Created by a team of experts and educators, the Virtual Nerd website offers a cornucopia of over 1200 videos designed to offer students help in math and science. All of the resources here are free for educators (others have to pay a fee to use the materials), and once they are registered they can get access to all of Virtual Nerd's step-by-step video tutorials which use their interactive...

The What Works Clearninghouse was established by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences "to provide educators, policy-makers, researchers, and the public with a central and trusted source of scientific evidence of what works in education." The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) has posted the results from its review of “interventions based on a curriculum, which contain...

The online math center at Whatcom Community College is intended for a range of audiences, particularly students looking for additional assistance on a variety of math subjects from geometry to calculus. The materials offered here are divided into five areas: Learning Math, Teaching Math, Math Resources, Calculators, and Math Events. This first area offers visitors a look over high-quality links to...

Serving millions of students, youcubed (last highlighted in the 07-14-2017 Scout Report) remains a magnificent mathematics resource for educators and caregivers. Plus, the site offers several creative resources to make math enjoyable and understandable for all students; check out the Maths and Art section under Tasks for one such example. From Stanford University's Graduate School of Education,...

Math Mornings is a Yale University lecture series "aimed at bringing the joy and variety of mathematics to students and their families." Fortunately for those of us who can't travel to New Haven to attend these stimulating lectures, they are also available on YouTube. Featuring Yale faculty and visiting scholars alike, these hour-long lectures are designed to share mathematics concepts and...

"Find the natpowz of an orgle if the yzvikno is 30." Concepcion Molina, Ed.D., poses this question in his lecture, "The Problem with Math is English," in order to demonstrate how important it is to integrate English language comprehension lessons into math instruction. Molina currently works for SEDL, a non-profit organization dedicated to educational research and professional development, and has...

For mathematics instructors and students, the mathematics publishing company Worldwide Center for Math offers a number of instructional videos related to upper-level mathematics, including algebra, trigonometry, and precalculus. These videos are perhaps best browsed by playlist. One playlist, Think Thursday, features a series of short videos that present logic problems and brain teasers...

Here at the Scout Report, we are routinely on the lookout for resources that bridge the gap between learning and fun. Yummy Math is an excellent resource and its collection of math-based activities is updated frequently. Not only do entries correspond to K-12 curriculum standards, but they integrate real world examples that often involve food, film characters, professional sports players, and the...