Contents
 
Aims & Objectives
 
Student Guidelines
 
Natural Numbers
 
Integers
 
 

Teacher Guidelines

Requirements

This site makes extensive use of Macromedia Flash so the Flash Player 6 should be installed on each computer. You can do this by clicking on the following link Get the player.

The site also requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader which is available at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

If the computers use windows NT, 2000 or XP Professional then you may need to get your network administrator to install these for you as your user account may not allow you to do it yourself.

Classroom Management

Before allowing the students to use this site for themselves it is a good idea to introduce the material using a computer linked to a data projector. An interactive whiteboard is also useful when introducing the students to the site in this way.

In both the Natural Number and Integer sections there are accompanying worksheets that can be downloaded and/or printed for use by students to practice and reenforce their understanding of the concepts explained.

In the integer section there are online exercises and games for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division so to get the full benefit of these each student will need time on the computer by themselves.

While the use of a computer can be a motivating factor for getting the students involved in the material it is essential that the teacher is available to give added explanation, encouragement, feedback and direction.

To help keep students interested it is useful to move back and forth between the use of the site as a presentation tool in a whole class teaching situation and the individual use of the site by students. The worksheets can be used either for homework or as a classtime activity.