Mathematics
Resources on the Web
Below is an alphabetical list of
Internet sites with a mathematics or education connection. Most have not been
reviewed completely. Feel free to send to your review or comments to Kathy
Mowers at Owensboro Community and Technical College. Please send along any
additional sites you have found that others might find interesting or useful.
Biographies of Women Mathematicians
Canadian Mathematical Community - A bilingual site for
mathematics resources
Connected Teachers - Best 7 - 12 Websites
Creating Your First Internet Project - - If you're like many
teachers, you want to create your own Internet projects, but you don't know
where or how to begin. So start here, where you'll find a non-threatening look
at the process from a classroom teacher's perspective. Included are four
different levels of Internet projects, complete with useful tips and tricks.
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse - "The nationally
recognized information source for K-12 math & science teachers."
ERIC - A site for teaching and learning mathematics
with lesson plans, publications, bookshop, and an environmental mailing list.
Escher - All things Escher
Fibonnaci and You - Learn about Fibonnaci
sequence of numbers (at the middle school level)
Fibonnaci and the Golden Ratio - How the Fibonnaci
sequence and the Golden Ratio are related.
The Geometry Center - Resources from the
Geometry Center, a mathematics research and education center at the University
of Minnesota.
Highlights TeacherNet - from the publisher of
Highlights, designed for teachers of grades K - 8.
History of Mathematics - Based at St. Andrews University in Scotland,
this site contains biographies of more than 1,000 mathematicians. See portraits
of your favorite mathematicians.
Internet Activities - A collection of mathematics
activities that use information found on the Internet.
Kids Web 'Mathematics' - Additional mathematics resources.
The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - An archive of
mathematics history materials, especially early problems, such as squaring the
circle.
The Mathematics Archives - This Web site, based at
the University of Tennessee, serves as a source to begin an exploration of
mathematics on the Internet.
The Math Forum - Contains Student
Center, Teacher's Place, Research Division, and Parents and Citizens.
Mathematics Information Servers - Links to a wide variety
of math-related web sites.
Mathland, Journey Through Mathematics- A collection of
different mathematics resources from "down under."
MathPro Online - A database of
mathematical problems found in contests and articles.
MathStories.com - Word problems designed
for grades 1 – 5
Mega Mathematics - from Los Alamos
National Laboratories
NASA AMATYC Project Coalition - A resource book of
class-ready learning modules (LTAs and Spinoffs) for the professor seeking
exciting, authentic applications of two-year college mathematics for use in
your classes. Although the modules are class-ready, you should feel free to
modify them or to use parts of them in response to the inevitable time
constraints of covering syllabus topics within an allotted time.
Teacher's Aide - Mathematics history, lessons, and other
resources.
Teacher's Network - Offers a searchable
database of 500 classroom projects.
World of Escher - great kid-drawn
Escher-like pictures
WWW Virtual Library (Mathematics) - A division of the WWW
Virtual Library.