Resources

Problem of the Week Archive

This is a great resource: an archive of Problems of the Week from MathCounts.org.

https://mathcounts.org/Page.aspx?pid=1573

MathCounts is a national math enrichment organization that, among other endeavors, runs a middle school math competition every year. Their “Problem of the Week” is typically aimed at middle school students, but these problems may also be of interest to high school students and teachers.

There are over 10 years of math problems in the above archive. The problems range in scope from basic “Math Team” style questions to thematic questions based on current events, dates, and holidays.

By patrick honner, 15 yearsOctober 15, 2011 ago

Free E-Learning Courses

This is a collection of free online college courses from the Indian Institute of Technology — Delhi.

http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/courses.php

There are a wide range science and technology courses represented here: Electronics, Mechanics, Information Systems, as well as several Mathematics courses.

There is a mixed-bag of resources available here: many of the Basic Courses have a full curriculum of lecture videos, while some of the more advanced courses currently offer only on-line syllabi.

Another nice resource for students and teachers!

By patrick honner, 15 yearsOctober 9, 2011 ago

Resources Technology

Wikipedia Mathematics Portal

Like most every other internet user, I often end up at Wikipedia.org for one reason or another. Yet I never realized that Wikipedia offers Portals for various categories, like Mathematics:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Mathematics

In addition to functioning as a doorway to the vast amount of mathematics available in wikipedia, the portal also offers up selected articles from the archives, a collection of clickable fun facts, and a Picture of the Month.

By patrick honner, 15 yearsOctober 8, 2011 ago

Appreciation Resources

On-Line Set Game

The website www.setgame.com offers a free daily game of SET here:

http://www.setgame.com/set/puzzle_frame.htm

SET is a great categorizing game in which you try to find sets of three whose characteristics are either identical or entirely different.

Four free SET puzzles are published daily by the New York Times, as well:

http://www.nytimes.com/ref/crosswords/setpuzzle.html

By patrick honner, 15 yearsOctober 4, 2011 ago

Data Representation Resources Statistics

Applications of Government Data

This is a nice resource from The Guardian that highlights some of the ways developers are making government data accessible to citizens.

http://goo.gl/00jmo

The projects include housing price analysis, roadway usage, government spending, and aggregation of community information.

The site wheredoesmymoneygo.org is especially interesting: slide the bar to your yearly income, and see just how much of your salary is spent on education, health services, defense, and other categories.

Lots of applications to play around with, and plenty of food for thought!

By patrick honner, 15 yearsSeptember 27, 2011 ago