- 1999 Laptop Learning Challenge (LLC) - Toshiba/NSTA
This challenge rewarded 20 K–12 educators for their innovative uses of laptop computers. The 20 selected lessons may be browsed by subject (abstracts and downloadable PDF files are provided); they have science, mathematics, and technology components and
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- 22nd Annual AMATYC Conference (Mathematics Archives) - John St. Clair, Editor
Presentations and contributed papers on mathematics education, improving quantitative literacy, multimedia in the classroom, real-world activities and applications, and more, from the proceedings of the Twenty-Second Conference of the American Mathematical
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- 3D-Mathematikprogramm - Ingenieurbüro Riescher
German shareware program for Windows: MATHPROF ist ein einfach bedienbares Mathematikprogramm mit graphischen 2D- und 3D-Darstellungen, für Schüler, Studenten und Lehrer. Auch lassen sich einfache Konstruktionen im 2D- und 3D-Bereich erstellen und analysieren.
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- 42eXplore - Annette Lamb and Larry Johnson
Web projects that offer definitions, activities, four good starting points, and many more links and resources for thematic topics such as charts and graphs; codes, ciphers and secret messages; fractals, tessellations, geometric shapes, and figures; number
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- 82 Games - Roland Beech
In-depth statistical coverage and analysis of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The site analyzes team-wide or player-specific shot selection and shot clock usage, production by position, player pairings, foul drawing, turnovers, and clutch play
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- Acid Rain Simulation (MSTE) - Louie Beuschlein; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
A two-day unit-that uses decision-making ideas from statistics in the science classroom. No previous experience with statistical analysis is necessary. Students make use of sampling to back up a claim, and design (with teacher assistance) a statistical
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- Activating EnergyNet (Handbook of Engaged Learning Projects) - Bonnie Kuhrt; Carl Sandburg Junior High School, Rolling Meadows, IL
Junior high students design resources for other students involved in the EnergyNet data collection and interventions project and create Web pages for a district energy program. Site contains a summary, scenario, student pages, and useful Internet links,
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- Advanced Data Visualization - Principia Mathematica
PM-Visualization Studio is a Microsoft Windows 95, 98 or NT application that takes the Visualization Toolkit (Vtk) data visualization architecture and extends it by providing a graphical pipeline editor. It also includes an Active X control that allows
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- Adventures in Statistics - Scavo, Petraroja
A Web unit preprint of a paper by teachers Tom Scavo and Byron Petraroja that describes a mathematics project involving fifth grade students and the area of classrooms, including measurement, graphing, computation, data analysis, and presentation of results;
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- Air Pollution: A Local and Global Problem - Karen Bardeen, Handbook of Engaged Learning Projects
Students investigate the problem of air pollution in a given location and research possible solutions using a variety of tools (laboratory technology, Internet resources, multimedia technology, etc.). Mathematics goals include estimating, making, and
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- AMATH - AMATH Systems, Inc.
Software for Building and Reinforcing Foundation Mathematics. AMATH is a simple, self-paced, self grading, computer-aided workbook created to combat the math literacy problem in the U.S. It covers 103 modules of foundation mathematics
including: arithmetic,
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- Amazing Applications of Probability and Statistics - Kelly Rogers; Intuitor.com
Intuitor.com's Prob. and Stat. page provides clear and concise information
on a variety of topics covered in AP Statistics, including: Probability,
binomial coefficients, data analysis, random numbers, skewness, hypothesis
testing, and power. This
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- The Analemma -
Bob Urschel, Valparaiso, IN
The figure-8 path that the sun makes in the sky is called the analemma. This site explores the paths of the sun and the earth, with investigations into the effects and the math of their elliptical orbits and earth's tilt, and a summation.
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- anthropic-principle.com - Nick Bostrom
A site on 'Anthropic reasoning', which involves concepts such as probability, objective chance, rationality, and observers. See problems like the Doomsday argument.
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- Apply Mathematics Lesson Ideas, Grades 9 & 10 - Center for Applied Academics
Applications of mathematics in careers, including fighting forest fires, sportscasting, and designing roller coasters or computer games. The lesson plans were created to help teachers prepare students for the workplace and postsecondary education; each
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- AP Statistics Listserv FAQ - Kim Robinson, Jared Derksen, Dan Teague
Frequently Asked Questions site for the AP Statistics listserv discussion. Includes information for new AP Stats teachers, course content, exam details, and other resources.
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- ArcLessons - Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
Lessons for using geographic information systems (GIS) in the classroom include X and Y Coordinates Rule the Map, Investigating Temperature Extremes in the USA, Baseball Radio Station Analysis, The Dust Bowl, The Great Migration, Japanese American Internment,
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- The Art of the Experiment: Educational Software - Symynet; Jeff Rasmussen, Ph.D.
E-learning software that teaches statistical analysis in the context of experimental design. Program information, free demo, pricing and discount information, and ordering information are all available on the site.
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- The AssiStat - MicroMetrix Corporation
Windows-based software that does automated calculation of 80 formulas useful in educational and psychological research, practice, and in measurement and statistics courses. It was designed to be used as a complement to typical statistical data analysis
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- At Home with Math/Diez Actividades Cotidianas para Padres y Ninos - TERC, Inc, and Ceridian Corporation
Ten activities designed to engage children in arithmetic, estimation, measurement, problem-solving, and other important math skills in the context of ordinary life at home. These activities are designed for children ages 5-11 and their parents, and are
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- Backpack Project - Germantown Academy
Spurred by an orthopedic surgeon's report recommending how much weight a person should carry, teams of fifth and twelfth graders examined student backpack weights in relation to body weights in all three divisions of their school, weighing over 800 students
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- Behind the Numbers - Jonathan Sills; ESPN SportsZone
A monthly column that explores the gray area between math and sports and what happens when exact calculations meet the human, unpredictable factors that make sports so entertaining. A combinatoric and probabilistic analysis of changes in World Cup soccer
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- Biased Rectangles? - Carol Hattan et al., Park City Mathematics Institute
This classroom activity, a PCMI Resource for
Teachers, is an adaptation of a lesson from the NCTM Navigating through Data
Analysis in Grades 9-12, chapter 1, to be used with Fathom© rather than a
graphing calculator. The original "100 rectangles"
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- The Bigger They Are... - Jared Sliger; SCORE Mathematics
"Man, he really put his weight into that one!" "The only reason he gets more rebounds is because he is so tall!" "They don't cover him any more because he is so old, that is why he catches so many passes!" Are any of these statements legitimate? Students
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- Biomedical Time Series Analysis - Christina Kendziorski
Biomedical time series are sequences of observations recorded over time (a simple example would be hourly measurements of the blood pressure of a patient). These series of measurements exhibit characteristics of the systems and mechanisms that generate
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- Boil, Boil, Toil and Trouble: The International Boiling Point Project - Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE)
People from all over the world boil water at different elevations and post data to discover which factor in the experiment (room temperature, elevation, volume of water, or heating device) has the greatest influence on boiling point. Anyone can boil water,
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- Books that Compliment the Classroom - Mary-Ellen Musacchia, Little Red Hen Press
The Jelly Bean Parade is a story for children in Pre-K-3 about how jelly beans are made. The author writes, "The information presented keeps little ones interested and active in the story. After a read aloud, students can actively engage in: color identification,
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- Boomerang (SMILE) - Wilhelm L. Lilly, Kenwood Academy High School
A lesson for grades 4-12 designed to teach students to estimate angles in degrees and distances in feet or meters; collect data and analyze a histogram; and (optionally) study gyroscopic precession and aerodynamics. From the Recreational and Creative
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- BrainPOP Math - BrainPOP, LLC
Short animated films that are simple and easy to understand on elementary mathematics, as well as health, science, and technology. Films often accompanied by quizzes.
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- Bureau of Justice Statistics - U.S. Department of Justice
The BJS collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. Key statistics by topic; list of publications, with abstracts, many of
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- Bureau of Labor Statistics - Jo-Ann L. Yu
The BLS collects information on the U.S. labor force, the economy, etc. Includes "The Economy at a Glance," press releases with relevant statistics, timeseries of various data, regional data, various publications, and information about jobs in the bureau.
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- Buying My First Car - Bruce Hills, Jennifer Mendes; SCORE Mathematics
You will soon be in the position of getting your driver's license and looking for a car. In all of the excitement, you are faced with a number of decisions which need to be made before you actually purchase your car. Through this unit you will research
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- Calculating Free-throw Percentages - Robin Roberts; SCORE Mathematics
Time has run out in the big basketball game, and the score is tied. However, Up-State College has the ball with time out. You're the coach. Which players should you put into the game to give you the best chance of winning? One in a series of online interactive
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- California Here We Come! - Jeanine Hill; SCORE Mathematics
A trip across the USA. Each team will choose any state capital on the east coast as their starting point. They will travel west stopping at each state capital along the way and record miles traveled. Each student group will create a chart or table showing
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- Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) - Columbia University
A non-profit, non-governmental organization providing information to help scientists, decision-makers, and the public better understand their changing world. CIESIN specializes in global and regional network development, science data management, decision
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- Center for Space Research (CSR) - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
The CSR upports a broad range of space-related research by scientists in many departments. Current topics range from theoretical cosmology and astrophysics to laboratory and flight experiments and ground-based observations. Laboratory facilities include
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- Center for Technology and Teacher Education - Curry School of Education, University of Virginia
An interdisciplinary group that develops materials to prepare teachers to use technology to enhance and extend students' learning of mathematics. This site offers activities using graphing calculators, The Geometer's Sketchpad, Microsoft Excel, the ExploreMath.com
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- Central Service for Statistics and Economic Studies (STATEC) - Luxembourg
The agency for official statistics for the country of Luxembourg. Description of the agency and tables, graphs, and brief articles about key social and economic data available in English and German. More information may be found in the French version
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- CESAME Support Site for Investigations Discussions - CESAME, Brown University, Math Forum
A place to share ideas, questions, and experiences from teaching TERC's Investigations in Number, Data and Space at four levels: Grades K-1; 2-3; 4-5; and Special Needs Students. Discussion archives are searchable and browseable, and you may also join
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- CIESE Online Classroom Projects - Stevens Institute of Technology
Projects that use realtime data available from the Internet, and collaborative projects that use the Internet's potential to reach peers and experts around the world. The site lists currently sponsored projects by level, with an archive of past sponsored
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- Classroom Projects - TEAMS Distance Learning, Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE)
A site for teachers looking for a content area project or contest for the classroom. Join a TEAMS project or browse a list of projects and contests sponsored by other organizations. Extensive list of upcoming, current, ongoing, and completed projects
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- CLEO: Collaborative Learning Environments On-line (TERC) - Eric Hilfer; Testbed for Telecollaboration
Supports inquiry and collaboration in science and mathematics by publishing classroom investigations on the Web. It promotes the use of real data in the pursuit of research questions by giving students tools to share, analyze and discuss results, as well
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- Coin Flipping - Ken White
A page that allows you to gather data on virtual coin-flipping experiments. Includes access to data on past coin flipping and an article about coin flipping.
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- Coins, Art, and Math in North Bay - Ivars Peterson (MathTrek)
North Bay's Nipissing University hosted the annual meeting of the Ontario
Association for Mathematics Education, which attracted about 650 math teachers. As one of the featured speakers, I presented a talk on randomness. My examples included slot machines,
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- Combining Science and Mathematics in the Classroom Using Spreadsheets - Dawn M. Laning
A lesson plan involving the use of spreadsheets to investigate data analysis techniques with a set of data gathered in a chemistry experiment. Writeup from a class in mathematics education given by J. Wilson at the University of Georgia, fall 1997.
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- Computational Statistics with Applications - Prof. Hossein Arsham; University of Baltimore
Presents statistical concepts and tests as they are applied and implemented on commercial software packages such as SPSS and SAS, along with some introductory data analysis routines.
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- Computers and Math Teaching - Peter Hobson
Resources for year 11/12 maths (from Canberra, Australia). Worksheets for function sketching (using a computer to understand the shapes of functions); Spreadsheets for plotting data, to produce line graphs, pie charts, and histograms; Assessment materials;
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- ConquerMaths - Generic Maths, Ltd.
Fully online mathematics teaching system. 482 lessons with worksheets and
tests for ages 11 to 16. Money back guarantee offered. Also available from MathsOnlineTutor.com.
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- Cool Math Sites - Nina Heal
A links list in the following categories: puzzles, algebra, geometry, calculus, discrete math, statistics and probability, trigonometry and pre-calculus, books and reference, calculators and other technology, data, history, other links sites and internet-based
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- Corn Curriculum - National Corn Growers Association
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) has developed "Korn for Kids," which provides information related to corn, its diverse uses and impact on daily life. This page features the curriculum broken out by subject, including lessons for math and
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