Interesting Links for MTE 210

• Some famous mathematicians we may encounter in this course:
  • Cantor
  • John Conway (who invented the Doomsday calendar algorithm)
  • Eratosthenes
  • Euclid
  • Fermat
  • Fibonacci
  • Gauss
  • Germain
  • Goldbach
  • Mersenne
  • Noether
  • Pascal
  • Poincare
  • Polya
  • Robinson
  • Scott
  • Venn

• an important document about the mathematical education of teachers (can be read on-line or downloaded)

• a random mathematical quotation

• the hundred greatest theorems in mathematics

• the post office's rate calculator functions (you need to choose which kind of item you want to mail, such as a letter)

• a highly recommended on-line math magazine aimed at students 16 years old and up

• a fantastic site of virtual manipulatives

• mathematician trading cards; here's Gauss (and an index to lots more)

• Neat math demos

• There are some great math songs by Tom Lehrer. Here is the new math song (wait for the audio to start).

• Here is the math site from the Michigan Department of Education. One site you can get to with a few clicks from there is an interesting set of views on reform in mathematics education.

• Here are some interesting assessments for math at various levels.

• Here are lots of definitions of mathematical terms.

• If you have the facility to view pdf files, take a look at this review of an important book about the mathematical understanding of elementary school teachers in the US and China (Liping Ma, Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States, 1999).

• On-line poster for Math Awareness Month (April, 2005).

• Home page for a math-related crime drama on CBS, called Numb3rs.

• A site of advice for parents about mathematics education.

• A site from the New York regents exam, with lots of good math information for K-12 students. (Here is a similar one.)

• A new television series in which mathematics is used to solve crimes (no, you can't watch this for extra credit, but it might be fun to watch anyway).

• Math fun facts.

• A really interesting site on pupils' perception of mathematicians.

• A website from the Girl Scouts about an advertising campaign "to encourage girls to develop an early interest in math, science, and technology and, ultimately, maintain that interest as they mature to ensure a more diverse, dynamic, and productive workforce."

• A site for converting between different bases.

• A nice site about powers of ten in the real world, combining math and science.

• A monthly essay on a mathematical topic from the American Mathematical Society.

• A site from the University of Missouri with some on-line math tests to assess your knowledge in various areas.

• A site about the math portion of the MEAP.

• Information about the Russian peasant algorithm.

• A site from Ole Miss with elementary level brain-teasers.

• Nick's Mathematical Miscellany, a wonderfully rich site of math link, including some good problems.

• Here is something cute about prime numbers and baseball, related to an item on Test #2 in Fall, 1998 and 2002.

• Here is a good general site about prime numbers.

• Here is a site about the setting of Thanksgiving as the fourth Thursday of November.

• Mathematical cartoons.

• PBS Mathline, which they describe as "a teacher resource service of public television utilizing the power of telecommunications to provide quality resources and services to teachers of mathematics grades, K-12. Using a blend of technologies including online communications and video, MATHLINE brings the most recent advances in instructional techniques to teachers across the country. Through participation in MATHLINE, teachers collaborate to make important decisions about their teaching."

• a great site on math and math education called MegaMath

• an essay about math education that everyone needs to read

• a problem of the week site from University of Mississippi

• the math section of the Michigan Teacher Network

• a site called Who's Counting?, with some interesting columns about mathematics applications in the real world

• a group you should join: The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

• a math-help site called mathnerds, which you can use in two ways: either ask questions yourself for things you're having trouble with in this course, or, better yet, become a volunteer answerer for questions from elementary school kids (this will earn extra credit)

• another group you should look at: The Michigan Council of Teachers of Mathematics (MCTM). They have some good links to math and math education sites, especially those related to Michigan (e.g., the state's Core Curriculum for Mathematics).

• still another group you should look at: The Detroit Area Council of Teachers of Mathematics (DACTM). They have some good activities and a newsletter. You might want to attend their fall conference.

• an on-line copy of the NCTM Standards, with reading assignments for this course, week by week

• a site for an on-line course in symbolic logic at OU

• a neat interactive site for things like graphing functions

• a Canadian site on math

• lesson plans for using articles from the New York Times in teaching math

• an on-line paper about Venn diagrams

• a fun puzzle; the goal is to get all the green frogs to the right and brown frogs to the left

• lots of links on the Yahoo web page devoted to K-12 math education

• a wonderful math eduation website that everyone should explore

• a cute site about pi (find your birthdate or any other string of digits in the decimal expansion of pi = 3.14159...)

• an article about ethnomathematics and a way to find out more about the debate on these issues; see also the home page of the International Study Group on Ethnomathematics

• a very complete site on calendars. Here are some more: one, two, three. And here is a fun site for figuring out how old you are (in days, minutes, and so on), with cute graphics.

• sites on math symbols (history of their use) and math words

• an interesting list of common errors made by math students at various levels

• a set of links to some good math sites. This is part of a very nice site on the history of mathematics.

• a report on a study (the Third International Mathematics & Science Study -- TIMSS), which found that U.S. 12th-graders' performance "was among the lowest of the participating countries in mathematics & science general knowledge, physics & advanced mathematics."

• a report on mathematical preparation for elementary school teachers

• the Figure This web site, billed as "Math Challenges for Familiies". Can you get them all?

• math in the movies -- self-explanatory

• more math in the movies

• a site called Do Math, which includes some good links

• A description of some interesting mathematical games, about which I gave a talk at the Detroit Area Council of Teachers of Mathematics meeting in Plymouth, October 31, 1998.

• Try these websites on problem-solving strategies: one, two, three, four

• Some web-based math games (e.g., played on a donut) can be found here. Click on 2D games to start.

• Here is another site on mathematical games and recreations.

• Here is another game you can enjoy.

• Here is a site of math puzzles of all sorts. Here is another.

• The public radio program Car Talk has a weekly puzzle, which if often mathematical in nature. Click here for their puzzle page.

You might also find some of the links I give on my MTE 405 class page interesting. Click here. (A lot of them overlap with what's here, of course.) Or try the similar page for MTE 211.