variety of games, which makes learning more fun. (Bhargavi N. 6-8)

Quizlet
This platform is an excellent tool for student review and study skills development. For young learners just beginning to take notes and study independently, Quizlet helps build strong academic habits that will benefit them through middle and high school. ( Omar A. K-5)

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

Share My Lesson
This website provides free, teacher-created lesson plans and activities for all grade levels and subjects. It’s a great place to find a variety of middle school math resources and ready-to-use materials. (Juan G. 6-8)

Slow Reveal Graphs
This instructional routine uses scaffolded visuals to promote sensemaking about data. As more of the graph is gradually revealed, students refine their interpretations and construct meaning through discussion and analysis. Slow Reveal Graphs increase student engagement and access while maintaining rigor. (Shaildeep K. 9-12)

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

Study Stack
Interactive flashcards, like multiplication facts, make studying more engaging and interactive. Students can access the flashcards anywhere, promoting independent practice and offering a convenient way to study outside of school. (Melanie G. K-5)

Super Teacher Worksheets
This educational subscription website provides teachers with a wide range of worksheet packets for in-class assignments, homework, or test review, covering all elementary subjects. (Imani C. K-5)

The Brown Bag Teacher
This website helps students discover the fun in organizing and structured writing, while also learning about the research process behind it. (Faisa A. K-5)

The University of Texas at Austin Charles A. Dana Center
This website has 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)

Thonny: Python IDE for Beginners and Educators
This lightweight Python IDE is excellent for students learning to code. Thonny offers a simple interface with built-in debugging and error tracing, making it easy for beginners to understand Python programming without overwhelming them with advanced features. (Tim S. 9-12)

TI-84 Calculator Online
This free online graphing calculator is a great alternative for students who don’t have access to a physical TI-84 device. It allows teachers to demonstrate calculations and graphing steps during lessons, making it easy for students to follow along and practice independently. (Sarah L. 9-12)

Times Tables
This site offers interactive multiplication games that make learning fun and engaging. Students receive instant feedback, helping them master their multiplication facts while enjoying the process. (Melanie G. K-5)

United Nations
This site offers extensive information on advocacy groups and global initiatives, providing educators and students with up-to-date resources on international issues such as sustainability, human rights, and global development. It’s a valuable hub for exploring worldwide challenges and connecting classroom discussions to current events and global citizenship. (Chantel R. 9-12)

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)

WordWall
This site has many fun and interactive games that I use on my smartboard. Students can pick a game they want to play based on the concepts we are learning, and they have to take turns to answer questions. It is designed for all subjects, but I have always used math games. It allows students to be up and out of their seats while having a friendly competition with other groups in the class. My students can use this on their own. ... I also use it as an energizer to get the students ready to learn math.  (Erin C. 6-8)

Xqsuperschool
It provides a step-by-step approach on how to teach using an interdisciplinary model  (Matthew R. 9-12)

​​XtraMath
Students can practice every day for 10-15 minutes as a fluency check (Jana S. 6-8)

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

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