NCTM

Conference Notes 2001

Power Point.

Web Sites

NCTM Illuminations:    http://illuminations.nctm.org/pages/912.html
    (Web site 

The Math Forum:    http://www.mathforum.org/
    (Sponsored by Swarthmore, lots of resources, Problem of the Week, etc.)

The New York Times:    http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/mathematics.html
    (Lesson plans using current events.)

The Gateway:    http://www.thegateway.org/
    (Huge searchable database of lesson plans)

PBS: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/math.htm
    (Great resource for lesson plans and information.)

Texas Instruments:    http://www.education.ti.com/
    (Information and Lessons about using calculators.)

MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive:    http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/

Investigating Patterns:    http://www.camosun.bc.ca/~jbritton/jbsymteslk.htm

Data Sources:    http://www.keypress.com/fathom/Data_Sets.html
    (Key Curriculum Press, Data Sets)

Math Webquests:    http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/NCTM00/examples.html

Multicultural Mathematics:    http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/multmath.html

The Spreadsheet as a Tool for Mathematics:    http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/ssdemo.htm

Express Lessons & Online Resources for K-12:    www.NASAexplores.com

Online Store & Gallery of Mathematical Art:    www.mathartfun.com

Teacher Education Materials Database:    www.te-mat.org
    (A resource for K-12 mathematics and science professional development providers)

"The Cruncher":    www.foxsports.com/business/#
    (This will list salaries of top 3 people in each sport, help calculate $ per completion, etc.)

Exeter Academy:    

http://math.exeter.edu/dept/problems/materials.html

    (Example math problems from Exeter's curriculum which is based on problem solving.)

ENC, Eisenhower National Clearinghouse:    www.enc.rog
    (A comprehensive site supporting mathematics and science education and the use of technology in the classroom.)

        ENC's Digital Dozen:    www.enc.org/classroom/index.htm
            (A monthly collection of outstanding web sites for teaching and learning mathematics and science.)

                Representations for Algebra

                    Slope-Intercept:    

                     http://www.exploremath.com/activities/activity_list.cfm?categoryID=3

                   Translation of Functions:    http://archives.math.utk.edu/visual.calculus/0/shifting.4/index.html

                   System of Two Quadratic Inequalities:        

                    http://exploremath.com/activities/Activity_page.cfm?ActivityID=30

                Representations for Geometry

                    The Shapes Lab:    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/shapes.html

                    Grid Area of a Circle:    http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/java/default.xml?applet=GridView.class

                    Ratio of Areas:    http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/geo/ratioAB/ratioAB.html

                    Angles of a polygon:    http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/exner/java.f/angleobject/

                    Pythagorean Theorem:    a visual proof:    http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/geo/pythasvn/pythasvn.html

                                                           an animated proof:    http://www.utc.edu/~cpmawata/instructor/tsukuba7.htm

                    The Hypercube:    http://www.keypress.com/sketchpad/java_gsp/hypercube.html

TI Interactive - latest from Texas Instruments - software that allows you to put your calculator on the computer 

   http://education.ti.com/product/software/tii/down/demo/demo1.html

Zome Geometry  -  a set of tools to build polygons, prisms, pyramids and polyhedra.  This site offers a construction of the month and correction to the book of activities utilizing the set.

 http://www.georgehart.com/zomebook/corrections-additions.html

TI Emulator  - download for your computer to emulate your calculator.  Requires purchase of a graph link

http://www.technoplaza.net/programming/index.cgi?p=vti

Mathematics site of Henri Piciotti which covers topics of Algebra, Geometry and Trig.  http://www.picciotto.org/math-ed/index.html