A Journal of the Canadian Association for School Libraries

 

Mathematical Sources on the Web

SLIC SOURCES

The SOURCES issue of School Libraries in Canada (SLIC) provides a compilation of useful sources of information for teachers and teacher-librarians.

Issue Contents

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Elementary Web Sites

Elementary Math Sites
AAA Math

http://www.aaamath.com/
index.html
Hundreds of pages of Basic Math Skills Skills, Interactive Practice, Explanation of the math topic, Challenge hallenge Games Games. K-8.

Ask Dr. Math

http://mathforum.org/
dr.math/dr-math.html
Elementary to secondary. A question and answer service for math students and their teachers.

Counting Money

http://www.superkidz.com/
counting.html
Primary level.

A+ Math

http://www.aplusmath.com/

Brain Booster Archive

http://school.discovery.com/
brainboosters/
A good site for math logic.

Cool Math

http://www.coolmath.com/
A great site for all math topics.

Curious Math

http://www.curiousmath.com/
Curious Math believes that “math is an attitude.” Its statement on its opening page reads, “Want to learn how to quickly square a number that ends in 5? Or how to tell if a number is divisible by 3? Or maybe you’d like to know why the number 153 in the Bible is such an interesting number? That’s the kind of fun and fascinating math tricks and trivia you’ll find here at Curious Math.com.”

Eric Weisstein’s World of Mathematics

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/
Good for all topics of mathematics.

Manipula Math with Java

http://www.ies.co.jp/math/
java/index.html
Collection of 270 math applets.

Math.com - The World of Math Online

http://www.math.com/
index.aspx
Fractions, decimals, integers, percents, square roots, etc.

Math Cats

http://www.mathcats.com/
”Join the Math Cats in a land of creative, open-ended math explorations!”

Math2.org

http://www.math2.org/
A big math portal.

Math Magic

http://mathforum.org/
mathmagic/
Archived math challenges for all grade levels.

Math Readiness Course from the University of Saskatchewan

http://math.usask.ca/readin/
Exercises to assess math readiness for university.

Mathematics WWW Virtual Library (From Florida State University)

http://www.math.fsu.edu/
Science/math.html
High School Servers, online math books, math software to download. Advanced, scholarly coverage.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

http://nctm.org/
With elementary, middle and high school sections

QuickMath Automatic Math Solutions

http://quickmath.com/
QuickMath is an automated service for answering common math problems over the Internet.

Webmath from Discovery School

http://school.discovery.com/
homeworkhelp/webmath/
Good for most grade levels.

Zona: More Mathematics than Science

http://id.mind.net/~zona/
mmts/mmts.html
Geometry, trigonometry, graphing, etc.

Secondary Math Sources on the Internet

Selected by Todd Adams and Mary O’Neill, Sackville High School, Halifax Regional School Board. Todd and Mary select Web resources in mathematics for the HRSB website.

Graph It

http://www.coolmath.com/
graphit/index.html

Illuminations: Interactive Math Tools

http://illuminations.nctm.org/
mathlets/index.html 
Java applets you can use to explore math and create interactive lessons.

Mathematics A

http://regentsprep.org/
Regents/math/math-topic.cfm?TopicCode=data
Oswego City School District Regents Exam Preparation.

Math Skills

http://www.ldonline.org/
ld_indepth/math_skills/
math-skills.html
Learning disabilities in the area of mathematics are explored here.

National Library of Virtual Math Manipulatives

http://matti.usu.edu/
nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html
Excellent site for math manipulatives.

Slippery Slope by Cynthia Lanius

http://math.rice.edu/
~lanius/Algebra/stress.htm

S.O.S. Mathematics

http://www.sosmath.com/
index.html
Useful for trigonometry, algebra, matrices, and calculus.

Algebra Algebra 1 SATEC Curriculum

http://satec.saisd.net/
Curriculum/studentpages.htm
San Antonio Technology in Education Coalition.

Geometry Games Torus and Klein Bottle Games

http://www.geometry
games.org/
TorusGames/

Math Fun Interactive Mathematics Activities

http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/index.shtml
A lot of fun ways to get your point across.

Math Downloads Graphmatica...

http://www.graphmatica.com/
This is free shareware to download. A very good graphing program.

Efofex Software - Software for Math and Science Teachers

http://www.efofex.com/
This is similar to Graphmatica but will set up as a Macro within MS Word. Go to Downloads and select FX Graph. FX Graph and FX Statistics would also be helpful.

Trigonometry Sources: An Introduction to Trigonometry

http://www.ping.be/
~ping1339/gonio.htm
A comprehensive site.

Sine and Cosine Functions

http://www.geocities.com/
ojjk/page72.html


Trigonometry (Maths Online Gallery)

http://www.univie.ac.at/
future.media/moe/
galerie/trig/trig.html
Java applets for trigonometry.

Trigonometry Formulas (Dr. Math FAQ)

http://mathforum.com/
dr.math/faq/formulas/
faq.trig.htm

   

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Puzzles
Selected by the editor.

Clever Games for Clever People

http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/
~casey931/conway/games.html
Games are taken from Conway, John. 1976. On Numbers and Games. New York: Academic Press, Inc.

Critical Thinking Logic Puzzles (From EdHelper.com)

http://www.edhelper.com/
logic_puzzles.htm

Forum Interactive Projects (From Math Forum)

http://mathforum.org/
mathsites/forum.html
Geometry Problem of the Week, Elementary Problem of the Week, and Middle School Problem of the Week.

The Grey Labyrinth

http://www.greylabyrinth.com/
index.htm
A collection of weekly puzzles and solutions for high school students. There is an archive of past puzzles.

K-12 Math Puzzles from The Math Forum

http://mathforum.org/
k12/k12puzzles/

The Null Set (From Princeton University Math Club)

http://www.princeton.edu/
~mathclub/puzzles4.htm

Puzzles and Games: Mathematical Puzzles. Optical Illusions (From Colorcube)

http://www.colorcube.com/
illusions/illusion.htm

Archimedes’ Laboratory Explore, Learn, and have fun with puzzles

http://www.archimedes-lab.org/indexB.htm

21st Century Problem Solving

http://www2.hawaii.edu/
suremath/home.html
It may take a while to navigate through this award-winning site, but it is worth the effort. There are areas for Students, Teachers, Administrators, and Curriculum Developers. Each section uses the same approach: a how to approach to problem solving, examples of problems to solve, and resources to use. This is an excellent “learn how to learn” site maintained by Howard McAllister from Hawaii.

Mathematician Sources Biographies (From allmath.com)

http://www.allmath.com/
biography.asp

Biographies of Women Mathematicians


http://www.agnesscott.edu/
lriddle/women/women.htm

Female Mathematicians

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/
Indexes/Women.html
An extensive list compiled by the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Saint Andrews, Scotland.

Famous Mathematicians from Underrepresented Groups

http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/
links/thisweek/minority.htm

Geometry Net Mathematicians

http://www.geometry.net/
mathematicians/

Great Mathematicians


http://physics.hallym.ac.kr/
reference/physicist/
mathematician.htm

Mathematicians of the African Diaspora

http://www.math.buffalo.edu/
mad/

Mathematicians of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/
HistMath/People/RBallHist.htm

Periodic Table of Mathematicians

http://www.stetson.edu/
~efriedma/periodictable/

History of Mathematics MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive

http://turnbull.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/
Biographies as well as history topics.
Mathematical Atlas: A Gateway to Modern Mathematics

http://www.math-atlas.org/
This is a collection of short articles designed to provide an introduction to the areas of modern mathematics and pointers to further information, as well as answers to some common (or not!) Questions

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