National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: The Cylinder Problem: Elementary Lesson
Use this lesson plan to help students learn about cylinders. Students will be creating cylinders, and comparing them and their capacity. This engaging, hands-on lesson will hold student interest and be very beneficial to student learning.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: The Cylinder Problem: Middle School Lesson
This lesson offers an interesting, hands-on experience for middle school students studying cylinders. Students will create cylinders, and measure and compare their volumes.
University of Massachusetts
Fractal Project: Exploring Fractals
A good beginner's site for fractals - the language is straightforward and requires only minimal experience to be able to understand the topic. (Note: When clicking on links on archived site, they may pause and appear not to be found...
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Texas A&M University
Texas a & M University: The Origins of Greek Mathematics [Pdf]
Describes the history of Greek mathematics and the major figures and schools of mathematics.
abcteach
Abcteach: Practica De Adician [Pdf]
An ELL addition practice page for Spanish speaking English learners.
Math Medics
S.o.s. Math: Sign of a Quadratic Function and Inequalities
This lesson discusses the sign of a quadratic function as it applies to inequalities.
University of Vienna (Austria)
Trigonometry: Law of Sines
This is demonstration of how the law of sines works. It uses Java applets to manipulate the triangle and allows the user to explore what happens to the values of the triangle as the sides are changed.
University of Vienna (Austria)
Univ of Vienna: Trigonometric Functions
An interactive tool to discover how the trig functions came to be. Applets are used in this interactive learning tool. Examples exercises are also given.
University of Vienna (Austria)
Maths Online: Recognize Functions 3
An excellent place to test your ability to recognize the graphs of sine and cosine and their various associated forms. A Java applet is also included to plot your own function.
University of Vienna (Austria)
The Graphs of Sin, Cos, and Tan Maths Online
This applet allows the user to create the graphs of sin, cos, and tan by moving a scroll bar. The user can watch the unit circle and the graph simultaneously to see how the two are related. The user may also choose to see the angle...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Ancient Philosophy and Mathematics
Course materials, syllabus, readings and study materials for a complete online course on ancient philosophy from MIT.
PBS
Pbs Mathline: The Smithville Families Lesson Plan [Pdf]
A coin is used to determine the birth of children and the students are to determine the probability of whether the child is boy/girl. Printable lesson.
PBS
Pbs Mathline: Remove One Lesson Plan [Pdf]
Students play a game involving chips, dice, and a number line to explore the outcomes of events. Printable lesson.
PBS
Pbs Mathline: How Many Noses Are in Your Arm? Lesson Plan [Pdf]
Students will determine how many noses are in your arm by exploring measurement and ratio. Printable lesson.
PBS
Pbs Mathline: Is It Really News? Lesson Plan [Pdf]
Students use decimals, percents, and fractions to explore how much "news" is really in the newspaper. Printable lesson
PBS
Pbs Mathline: What's Your Angle? Lesson Plan [Pdf]
Use an angle wheel to make estimates of the measures of various angles. Printable lesson.
PBS
Pbs Mathline: Alphabits Lesson Plan [Pdf]
Students are given a baggy of Alphabits cereal to explore ratios and percents. Printable lesson.
PBS
Pbs Mathline: Fill 'Er Up Lesson Plan [Pdf]
Students will pour liquids into different sized containers to test their predictions as to the amount each will hold. Printable lesson.
PBS
Pbs Mathline: Magic Box Lesson Plan [Pdf]
As a teacher jumps rope, students determine the arithmetic pattern. Printable lesson.
PBS
Pbs Mathline: Wet Heads Lesson Plan [Pdf]
Students will record the number of drops of water in a stem-and-leaf plot that will fit on top of a penny. Printable lesson plan.
PBS
Pbs Mathline: We're All Tuned in Lesson Plan [Pdf]
Determine which radio station is the best for local businesses to advertise their business through. Printable lesson.
PBS
Pbs Mathline: Bubble Mania Lesson Plan [Pdf]
Determine the area, diameter, and circumerfence of a bubble residue by creating a soap solution and blowing bubbles.
Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College: Pierre De Fermat (1601 1665)
The events of the life of Pierre de Fermat are presented in a timeline form. The biographical information is taken from "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics" by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908).
Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College: Pierre Simon Laplace (1749 1827)
The events of the life of Pierre Laplace are presented in a timeline form. The biographical information is taken from "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics" by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908).