2.
Classroom RESOURCES
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UK - Internet resources:
NRICH: Online Maths Club -
Tiers: 1(age
6-12), 2(8-14), 3(12-16), 4(14+)
Motivate (Maths video conferences for Schools)
Maths Inspiration - Inspiring Maths Lectures for 16-18 Year Olds
Rolling Bridge (Paddington Basin, London) - 
PFEG - Developing financial capability in young people -
PLUS:
Maths magazine (Who uses Mathematics)
Maths Careers (London Math.Soc., Royal Stats. Soc., I.M.A)
STEMNET - Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics network
MathsNet (Bryan Dye, Norwich)
- Software
Discussion Forum
- MathsNet.com new subscription
service (resources for GCSE, AS, A2)
Waldo's Maths Pages: Java applets
for GCSE, AS/A2 (Ron Barrow, Tunbridge Wells)
My Maths Revision activities
(Alan Jackson, CTC, Birmingham)
- now a subscription site, but the Transformation
Golf is still free!
Count-on (ex Maths Year 2000) and Mathemagic (John Bibby, York)
- Maths Timeline
Maths Inspiriations (Rob Eastaway)
- Inspiring events for 6th Formers
PixyMaths (Anthony Mitchell) -
Engaging Maths, from the EPSRC
(Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
Bletchley Park - National Museum of Computing
- National Archive for Educational Computing
IWB Maths (Keele University - subscription site, some free samples)
Interactive Whiteboard Resources for secondary mathematics -
Kangaroo Maths (Steve Lomax, Gloucestershire - subscription site)
- Bring on the Maths (free samples)
- Match up Maths (free samples)
- Autograph Resources (Lesson Plans/Pupil Worksheets, by Alan Catley) -
E-CHALK (by Dr Iestyn Jones, Penarth, Wales - subscription service, some free)
- Preview
- Optical Illusions -
EMATHS (Mark McCort).
Emaths provides free classroom resources
for teachers
of mathematics, helping you to teach topics clearly and interactively
Super Maths World - (P. and R. May) -
BBC Revision sites:
Key Stage
3 Bitesize - GCSE
Bitesize - AS-Guru - MathsFile (Games)
University of Plymouth: CIMT (Centre
for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching)
- MEP (Mathematics
Enhancement Programme) Online material for Y7-11
- Dictionary
of Unit
- Mathematics Support Materials (Sch. of Maths
and Stats)
1000
Problems to Enjoy (fitting the Key Stage 3 Numeracy Strategy)
CITS: Curriculum
IT Support for Mathematics (from BECTA)
LTSN-CMSOR (ex CTI, Birmingham
University)
Paul Ernest's homepage (University of Exeter)
- read about his constructivist philiosophy of mathematics education.
Kangaroo Maths (useful free resources from Gloucestershire)
Murderous Maths (fun/games) + Teacher Resources from Kjartan Poskitt
Roman
Numerals - Calculator
1 - Calculator
2
Calculator.org Useful desktop
calculator to download, and general calculator links
The Equation Solver (
Patrick McMordie - numberz.co.uk)
Physics Web (Bristol)
- includes Mechanics and probability Java applets
- General
Physics - Maths
and Stats simulations
Maths Thesaurus (Cambridge
Uni)
The
Mathematics Consortium
Maths Help: Free on-line
help with problems (secondary/college)
SMILE -
some interactive flash activities
Mathematical photos - Problem Pictures - Richard Phillips
Mathagony Aunt - Wendy
Fortescue-Hubbard
Motor Sport Mathematics - KS1-4 resources from Cranfield University
FLASHYMATHS (John-Paul Green) - fun and games
• Three
useful '.exe' files to download:
Sun
Clock (from Mapmaker.com, UK - illustrated here on March 21st)
Image
Digitiser (Digitizing
still images - Sheffield Hallam Uni)
Vidshell
2000 + Video clips (Digitizing movies - New Hampshire
Tech. Coll. USA)
•
Good School/College-based Mathematics Web Sites:
Maths Teaching (from teacher, 'Maths Chick')
Maths Workout (Alastair Duncombe, Maidstone Grammar School for Girls) -
Mr Barton Maths by Craig Barton (Range High School, Formby, near Liverpool)
- Resources for teachers, pupils, parents, and'just for fun!
- Links to ESSENTIAL FREEBIES! -
E-MATHS: by Mark McCourt (Harry Carlton School, Loughborough)
- Resources for Teachers and Learners
MathsLearn (James Yates, Skegness Grammar School) - support service for teachers
- A level resources, puzzles, forum, tutorial service
RISPS - Rich Starting Points for A level (16-19)
- The RISP E-book -
- from Jonny Griffiths, Paston College, Norfolk
PG Maths - Worksheets, notes and tests for GCSE, IGCSE, AS, A2, Further Maths
- from Paul Williams, Eton College
[Edexcel syllabuses]
Meikleriggs Mathematics (Peter
Mitchell, Newcastle)
- includes STEP mathematics resources, and solutions to MEI GCSE
and A level papers
Norton-Knatchbull School (David Benjamin, Kent) -
Please collect some data from
your classes and get the students to enter it on this
site - to
the left of my picture
'Click here for the Data entry link' - password: 'apples'
Mark Dabbs (Wakefield Girls HS) - growing collection of Excel and
other resources
Temple School Mathematics Dept (Rochester, Kent) many fascinating resources
St Peter's Collegiate Sch,
Wolverhampton (Chris Sherrington) great classroom ideas
Maths Fun: (Francis
Chalmers, Dereham Neatherd High School, Norfolk) -
Fiona
Allan's Maths Pages (Godalming College) -
Tewskbury School - lots of resources and things to do -
Maths
and Engineering in Action (Royal Navy)
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The PI FACTORY (David Whitfield, => Portland, Oregon, USA) -
Madras
College Mathematics Dept (St Andrews, Scotland)
Wright Robinson Specialist College (Gorton,
Manchester)
High School of Dundee (Scotland)
•
AUSTRALIA
Resources from Melbourne University (Mathematics Education, Kaye Stacey)
- Teaching and Learning about Decimals (“Digital Dozen” award from ENC)
- Foundations for Teaching Arithmetic
- Teaching Mental and Written Computation
- CAS-CAT: Computer Algebra Systems: Curriculum, Assessment and Teaching
- RITEMATHS (Real World and IT Enhancing Mathematics)
- GridPic - free download for fitting maths to images
Resources from Bond University (Gold Coast, Queensland):
-
Natural Maths (John Baker)
- Spreadsheets
in Education (Steve Sugden)
SMARD (Secondary Mathematics Resource
Database)
Maths300 (Lessons on
the Web)
Interactive Maths resources for IWBs (Rex Boggs, Queensland) -
ITAM - Integrating Technology and Mathematics (Morris Needleman, Sydney)
Explorations
in Maths: Indices and Logs (Rod Seldon, Sydney)
Maths
On line (Pittsworth State HS, Queensland) + Geometry Forum - JOIN NOW!
MathXTC (St
Stephen's School, Carramar, Westerm Australia)
Moreton Bay College - Maths Dept (Rodney Anderson)
• AUSTRIA
Maths
Online (University of Vienna): resources, tools, applets
CAS TIME (Marlene
Torres-Skoumal, Vienna International School)
- Computer Algebra resources
• BELGIUM
Pentomino -
plane shapes from squares: have a go! - Competition site
- from the Katholiek
Secundair Onderwijs Ronse
• BULGARIA
Resources from Yordan Petrov: Math10
[Boldly claiming " to include the entire knowledge of mathematics in a single site"!]
• CANADA
Resources from Jill
Britton, Camosun College, Victoria, BC
- Symmetry
and Tessellations 30
Activities
- Fun with Curves & Topology: Topics
1-12 - Topics
13-18
- The
occurrence of Conics
- Escher
in the Classroom - Polyhedra
Pastimes
Appetizers and Lessons for Math and
Reason
- 150 web pages and on-line texts, by Alan Selby (CAM Internet,
Montreal)
MathLove -
launching May 2004
Mathematics
Magazine (Grades 1-12) - Aurora, Toronto, Ontario [by subscription]
• CHINA
Arthur Lee's
Resources Mathbook (Educ. Dept, Hong Kong
University)
David Surowski's Math Dept pages (Shanghai American School)
• ESTONIA
EquMath - math lessons from Algebra to Differential Equations!
•
FRANCE
Coniques
[de Figues
Animée pour la Physique, Geneviève Tulloue, Grenoble
Uni]
M@ths
en Prép@ Comprehensive resources site from the Lycée du Park,
Lyon
Le Kangourou des
Mathematics - Le
Chat Bleu
• GERMANY
Compass
and Ruler (free Java program from Rene
Grothmann)
- and some other mathematical java programs
Spirals -
• INDIA
Number Recreations
(Shyam Sunder Gupta, Chief Engineer, South Eastern Railway)
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ITALY
The
5 Regular Polyhedra (Dynamic applets)
• JAPAN
Mathematical JAVA applets
Nearly 300 applets, mostly on geometry, trigonometry and calculus
• MACEDONIA (+ USA, Australia)
Cool School Tools (Whiteboard Movies)
Calculus Movies by Tim Falhberg (Washington USA), Graeme MacNeil (Queensland)
and Linda Falhberg-Stojanovska (Macedonia) [several using Autograph]
• NETHERLANDS
Freudenthal
Institute (Utrecht University)
- home - Wisweb:
Applets (grades 7 - 12)
•
PERU
Geometry
step-by-step (Antonio Gutierrez)
- The Landscape of Geometrical Terms
- Experiencing Geometry (David Henderson)
•
PORTUGAL
Puzzles
with polyhedra and numbers (Jorge Rezende, Universidade
de Lisboa)
• SOUTH AFRICA
Superb resources collected by Stephen Sproule (St John's College, Johannesburg)
- MathsNews from around the world
- Maths Problems of the Week - Elementary, Middle, High School, Advanced
• SPAIN
Triangle
Geometry (Ricardo Barroso Campos,
Universidad de Sevilla)
• SWITZERLAND
The web Mathematica-project (Swiss
Distance University of Applied Sciences)
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Experiment and Explore
Mathematics (Java Applets from UAE University)
• USA
NCTM: Illuminations (Java Activities, Lessons, Standards, Links)
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Physics Education Technology Simulations (University of Colorado at Boulder) -
Calculus Applets for AP Calculus AB/BC (Tom Downey)
- WebCompMath (Java components used in Calculus Applets)
Mathbits
Scratch (a sort of Java Logo!) - Math applets -
Dynamic resources from:
-
Nils Abhel (Deerfield Academy, Mass). Follow on-screen instructions
- Matt Kawski - Math Links (Arizona State University)
- Wayne Allen Bateman (Utah) - Visual Math Learning
Non-Euclidean Geometry - Applets from Joel Castellanos (Uni of New Mexico)
Spherical Easel - Applet from David Austin (Grand Valley State Uni, Michegan)
SIAM (Society for Industrial and
Applied Mathematics) - Careers
Pages
The Math Forum
Mrs Glosser's Math Goodies!
Graphics for the
Calculus Classroom (JAVA)
Wolfram MathWorld (Encyclopedia from Wolfram Research, based on Mathematica)
The Integrator (any integral,
by Mathematica) (+ the History
of integration)
Visual Calculus
Calculator.com - online calculators:
Fractions, Scientific, Currency, Time, Unit converter
Pocket Calculator Shop (Paul and Jay, Connecticut, USA)
Video Math Tutor (Luis Anthony Ast, Arizona) -
Calculus@Internet
extensive resources, linked with LiveMath
AAAMATH Miscellany of math resources for K-12
FunBrain Miscellany of resources
for K-8
Math
Riddles (William Wu, Berkeley)
Math.com Hot subjects and free software
Library
of Interactive Math (Utah state Uni)
SOS Mathematics (El
Paso, Texas)
- free resource for math review material from Algebra to Differential
Equations!
Tom Reardon's
Home Page (Fitch High School, Austintown, Ohio)
Explore Math and Science Gizmos
Virtual
Polyhedra (George Hart)
Zona Land - Simulations
for Physics and Math from Ed Zobel
Geometry Applets (Saltire,
Oregon)
Global Institute of Mathematics
North American phone area codes and locations
Funderstanding Rollercoaster! |
3.
Mathematical
Entertainment! |
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GAMES and PUZZLES
Interactive Mathematics,
Miscellany and Puzzles (Cut-the-Knot)
Unsolved Mathematical
Problems (Wolfram Research)
Puzzles Codes and Cyphers (CIMT, Plymouth Uni)
Nim
- Pearl3 Flash Animation!
Jon Ingram's
blog report
from TSM 2007:"Winning and losing at NIM"
Nick's
Mathematical Puzzles (Nick Hobson, UK)
Mastermind
+ Set Games (Arizona) + Delphi
Programs
Games
List (Madras College)
Math Magic tricks (Many worksheets to download, Bob Greenlee, USA)
Pass the Pigs (Gary Kramer)
Subtangent - Millionnaire, Countdown, etc
Combination Lock puzzle
Puzzles.com - Puzzle links
20 Questions - play against the computer!
• CSF Software (Chris Farmer)
'Countdown' for Maths
'Who Wants to be a Millionairie' - for maths AND a game designer
10 quick questions - Word search creator, etc
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FIBONACCI and the GOLDEN RATIO
Ron Knott: Introduction - Nature - Golden Section
Gary Meisner: The Golden Number
• SIMON SINGH BBC Broadcasts (Radio 4)
Five
Numbers (0,π, φ,
i, ∞) [Mar 02]
Another Five Numbers (4, 7, Largest Prime, Kepler's Conjecture, Game Theory)
[Oct 03]
A further Five Numbers (1, 2, 6, 6.67 x 10^-11, 1729) [Aug 05]
Simon's Newsletter
•
π
42 Explore "π"
Wolfram Mathworld: "π"
Simon Singh "Five Numbers" 2 (π) - Listen
π- sing it!! [from 'You're the Man Now, Dog']
How Random
is PI? (BBC, David Whitehouse)
Buffon's
Needle - estimate for π - Java Applet
PI - the Movie (1998)
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PRIME NUMBERS and INTEGERS, etc
Integer Lists to full accuracy
[Powers of 2, Pythag. triples, Primes/Mersenne, Factorials, Pascal's triangle]
Mersenne
Primes - The
Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search
The Prime Pages (Chris Caldwell, University of Tennise, Martin)
Encyclopedia
of Integer Sequences
Names for large
numbers (Russ Rowlett, N Carolina)
Prime factors of any
integer (up to 18 digits)
Powers
of 10 1023 metres to 10–16 (39
images)
- Powersof 10 Teaching resources
Casting
out the Nines (Flash Mind-reader game)
How Big is the Earth? [from Pluto to Antares!!] -
Hotel
Infinity
•
GENERAL
Ruth Carver's Internet
Math Projects
Benford's Law
(from Plus Maths, Issue 9 Sept 99)
Flatland (Edwin
Abbott 1838-1926, text only)
Donald
in Mathmagic Land (Disney, 1959 26 min. Preview to download)
Graph Paper printer! -
• TRANSPORT
FUN
Maiden
flight of the Boeing 747 (1969)
Mathematical
error caused loss of Mars spacecraft (1999)
Queen
Mary 2 and QE2 (2004)
Airbus
380
• ART and FRACTALS
Math
Art Gallery
Esher's 'Waterfall' (1938)
Mathematics and Music (Northern Illinois University)
Grotesque Geometry (Tessalations, from Andrew Crompton, Manchester) \
The Fractal Microscope (Java Simulation)
Fractal
Landscapes
(Adam Brown)
Fractals
(elementary/middle schools) by Cynthia Lanius, Rice University (Houston)
Xoas
Fractal Generator (to download)
• YOU-TUBE Mathematical Videos
- Tacoma Narrows Bridge
- London to Brighton in 2 Minutes
- Tom Lehrer: New Math
- Dominoes Pool
- Ma and Pa Kettle Math (1949): [25/5 = 14!] (4Mb)
- Abbott and Costello 'In The Navy' (1941): [28/7 = 13!] - [from Math in the Movies] or YouTube
- Disturbing trends in Math skills (Washington State Uni)
- Did you know? (from a Colorado High School)
- Harry Potter 1 (Hedwig's theme) - Harry Potter font
- YouTube Maths selection from Craig Barton (Range HS, Formby, near Liverpool)
• MATHEMATICS
and the MOVIES
Apple Movie Trailers:
- Toy
Story 2 - Finding
Nemo - Shrek
2 - Ice Age 2
Lord
of the Rings Teaching resources
Math
in the Movies - Stand & Deliver: totally
based on fact.
Mathematics in Movies (collection from Oliver Knill, Harvard)
Math from The Simpsons!
Numb3rs (CBS tv)
Flatland - the movie
• NCTM Problem sets
- Primary School - Middle School - High School
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MATHEMATICS COMPETITIONS
International Mathematical Olympiad
British Mathematical Olympiad
UK
Mathematics Trust Competitions
for 11-18 year olds
IMPC (Kasakhstan)
Australia
Mathematics Trust
Canadian Mathematics
Society
Univ
of Waterloo: Canadian Competitions
World
Compendium of Mathematics Competitions
SEAMC Competition questions 2001-2006 (SE Asia Maths Contest)
South
African Mathematics Olympiad
• HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS
History
of Mathematics
(St Andrews University, Scotland)
BSHM (The
British Society for the History of Mathematics)
The
Tunnel of Samos - Engineering study (Tom Apostol, PDF)
Maths is Good for you! (Snezana Lawrence, Dover, UK)
Earliest Uses: Math
symbols - Math
Words
(Jeff Miller, Florida)
Math
Words (fully
linked dictionary by Pat Ballew)
Babbage Difference Engine (Science Museum, London)
Ancient
Geometry (Brent
Bryars)
Egytian
Fractions (Ron Knott)
• MATHEMATICAL
DICTIONARIES (suggested
by Barry Kissane, Perth Australia)
The University of Cambridge Mathematics Thesaurus (NRICH)
The
Intermath Dictionary (University of Georgia)
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics (Wolfram)
WikiPedia - free Web Encyclopedia: Mathematics section
Multimedia
Math Glossary (Harcourt)
- [you may need to click on 'Math' => 'Math
Advantage' => 'Glossary']
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TESSELLATIONS
Do
it yourself (Arctech.org)
What
are Tessellations (Coolmath)
• SlideRules and Calculators
UniVirtual Slide Rule (Andrew Davie, Hobart)
Soviet
Calculators!
Slide Rule simulation (Derek Ross) -
• HELP with Excel
Mr Excel (Ohio)
Microsoft "Work
Smarter" Excel tutorials
•
VECTORS and MATRCES, 3D
Math
Help: working with vectors
SOS:
Matrix Algebra
3D Vector Cross Product (JAVA)
3D
VectorLand (Paul Kirby, Nortel)
3D
Coordinate Systems (Univ Tennessee)
Les
5 Polyèdres - de Platon, et d'Archimède
(Cabri-Java, France)
LiveGraphics
3D Examples (Martin Kraus,using Mathematica)
• A
bit of fun
Create your own Picasso
Head!
Monopoly: country
index; UK site
My Skool Mathematical Toolkit (download)
• ICT for PRIMARY MATHEMATICS (ages 5-11)
Standards Site (England, 2000)
Ancient Egypt
Fun with Tables
- Pop Lock and Learn - MySpace
Top Marks - fun and games - NIM
Kidsweb - resources and search
engine for kids!
Create a Graph (NCES- National Centre for Educational Statistics)
Shambles list of Primary Mathematics resources
NRICH: Online Maths Club - Tiers: 1(age
6-12), 2(8-14)
Integer Lists to full accuracy
Ambleside Primary School (The Lake District, UK)
- Ambleweb Numeracy hour (Pupil's online creations)
- Links with Alice Springs Schools of the Air (Australia)
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