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Math Links

Ask Dr. Math
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/dr-math.html
It can be used by Math teachers from elementary to college level and beyond.

Bubbles
http://bubbles.org/
It sounds a little fluffy, but this page looks very attractive and well-designed. It has everything you've ever wanted to know about bubbles.

Calculators On-Line Center

http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/RefCalculators.html
Visitors will find an amazingly thorough collection of calculators including mortgage calculators; 12 different retirement and benefits calculators; plus calculators for figuring equations related to agriculture, automobiles, games of chance, calendars, cameras, clothing and shoe size, Morse code, telephone traffic, cooking and beverage, distance, finance (including college financial aid); and more.

Digital Proceedings of the Organic Mathematics Workshop
http://www.cecm.sfu.ca/organics/
Papers are presented on such topics as Pfaff's Method, arithmetic properties of binomial coefficients, the Hirsch Conjecture, and differential equations, among others.

Escher's Art Museum
http://www.WorldOfEscher.com/

Euclid's Elements
http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/elements.html
This site was created to show how java applets (beta version) can be used to illustrate geometry. (That also helps to bring the Elements alive.)

Exploratorium Home Page
http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Visit electronic exhibits at the Exploratorium (located in the Palace Of Fine Arts in the Marina district of San Francisco).

Figure this                                                                           

http://www.figurethis.org/index.html                                                                               

Puzzles, word problems and mysteries

Franklin's Math Hotlist
http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/math.html

Geometry Illustrated
http://tqd.advanced.org/2918/geo/glossary.frameset.html
You can test your knowledge of geometry at this site by answering questions and then checking how correct you were. It has good information, but is a little difficult to navigate through.

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Geometry Information
http://www.geom.umn.edu/

Gopher files
gopher://archives.math.utk.edu:80/hGET%20/k12.html#lessonplans
K-12 Teaching Materials: Internet sites which contain significant collections of materials which can be used in the teaching of mathematics at the K-12 level.

History of Mathematics
http://www.escape.ca/~dcc/phys/humor_ma.html

Internet Center for Math Problems
http://www.mathpro.com/math/mathCenter.html
Contains useful exercises and math problems for use in all K-12 classrooms!

Live Shuttle Broadcasts
http://shuttle.nasa.gov/

Links from The Mathematics Archives
gopher://archives.math.utk.edu:80/hGET%20/k12.html
Links to Internet sites which contain significant collections of materials which can be used in the teaching of mathematics at the K-12 level.

Math Activities for Children & Families
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/LearnPtnrs/
SEVERAL MATH ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES are offered in "Let's Do Math," a one-pager produced by our Office of Educational Research & Improvement.

Math Center
http://www.eduplace.com/main.html
Houghton Mifflin Mathematics division has set up a web page designed for math educators, math students, and their parents.

Math Forum
http://www.forum.swarthmore.edu/

The Math Humor Page
http://www.escape.ca/~dcc/phys/humor_ma.html

Math Magic
http://mathforum.com/mathmagic/
The Math Magic Project is a weekly, live Internet project that invites students and teachers from all over the world to submit and complete math challenges in every grade level. This site has an archive of all past math challenges, so you will have a wealth of math materials to use for any and all grade levels.

Math Related Comics
http://www.csun.edu/~hcmth014/comicfiles/newcomics.html

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
http://www.nctm.org/

Purple Math                                                                                                  

www.purplemath.com  

Mostly algebra topics

Planet Pi
http://www.planetpi.8m.com
Fun!! All about Pi, plays music.

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Report on Mathematics in Industry
http://www.siam.org/mii/miihome.htm