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University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Non Euclidean Geometry

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of St. Andrews in Scotland provides an excellent site explaining Non-Euclidean geometry.
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Geometry

For Students 9th - 10th
This MathWorld tutorial provides detailed overviews of the concepts and theorems associated with geometry. Most of the Math World sites are extensive and some require higher math knowledge to understand, links to terms and topics are...
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Lines and Planes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use these resources in preparing instruction on undefined terms (points, lines, and planes), theorems relating lines and planes, and Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry. You'll find three lessons on the aforementioned subject areas, an...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Hyperbolic Geometry

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia entry from Wikipedia offers a discussion on hyperbolic geometry. The site explains how the hyperbolic geometry plane is represented in two dimensions and how lines in the plane must be drawn. Other types of models for...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Hyperbolic Geometry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Dr. Math, responds to a question fro a nineth grade stduent who wants to understand hyperbolic geometry. The Dr. uses descriptive analogies in attempts to unravel why triangles in hyperbolic geometry have less than 180 degrees in them.
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Mathworld: Elliptic Geometry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
MathWorld offers a brief definition of elliptic geometry and including a brief discussion of its relationship to Euclidean geometry, with links to other related definitions.
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University of California

University of California: Geometry in Action

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page collects various areas in which ideas from discrete and computational geometry (meaning mainly low-dimensional Euclidean geometry) meet some real-world applications.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Spherical Geometry

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia, a publicly-maintained encyclopedia, provides an explanation of spherical geometry along with a listing of its most important uses.
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Indirect Euclidean Proofs

For Students 9th - 10th
This Oswego City School District Regents Exam Prep site shows you how to proof something by showing that it is false. This look at indirect proofs includes a practice and a teacher resource page, which features a warm-up activity.
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Writing a Proof: Direct Euclidean Proofs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site is a look into the world of geometric proofs. You'll learn what a proof is and about the different types of proofs. Try the practice page to check your understanding. Teachers can check out the teacher resources for lesson and...
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Spherical Geometry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Site provides a brief explanation of the discipline of Spherical Geometry along with many links to spherical geometry topics.
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Math Words

Math words.com: Elliptic Geometry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The basic definition for what elliptic geometry is is found here.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Elliptic Geometry

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia article contains a basic description of what elliptic geometry is.
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: The Mandelbrot Set

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this instructional activity students will explore Julia sets and the Mandelbrot set. In the process they will learn about fractals and explore complex numbers and function iteration.
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Distance

For Students 9th - 10th
MathWorld.com gives a formula for finding distance using the Pythagorean theorem. The formula for finding the distance between two points in Euclidean space is given on this page. The page has links to related topics.
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Boston University

Bu: Fractal Geometry of the Mandelbrot Set

For Students 9th - 10th
This site progresses in iterations through Mandelbrot and Julia sets to explain fractals and the mathematics behind them.
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Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College: The Different Styles of Euclid and Copernicus

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A history of the differences between Euclid's and Copernicus's methods of proving geometric ideas.
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Other

Polyhedra: The Five Platonic Solids

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A brief site that includes some activities to understand the figures.
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Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Constructions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn about drawing shapes using only a compass and straight edge or ruler with out measuring any lengths or angles.
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Boston University

Boston University: Chaos, Fractals and Arcadia

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an interesting site for information on chaos and fractals. Includes links to interactive activities to learn more.
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Fractals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site provides some links to activities and lesson plans dealing with fractals and chaos.
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Other

Eal: Fract Ed

For Students 9th - 10th
A great resource for beginners. The site begins with a definition of iteration of functions, and proceeds from there to discuss fractal dimension.

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