Most young mathematicians are aware that the planets don’t orbit the sun in a circle but rather as an ellipse, but have never studied this interesting feature. This resource looks at the planetary orbits in more detail and helps learners...

In this graphing data worksheet, students solve and complete 8 different word problems related to graphing data given. First, they determine the percent of people who do not believe in any of the phenomena described and explain. Then,...

Find out about Al-Battani, Arab astronomer, astrologer, and mathematician who introduced a number of trigonometric relations.

This site presents a brief biography Rheticus, the Austrian mystic who was Copernicus' only student and who was later beheaded for sorcery.