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Geogebra Resources

This is an amazing collection of hundreds (thousands?) of well-designed Geogebra worksheets:

http://dmentrard.free.fr/GEOGEBRA/Maths/accueilmath.htm

The author, Daniel Mentrard, has put together a huge library of mathematics and physics demonstrations/explorations that are all available for free.

Although the site is in French, it’s not too hard to browse the many Geogebra resources covering Arithmetique, Art et Maths, Algebre, and much more.

And if you like, you can always run the website through Google Translate.

By patrick honner, ago

Google Public Data Explorer

Google’s Public Data Explorer is a great, free resource for students and teachers interested in data science and statistics.

http://www.google.com/publicdata/home

The site allows you to create custom graphs of available data sets, making it easy to experiment with different representations and explore the meaning of data.

There are several data sets available to play around with.   The OECD Factbook alone provides a wealth of raw data on education, energy, employment, population and migration, and many other categories.  There are also data sets available from the U.S. Census and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.  There appears to be support for using your own data sets, as well.

The data can be represented in a variety of ways:  histograms, line graphs, and even dynamic time series are all available.  It’s a great way to play around with data, and to build skill and intuition in data analysis, interpretation, and representation.

By patrick honner, ago

Proofs Without Words

This is a great collection of favorite Proofs Without Words from the community at MathOverflow.net:

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/8846/proofs-without-words

MathOverflow is geared toward research-level mathematics, so many of the examples deal with very advanced ideas.  However, there are some lovely and accessible proofs of the sum of the first n squares, the sum of the first n cubes,  the AM-GM inequality, and various Fibonacci identities.

And since it’s MathOverflow, the comments include a healthy debate about whether you can actually prove something with only a diagram!

By patrick honner, ago

Biographies of Female Mathematicians

This is another nice resource provided by the School of Math and Statistics at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland:  a collection of biographies of female mathematicians.

http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Indexes/Women.html

There are around 150 mathematicians profiled here.  Each profile consists of a biography, a list of references, and links to other internet resources on the individual.

Among those profiled here are Maria Agnesi (of the Witch of Agnesi cubic curve), Emmy Noether (of Noetherian Ring fame), and Mary Ellen Rudin (topologist, and wife of Walter Rudin, a noted figure in Real Analysis).

A general collection of biographies is also available, as well as a fun-to-browse library of curves.

By patrick honner, ago

Classroom Resource: Topical Applications of Mathematics

This is a small but useful collection of classroom resources built around applications of mathematics from the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching.

http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/resources/topical/

There are lesson plans and student handouts built around topics like Carbon Footprint, Popular Baby Names, Rankings in Sports, and Physical Fitness, among many others.

There are definitely some interesting ideas and resources here, to help bring these topics into your math classroom and to your students!

By patrick honner, ago
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