Below are various digital interactives that can be used for mathematics. There is a brief explanation of each website with an image to see how each activity or website looks. To go to the website, simply click the name of the website in the box and have fun!
Geogebra is a website that has so many interactive activities for students. This specific game is called dynagraphs. This activity allows students to see directly how inputs (x) affect outputs (y) through two number lines. This site will help students change relationships and equations to see how it will affect the output even if we keep the input the same the entire time. This also tests students by giving them new problems that will change where the input and output is, and have the students solve for the relationship and check it after. This is just a small activity for students to use to understand more fully the importance of knowing the input and output to find the relationship.
Manga High is a site that offers interactive activities as well as games. Specifically, this one game is called Graphs of the Galaxy. This will help students be more familiar with linear graphs and their slopes. This game not only has you play a fun game, but it also explains how to play and what you are doing. As the player changes the lines by changing the slope, the game will explain things like what kind of correlation it is, whether positive or negative, and how changing the y-intercept changes the graph placement. It is very easy to use and fun to learn about slopes, linear equations, and the relation it has to how the graphs will look.
Scratchwork is a very interactive website where it is not only between a student and technology, but it is also a way for students to collaborate with other students around the world. The student will first put their notes online whether it be them drawing on the board on their screen, taking a picture of their notes, or even typing it out. After, they are able to edit their notes and annotate their notes. Finally, they can then share their notes with other people by communicating with them over their technology. This can help them gain better understanding of what they learned in their notes by talking to different people outside of their class and school. This can be a great way for them to interact with people over technology, but students do need to make sure that they are staying safe over the internet.
Sometimes, it can be difficult for students to see how mathematical concepts can be used so often in the world we live in today. This website offers videos and applications for students to use and see how real life situations relate to math. Some of these activities also have translation in different languages and different strategies to teach students with special needs and English learners. Some of these situations include sports, animals, amusement parks, and even more! There are so many aspects that this sit connects to mathematical concepts that can help gage students interests in understanding how math is so relevant.
Quizlet is a wonderful tool that can be used to help students by creating their own flashcards, playing different types of games, writing and even taking a short test on the information that they created in their study guide. Accounts are free and easy to create with students also being able to study off of study sets other people have created. The link that you will be taken to will lead you to an example of a study set for linear functions for Algebra 1. This site is not only useful for math, but all sorts of subjects so it can be helpful for all students in some way.