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Mathpages.com: History of Mathematics
Find the information you need about math history, from Archimedes to Fermat. A great resource for studying the foundations of today's world of mathematics.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Math, History, Science Homework Help and Practice Questions
Homework help for kids on subjects like geography, math, history, social studies, and science. Lots of practice questions.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: World's Most Extensive Mathematics Resource
MathWorld provides a huge mathematics encyclopedia detailing the concepts of geometry, algebra, calculus, discrete math, number theory, and other math topics--complete with formulas, diagrams, examples, and references for thorough...
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Mac Tutor History of Mathematics Archive
The University of St. Andrews, Scotland, presents hundreds of biographies of famous mathematicians, histories of math in various cultures, and interesting facts on the development of important math concepts. This is a huge reference....
University of South Florida
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: History of Mathematics
Short selections from W. W. Rouse Ball's "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics," most of which are biographies that focus on the mathematician's work. The text can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or...
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Furman University: Mathematical Quotations Server
This Ferman University site allows you to search for quotes by famous mathematicians. A site for peeking the interest of students and incorporating math history into the classroom. Also a good resource for math research projects.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: History of Numbers
Dr. Math tackles the question of man's first use of numbers by relating the work of Denise Schmandt-Bessarat and her studies of "'tokens' found all over the Middle East.
University of South Florida
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Ralph Waldo Emerson: History
The complete text of Emerson's essay, "History." The text can be read online or downloaded in MP3 or PDF format, or viewed as a webpage. In addition, the essay has downloadable support material which focuses on various reading and math...
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: History and Terminology Topics
Biographies of famous mathematicians, the history of math, math notation, and mathematical terminology are several of the topics explored by MathWorld. Each link takes the user to a site with extensive information, detailed sketches, and...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: The Math Forum
This is a useful site with lesson plans, problems of the month, etc.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: The History of the Coordinate Plane
Everything you'd like to know about the coordinate plane can be found here! Who invented and named it, what vocabulary words have been associated with it, and what notations are connected with it. All this and more about the history of...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: About Pi
This site provides an in-depth discussion on what pi is. It gives a brief history revealing what the Egyptians and Babylonians estimated pi at.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Does Math Guide Our Ships at Sea?
Explore the history of logarithms and sailing by watching this animated video. [4:19]
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Olympic Starters
How do you compare to these results from Olympic Games in the past if you try similar running and jumping activities? This activity uses the history of the Olympic Games to introduce ideas about measuring time and distances in standard...
Help Algebra
Help algebra.com: Highlights in Algebra History
The progression of algebra history is covered in areas including Egyptian algebra, Babylonian algebra, Arabic algebra, to name a few.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Babylonian Number System
Dr. Math takes on a question about the Babylonian base-60 math system, explaining how a sexagesimal system looks and works in comparison with our decimal (base 10) system.
Tour Egypt
Tour Egypt: The Ancient Egyptian Number System
This Tour Egypt site presents an easy-to-read account of ancient Egypt mathematics. Content explores the history and development of mathematics, how it was used, what helpful documents we have found that give us insight into what the...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Euclid's Geometry: History and Practice
This is a set of four lessons on Euclid's Elements. The lessons include a short history, assignments, essay questions and a quiz.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: De Moivre's Theorem Usefulness
This site gives a short history of de Moivre's life; listing many of mathematical findings.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: The Origins of Conic Sections
Dr. Math, in reply to a student question, gives background information on the origin of conic sections. Links also are included for further information.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Ed Online: Women in Math
Young scholars use technology to explore famous women in math.
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Musical Math
This site includes 14 activities which explore how math and music are related. Great exercise opportunity for any student to sharpen their math and musical skills.
NASA
Dawn Mission: Dawn Classrooms: The History and Discovery of Asteroids
Student groups explore scientific breakthroughs and the development of technologies that eventually led to asteroid discovery aboard the Dawn space mission. Learning module components include jigsaw reading, model building, math...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: About "E"
This site gives a discussion about e, the base of the natural logarithm. The site contains history of this real number a discussion on the rationality of the number and how to approximate the value of e. The site contains numerous links...
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