Free Math Resources
To use at home and in classrooms
We hope you enjoy these hands-on educational activities that the children in your life are sure to love. Rest assured knowing these curriculums and activities are developed by math and science research and curriculum experts.
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Head Start on Engineering
Head Start on Engineering is a bilingual, family-centered program designed to engage preschool children and their parents and caregivers in the engineering process. The program focuses on the engineering design process, rather than the field of engineering, as a topic and skill that is highly relevant to the everyday lives of families, helps make engineering feel approachable, and easily connects to early childhood play and learning practices.
SPARKS
The Head Start on Engineering project has recently introduced a new type of resource for families and teachers: Sparks!. These bilingual (Spanish and English) activity ideas are a fun and easy way for families to learn together at home that support preschool-age children’s development and spark family engagement with engineering design.
Storytelling Math Books
Storytelling Math books feature mathematically empowered characters of color. Introduce children to important but often overlooked STEM topics. Feature stories that kids will want to read again and again. Click below for free activities, author chats, webinars, and more.
Make Connections: You and Me and Math
Make Connections, a collaboration of the YMCA of Silicon Valley and TERC, gives adults a fun and easy way to help young children (ages 0-5) learn math. There are eleven curriculum units – each of which fits several common early childhood education themes. Units include activities for ages 2 and up, each with an at-home variation, and activities for children under 2 to use in programs or at home.
Mixing in Math
Materials to help mix math into everything children do—from playing games to building towers to telling stories to catching up on chores. MiM materials consist of a large bank of activities, games, and projects for ages 2-12 in English and Spanish.
Investigations
Math at Home
Math at Home is a collection of K-5 activities that families can do together. A new set of activities in English and Spanish will be released every few days!
Investigations 3 Games Online
The Games Center contains online versions of many of the Investigations 3 games. It can be accessed in English and Spanish.
Math Words and Ideas from Investigations 3
Math Words and Ideas provides a clear, interactive review of different concepts. Many include an animation; all include a “Try It” activity. The MWI can be accessed in English or Spanish.
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MPACT
MPACT provides opportunities for students in grades 4 through 7 to engage in computational thinking, spatial reasoning, and mathematical concepts through design and hands-on making projects. MPACT addresses key topics in most state standards for math and national standards for computer science. Students learn concepts and solve problems with real objects they can hold in their hands, not just with words and diagrams on paper. Available for use and adaptation for non-commercial purposes, with a Creative Commons license.
Data Clubs
Data Clubs believes that middle school learners can and should know how to interpret data to make decisions and manipulate data to answer their own questions. Three modules engage them with “big” data—large data sets collected by government agencies, research institutes and international collaborations — curated by the Data Clubs team. The modules give students simple tools for visualizing and analyzing data on topics they care about.
BioRobots
In BioRobots middle school students: study the natural world to learn how animals accomplish different tasks, then design and build a robot inspired by what they learned; learn how to build and program a robot; and practice computational thinking, scientific reasoning, and engineering design skills. There is a One Hour Activity, Curriculum, and supporting resources.
Signing Math and Science
Signing Math & Science uses SigningAvatar® assistive technology to develop illustrated, interactive 3D standards-based sign language dictionaries that offer students in grades K-8 and 9-12 who are deaf and hard of hearing increased access to the same learning opportunities that hearing students enjoy.
Forum for Equity in Elementary Mathematics
A place for educators to reflect on and discuss equity, access, identity, and agency in the elementary mathematics classroom. The Forum provides resources, publications, and professional learning opportunities.