A Collection of Web Sites with Mathematical Content
3/12/02
The following is a list of web sites with mathematical content. The list is not intended to be exhaustive. Rather, it is designed to give a feel for the range of materials available.
· JOMA: The Journal of Online Mathematics and its Applications
· The Connected Curriculum Project (CCP): Interactive materials for courses from precalculus to linear algebra, differential equations, and engineering mathematics. Most modules have discussion and instructions in web pages with downloadable computer algebra system worksheets for student exploration and reports. The following modules have filled-in Maple worksheets available temporarily:
Radioactive Decay (in Differential Calculus)
Equiangular Spirals (in Multivariable Calculus)
Logistic Growth Model (in Differential Equations)
Introduction to the One-Dimensional Heat Equation (in Engineering Mathematics -- there is no Maple file for this module)
· The Post CALC Project: These materials are designed for high school students who have finished a yearlong course in calculus, but still have time left in their high school career. The format is similar to the CCP materials, but these modules are considerably longer.
3. MERLOT: This is extensive project, part of the emerging National Science Digital Library (NSDL), contains materials that range across many disciplines.
4. iLumina: Another collection in the NSDL. This site has extensive metadata available on their entries. The material available covers biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, and physics. Use Internet Explorer to search this site.
5. NCTM Illuminations site: These materials are designed to illuminate the NCTM Standards. Click on Interactive Mathlets. Check out the Car and vector applet.
6. Virtual Laboratories in Probability and Statistics: This site was created by Kyle Siegrist at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. For now, scroll down to the bottom of the homepage and click on Applets. Check out the Interactive Histogram applet and the Dice Experiment Applet.
7. Demos with Positive Impact: This site was created by Dave Hill at Temple and Lila Roberts at Georgia Southern. While many of these materials require MatLab or other software, there are a number of animations available. For example, look at a Gallery of Volume Visualizations in Recent Additions.
8. Interactive Mathematics: This site is at Utah State.In the 9-12 Geometry section, check out
The Pythagorean Theorem and the Platonic solids
9. Math
Forum: One of the oldest web sites featuring mathematics, this site focuses
on materials and services for K-12.
10. Eisenhower
National Clearinghouse (ENC): A large site covering many disciplines
with emphasis on K-12.
11. MathWorld: An encyclopedic math site created by Eric Weisstein at Wolfram.
12. The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive: A rich site. Click on the Famous Curves Index and check out a couple of the curves.
13. Joe Yanik’s applets: Tom is at Emporia State University. Also, check out the information on the Java workshop at http://mathcsjava.emporia.edu/
14. Tom Leathrum’s applets: Tom is at Jacksonville State University.
15. Garrett Heath’s applets: Garrett is at the United States Military Academy.