BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The internet site found contained on this disk is the result of work completed by teachers who attended the Generation II: MASER project during the 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 summer workshops. Workshop participants researched mathematics Internet sites using a set of developed evaluation criteria. A set of Internet learning activities for teachers and students were developed which correlated directly with the Michigan Mathematics Content Expectations. The result is that teachers and students will be able to use the resources as a learning tool which is fully integrated with their mathematics curriculum.

Each site page contains hypertext links related to the major mathematic topics contained on that page.  A short paragraph describes the type of information that can be found at each linked site.  Information on each page is organized by Lower Elementary, grades K-2; Upper Elementary, grades (3-5); Middle School (MS), grades 6-8; and High School (HS), grades 9-12.  Also listed are the Michigan Mathematics Core Curriculum guideline codes which provide access to an information source that is content specific to the listed State Standards and Benchmarks.  By clicking on the hypertext link, it will launch your internet connection to the source(s) to achieve the outcome.  Internet sites "New" to the disk are marked and sites found by participants to be "Outstanding" are also identified.

The General Mathematic Sites are Internet sites that do not meet specific Mathematics benchmarks. Listed are numerous outstanding sites which contain resources that might be useful to teachers.   The Major Topics are: Mathematics Games and Student Activities; Mathematics Lesson Plans; Directories to Math Sites; Interactive Learning and Problem Solving Activities; and Word Searches and Puzzles.  The "general sites" table also contains links to mathematics media resources, multiple subject indexes, women and minorities issues, careers in mathematics, mathematics dictionaries, information about using Internet media resources and other general information.

This disk contains an Internet web page site that can be run using any common Internet browser software (Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Explorer, Safari, FoxFire, etc.).

The user of this disk can launch the web site by clicking on the Click Here To Start.htm alias Icon found on the disk.  The home page has a table which contains hypertext links to all the individual web pages making up the site.  At the top and bottom of each page in the site is a hypertext link back to the math 2002.htm home page.

To install this site on your computer, drag the disk Icon to your hard drive.  This will create a folder on your hard drive called "Math" which will contain the site.  The site can be launched by opening this folder and clicking on the "Click Here To Start.htm" alias.