Links to the Best Maths Websites and Blogs in the World
On this page I will list my go-to websites and blogs that have saved me hours and given me so many lovely lessons and ideas over the years. Some will be familiar to you, but hopefully there will be a few hidden gems in there. If you know of any I have missed out, please drop me an email.
Also, please check out my Mr B's Good Blog Post Reads page, where I will highlighted the best maths blog posts and articles I have been reading recently
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Single Purpose Maths Websiteskeyboard_arrow_up
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A pleasing trend in recent years has been the emergence of
"single purpose" maths website - sites that do one specific thing,
and do it very, very well. Here is a list of some of my
favourites.
diagnostic
questions
Okay, so I am (more than!) a little biased on this one as it is my
own website, but it is free and I created it as there was nothing
else like it on the web, so I hope you will forgive me! It is
designed to help teachers identify key misconceptions in students'
understanding and to help students all around the world learn from
each other.
estimation
180
Andrew Stadel shares his collection of maths pictures for students
to discuss and estimate. A wonderful way to develop number sense
in a thoroughly engaging way.
visual
patterns
Fawn Nguyen has produced this lovely site where you can find
hundreds of interesting patterns for students to investigate. Can
they draw the next pattern? How many ways can they find to
describe how the pattern grows? Can they convince you how many
would be in the 100th pattern?
maths
pret homeworks
Interesting, engaging, challenging homeworks, testing a full range
of skills, all for free.
which one doesn't
belong?
A lovely website which presents students with 4 things (they could
be numbers, graphs, shapes, etc) and asks them to argue which one
doesn't belong. This can foster really rich, meaningful
discussions, especially if you challenge students to come up with
an argument why each one item not belong.
number
talk images
A lovely collection of photos that can be used to inspire number
talks and discussion of calculation strategies. I have found this
works wonders with younger students to help develop crucial skills
of fluency.
graphing
stories
A wonderful website for helping students develop skills in
plotting real life graphs. The videos are perfect hooks, and there
is a handy students website provided. My personal favourite is the
bench press!
would you
rather?
A great source of images and discussion points for students to use
their maths skills in real life and interesting situations
daily desmos
Each day students are presented with a graph and they must
discover its equation. A wonderful way to encourage student to
investigate the properties of functions and their graphs
math mistakes
A teacher takes pictures of his students' mistakes. Makes for
wonderful discussions with your students as they attempt to
explain the mistake/misconception that led to the problem
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the news that's fit to math
A collection of real life news stories that feature an element of
mathematics a
Essential ICT based Classroom Tools keyboard_arrow_up
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I am bot one for using ICT just for the sake of it. It must
enhance the teaching and learning experience. These websites
hopefully will do just that.
diagnostic
questions
I am 100% bossed, as it is my own website, but you will not find
more high-quality, free, multiple choice questions or rich data
insights anywhere else. I promise. .
wolfram
alpha
The essential maths search engine for checking answers to
questions, drawing graphs, and much more. Check out the Examples page
for a glimpse of what it can do!
desmos
Desmos keeps getting better and better. It is a fantastic online
graphing package, needing no installation and completely free. It
even does statistics too!
geogebra
An incredibly powerful bit of free dynamic geometry software.
Check out GeoGebra
Tube for loads of free accompanying resources designed by
teachers.
plotly
A fascinating tool to encourage data analysis and visualization
across disciplines. For years I have made do with Excel for all my
statistical diagram needs, but the potential for something as
slick, intuitive and visually impressive as this is huge.
Definitely worth a proper look.
tarsia
jigsaw
If you have looked through the teaching resources on this site,
you will see that I can't get enough of this software. It makes
creating jigsaws and follow-me cards so easy, provides you with
the solution, and jumbles up the cards so the pupils can do all
the time consuming cutting out! brilliant. help yourself (or add)
to my ever growing bundle here!
gapminder
world
I have never seen my students more engaged in statistics in my
life. There are classroom activities available here.
furbles
This is a brilliant piece of software. it can be used to
convey many of the basic principles of handling data, and with a
little imagination can be used to teach a level concepts such as
conditional provability. from the link on the left you can get a
demo of the brand new version, or download the free 2003 version.
primitives
This is a truly fascinating piece of software from the
maker of the excellent Furbles. the software aims to introduce
students to the concepts of prime numbers and prime factors, not
by simply saying "this is what a prime number is", but by allowing
them to investigate and derive it for themselves, which is the way
maths teaching should be. I would also recommend viewing the
accompany ATM article on the website for lesson ideas. this
software has huge potential!
structured
variation grids
Lots of different styles of grids for your interactive whiteboard,
complete with pedagogical notes. Really interesting stuff!
10
quick questions
The ultimate starter and revision tool. this has been regularly
updated over the last couple of years and now contains virtually
every topic from key stages 3 and 4. brilliant. NOTE: the free
version is still available at the bottom of the page.
yenka
This amazing website has close to 500 interactive
classroom resources, including tools for measuring angles,
manipulating equations, judging bearings, etc. NOTE: make sure you
use the search facility at the bottom of the page or they'll take
you to the paid content!
wisweb
applets
An amazing set of java based applets that could be used as part of
a demonstration, or an interactive computer lesson. topics include
solving equations, plans and elevations, impossible objects, and
so much more! click on "applets" in the top corner to get going!
mediators
for maths
An amazing set of interactive resources from sunny Liverpool! they
can be downloaded, work without the need for any specific software
and can add spice to lots of lessons. fantastic!
cleave
calculators
A whole host of fascinating calculators for working out everything
from volume, currency conversion and power consumption.
teacher led
iwb resources
More excellent resources for your IWB. some really nice stuff on
algebraic substitution and probability tools, and each resource
comes with clearly written instructions. NOTE: once again, you
need to be on-line!
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I absolutely love activities, investigations, puzzles and
problems that challenge students of all ages and abilities to
think deeper about their mathematics. Familiar topics presented in
an interesting, original way tend to engage students a lot more.
The following websites are my favourite places to find these.
mr
barton's rich maths tasks
My own attempt to collect together some of my favourite problems,
along with questions and prompts for discussion.
mr
barton's rich task collection
My favourite rich maths activities, including Venn Diagrams,
Arithmagons, Standard Units and Something in Common, all
organised, and all for free!
median
maths blog by don steward
If you have never visited this blog before, make sure you are
sitting down securely, as this will knock you out of your chair.
Rich, innovate, original ideas for activities for 11 to 16 year
olds. One of the best things I have ever seen. Don Steward should
be knighted.
open middle
problems
I love the idea of an open-middle problems: problems that have a
fixed start and a definite answer, but which students can solve ib
many different ways.
WODB (Which One Doesn't
Belong?)
An amazingly simple idea that can lead to such rich, worthwhile
discussion. Students are presented with four items (they could be
numbers, expressions, shapes or graphs) and asked to make their
case for which one is the odd one out.
math
arguments 180
Absolutely brillaint daily ideas, puzzles and stimuli for
interesting maths discussions
UKMT
maths challenge past papers
Past paper electronic copies of the junior, intermediate and
senior maths challenges make excellent starter activities for all
ages and abilities. download a few and give them a go!
five
triangles
An amazing collection of puzzles and rich problems for all ages of
students
math
pickle - unsolved problems
What a great idea - to take some of the most famous unsolved maths
problems and to rework them into concepts primary and secondary
school students can understand. Engaging the great mathematicians
of the future!
3 act math
I've been obsessed with "3 act math" lessons for a few years now.
Hook students in with an intriguing problem, let them request
information and try to solve it, and then see how close they were.
Click the links below for some of the best collection of 3 act
math tasks around:
Dan
Meyer demonstrating the pile of coins task
Dan
Meyer post on running 3 act math tasks
Dan
Meyer task collection
Andrew
Stadel task collection
Mr
Picc task collection
Kyle
Pearce task collection
nrich
Nrich is so much more than a website of puzzles. These are rich
tasks of the highest quality to challenge, stimulate and engage
students of all ages and abilities. There are also curriculum
mapping documents which show how all these puzzles and activities
fit into the national framework to spice up the dullest of topics.
Not only this, but there are some really good articles aimed
specifically at teachers, some offering advice, others giving
exciting angles into topics. Brilliant!
mathematical
beginnings
A lovely idea, similar in some ways to 3 Act Math above. Each
"beginning" is a picture designed to stimulate mathematical
discussion. There are 40 of these, complete with prompts and
teacher notes.
numberphile
Much to my wife's annoyance, I watch one of these wonderful videos
each week. But even she liked the pi/pie one! So many ideas for
rich discussion, and an unrivalled insight into the history and
current developments in mathematics in a way students (and me!)
can understand
bowland maths
activities
The excellent Bowland Case Studies have been around for a while
now, offering high-quality rich investigational style projects.
however, a more recent addition is 35 outstanding Assessment
Tasks, complete with full teacher notes and supporting material
nuffield
AMP Investigations
When you see the name "Nuffiled" attached to a maths resource, you
know you are talking quality. these are 20 amazing rich
investigational/practical tasks, complete with teacher guidance
and probing questions. outstanding
Making Data and Statistics Interestingkeyboard_arrow_up
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I absolutely love statistics, and so it breaks my mathematical
heart when I hear students (and teachers!) say they do not like
it. Here are some of my favourite website to help get everyone
loving a bit of lovely data!
guardian
data blog
Finding relevant , reliable and engaging data to use in the
classroom can be an absolute nightmare. But with the Guardian Data
Blog you are guaranteed to find what you are looking for, and
often find something amazing that you were not looking for!
gapminder
world
I have never seen my students more engaged in statistics in my
life. I have done a series of videos on making use of Gapminder in
the classroom here.
dotty
thinking
An idea I have used for data collection loads over the last few
years. You will find all the resources and a video explaining how
it works on TES via the link above
plotly
A fascinating tool to encourage data analysis and visualization
across disciplines. For years I have made do with Excel for all my
statistical diagram needs, but the potential for something as
slick, intuitive and visually impressive as this is huge.
Definitely worth a proper look.
tsm
data
If you are ever in need of some interesting data to spice up a
lesson (and i have found it makes a big difference to students'
levels of engagement) then this is the place to go. scroll down to
the tsm-data zip file.
graph
of the week
A wonderful blog where each week students are given a graph to
analyse and comment on. Ideal for getting better at interpreting
different statistical representations. There is a useful writing
frame provided as well.
google
data viewer
An alternative to Gapminder World and Nation Master (see below).
Google offers lots of data sets and lots of different ways of
displaying them, including scatter diagrams and bar charts. Ideal
for making statistics lessons more relevant and engaging
nation
master
With Nationmaster you can very quickly and clearly make
comparisons between countries using thousands of interesting, up
to date statistics. Its ability to then dig out both positive and
negative correlations and direct you to related statistics make
this website, in my opinion, a must visit before teaching any data
handling topics.
google
ngram viewer
I really like this. Google collated data on every word in every
one of the books that they have on Google Books and allowed you to
display statisics on them. To get you started, try compaing the
use of "garlic" and "onion" over time...
Best of the Maths Blogskeyboard_arrow_up
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The following Blogs are my favourites. I visit them at least
once a week, and where possible I subscribe to them so that I get
notified each time a new entry is posted. This is now my Number 1
way of keeping up to date with the latest ideas, resources and
developments in teaching. They are fascinating reads by talented,
generous people, that give me amazing ideas and save me bucket
loads of time. I hope you find them useful as well.
maths,
learning and technology
Colleen Young's was one of the first mathematics blogs I
discovered, and still one of the best around. Regularly updated
with links to some of the most exciting and innovative maths
resources, ideas and practices. A must visit.
resourceaholic
Jo Morgan shares her experiences in the classroom and documents
her favourite resources. Jo's Maths
Gems series in particular is well worth a read. Hear Jo
interviewed on my Podcast here.
solve my maths
A wonderful blog full of resources, puzzles, Gif of the Day and
outstanding revision materials. There's even some Mr Men on there
as well.
just maths
blog
Mel is a great blogger, documenting her experiences, ideas and
experiments as second in department. Loads of links to high
quality free resources as well. Hear Mel interviewed on my Podcast
here.
dy/dan
Dan Meyer is one of the most inspirational and innovative bloggers
on the planet. His blog and the resources and ideas he links to
are must reads. Hear Dan interviewed on my Podcast here.
cav
maths
Some excellent teaching ideas and lots of free resources to
download from a UK based teacher
mr reddy
A great read from an inspirational teacher with loads of
fascinating ideas. Hear Bruno interviewed on my Podcast here.
matheminutes
A really interesting blog that covers everything from
the reciprocals of complex numbers to the death of Fibonacci's
rabbits. Brilliant stuff.
great maths teaching ideas
Quite a grand name for a blog, but I am pleased to say that
William Emney lives up to his billing. Loads of great ideas and
links to fantastic resources! Hear Will interviewed on my Podcast
here.
maths
sandpit
Amazing ideas and resources shared by a very generous and talented
teacher
to
infinity and beyond
A secondary school maths teacher with some excellent ideas for the
classroom
reflective
maths teacher
Another excellent blog crammed full of great ideas and resources.
Book yourself in for regular visits!
mr
collins blog
An exciting blog from a student from the GTP program, now teaching
full time. Excellent ideas and resources tried and tested in the
classroom
flying
colours
The blog from the author of the Maths for Dummies series contains
some really interesting ideas and thoughts
Best of the Maths Resources Websiteskeyboard_arrow_up
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If you are looking for free maths resources on a variety of
topics, then these are good websites to start.
TES
maths resources
Again, I am a little biased here as I am the TES Maths Adviser,
but there are 1000s of top quality resources, all free, written by
kind, generous and talented teachers who want to share their work.
Check out my TES
Maths Blog to see some of the very best of them.
dr
frost Maths
This website is ridiculously good. Jam-packed full of some of the
highest-quality PowerPoint lessons you will ever see. I love the
way each one has slides of exercises, complete with answers. And
they cover Year 7 right up to Further Maths Year 13. Simply
amazing.
pixi maths
The website from one of my all time favourite resource creators.
If ever I am looking for a lesson to base my planning around, I
always start with pixi. Phenomenal stuff!
mathed up
An amazing website that keeps getting better! Crammed full of
PowerPoint, EasiTeach and Tarsia Jigsaw resources for all topics,
and all for free! The A Level section is one of the best around.
Brilliant!
missbsresources.com
A wonderful website by teacher, Danielle Bartram,
jam-packed full of high quality resources, homeworks and
worksheets.
suffolk
maths
A truly excellent website from AST, Mark Greenaway. Loads of stuff
on here from resources, revision guides, advice, links, and pretty
much anything else you could want. And see my "Essential Freebies"
page to download Mark's entire collection of lessons in one go!
interactive-maths
Lots of free, high quality resources, many of the ICT based,
including Autograph and GeoGebra files. The Quick Question
Interface in particular is well worth a look (see blog post here
for more information).
the
chalk face
Loads of excellent resources, covering a whole host of topics in
lots of different formats. The A Level section is very impressive.
corbett maths
Videos, practise questions, maths mistakes, conundrums, and of the
course world famous 5-a-day. What a website!
CIMT
It's hard to know where to start with this website,
because there is just so much good stuff on it. I have linked you
straight to the home page, and I would suggest you scroll down and
have a look at the CIMT Resources section. There are free notes,
exercises for the pupils to do, puzzles, competitions, and real
world applications of maths. If you've got a spare twenty minutes
(or 20 hours), have a good look around. I have also collated the
best of the resources (with answers) here.
TSM
resources
Douglas Butler's amazing website with links to just aobut every
brilliant website in the world. You could quite easily spend a day
looking through this. The For the Busy Teacher section is
particuarly impressive
kenny's
pouch
Kenny's pouch is like a gift from the gods. so much brilliant
stuff, and all completely free. dig in and see what you can find.
my personal recommendation are the key state 3 level ladders, and
the key stage 4 make the grade worksheets. both are simply
brilliant for revision.
number
loving
The resource bank here is truly phenominal. You won't find many
boring PowerPoints and worksheets. Oh no, on Number Loving you
will come across mysteries, collective memories, treasure hunts,
top trumps, and much, much more. Here we look at 5 resources just
to give you a flavour of what this amazing website has to offer.
illuminations
A brilliant website which offers lesson plans, complete
with resources, which are often a bit more interactive for the
pupils than they usually might be. The website is really well
organised and there is some truly excellent stuff on here.
webmaths
A really nice website, jam-packed full of top quality
resources. There are PowerPoints, GSP files, and lots of those
Tarsia Jigsaws that I just can't do without. Definitely worth a
visit!
brain-cells
Top quality maths resources for teachers and students.
Some are available for purchase, but plenty of free stuff on there
as well. The
GCSE Revision resources are definitely worth a visit.
e maths
A simply brilliant website which has had an impressive makeover.
Not only are there bucket loads of resources (all for free, of
course), but also there is lots of advice for teachers, as well as
interactive schemes of work and good website links, and that's
just the teacher section! Very good.
math centre
I was slow to pick up on this website, but now I am a convert! For
teaching A Level Maths, this website is simply brilliant. Pick the
topic from the menu on the left, and then watch all the resources
appear. What I like best of all is the variety of resources, from
nice little leaflets covering all the main facts, the video
tutorials. Brilliant!
maths
sphere
A nice simple collection of free maths resources. What more could
you ask for?
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And here are some other websites that didn't fit into the
categories above, but are definitely worth a visit!
the on-line
encyclopedia of integer sequences
Something a bit different here. It is an encyclopedia cataloguing
well over 100,000 integer sequences. Sounds boring?... surely
not... but what I like about it is not only is every sequence
discussed and links provided, there is also the option to graph
each sequence, and hear the sound of the terms played on a piano.
My top recommendation is Recaman's Sequence, which is so simple to
construct, but so difficult to explain!
maths
careers
A nice website which attempts (and almost succeeds) to answer the
eternal question: “sir, what use is this in real life?”. Also
provides information on careers involving maths and really good
links to newspaper articles and other resources.
wolfram
alpha
There are few search engines that can rival Google, but for a
mathematician, Wolfram Alpha certainly comes close. It is
incredibly powerful and incredibly fun too. Are Craigs more
popular than Kates and how often are people talking about
mathematics? Wolfram Alpha has the answer.
history
of maths
The best website around for information about famous (and not so
famous) mathematicians. I would also heartily recommend following
them on twitter at @MathsHistory, as you get sent a Mathematician
of the Day tweet every single day!
gresham
college
A nice website where you can find archives of interesting maths
lectures, which can either be downloaded as videos or audio files,
or if not then they can be streamed over the internet. There is
lots of good stuff here.
misconceptions
A really nice idea. The authors have got together the 8
maths topics they consider to contain the biggest misconceptions
in pupils (and they promise another 16 soon!), and they offer
examples, advice, and exercises on how to correct them. Very good!
the
nuffield foundation
A cracking website with starters, assignments, skills activities
and investigation ideas for all ages and abilities
i
love maths games
A really nice website full of original and fun maths games and
puzzles.
further
maths network
The number one website if you are teaching further maths. Some of
the stuff you have to pay for, but there are plenty of excellent
free resources on there as well.
the
futures channel
A brilliant website which has video clips and lesson plans for
what many maths teachers consider to be the Holy Grail... examples
of real life maths! The stuff on there already is very good, and
new content seems to be being added all the time. Definitely worth
a look!
khan
academy
One of the most controversial maths website around (let's be
honest, there aren't many others). Thousands of videos taking
students step-by-step through how to solve lots of questions. It's
not for everybody, but it is certainly worth a look.
TES
maths forum
One of the few websites I visit every day. Maths practitioners
from all over the world asking questions, sharing ideas and giving
answers (and the occasional rant).
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