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by Kan Li
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LHS Library
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Lawrence
High School Library
Lawrence, Kansas
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American
Institute of Physics: Center for history of physics
http://www.aip.org/history/
A mission of this institute is to preserve and make known the history
of modern physics and allied fields including astronomy, geophysics,
optics, and the like. |
Escher
and the Droste Effect
http://escherdroste.math.leidenuniv.nl/index.php?menu=intro
This project aims to visualize the mathematical structure behind
Escher's Print Gallery. |
Internet
Learning Network
http://www.getsmarter.org/index.cfm
"Internet Learning Network" provides an opportunity for middle and
high school students to see how their math & science skills measure
up against other students worldwide. The site offers tutorials,
practice opportunities, & reasons why math & science matter in the
world today. |
Math
Forum
http://mathforum.org
Drexel University
Reviewed 22 March 2004
The Math Forum at Drexel University is a comprehensive resource
for Math education assistance. The site contains hands-on web learning
tools, lesson plans, and activities for pre-kindergarten through
college courses. There is also a section, Teacher Two Teacher aimed
at parents as well as teachers who have questions about teaching
mathematics. Other helpful features are online lesson plans, divided
by grade, and the Internet Mathematics Library which contains links
to other math web sites. The Ask Dr. Math section is extremely helpful
for librarians who field a lot of homework help questions. There
is a searchable archive of answers to posted questions about mathematics
from students from elementary school through college. If the answer
can’t be found in the archive, then the question can be sent
to Dr. Math for a response.
Best Free Reference Web Sites 2004
Sixth Annual List
RUSA Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) |
Math
in Daily Life How Do Numbers Affect Everyday Decisions
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath/
When you buy a car, follow a recipe, or decorate your home,
you're using math principles. People have been using these same
principles for thousands—even millions—of years, across
countries and continents. Whether you're sailing a boat off the
coast of Japan or building a house in Peru, you're using math to
get things done. This site examines how numbers affect everyday
decisions. |
Math
in the Work Place
http://www.micron.com/k12/math/
If you teach it, they will learn--and maybe even use what they learn!
This web site puts math in its place--the workplace--and features
problems that demonstrate once and for all how students really can
use this stuff that we're teaching them in the classroom. Submitted
by companies as diverse as Hewlitt-Packard, the Boise Heart Clinic,
and Sawtooth Lumber Sales, these problems require students to apply
mathematics skills to real-world situations. Grade(s) 9 - 12 |
Measure
4 Measure
http://www.wolinskyweb.net/measure.htm
Measure for Measure is "a collection of interactive sites on
the web that estimate, calculate, evaluate, translate, etc.;"
i.e., it is a collection of links to sites that actually perform
calculations, doing the work for you. The site is divided into the
categories: "Science/Math," "Health," "Finance,"
and "A Measure of Everything Else." Some examples of the
calculators Measure 4 Measure links to include: Area Equivalents,
to convert between square units; Capacitance, to convert between
various units; calorie calculators and loan payment calculators.
There are even calendar calculators and converters to translate
dates between calendar systems. This site is updated and links are
checked frequently.
Best Free Reference Web Sites 2001
Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) of the Reference and
User Services Association (RUSA) of American Library Association |
MegaMath
http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/
"MegaMath" presents important mathematical ideas & allows students
& teachers to experience math in ways that it is experienced by
mathematicians & scientists. Through fun activities & real world
applications (tied to the NCTM standards), the project allows students
to see what mathematicians actually do. |
Powers
of Ten
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html
View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then
move through space towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude
until you reach a tall oak tree just outside the buildings of the
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida.
After that, begin to move from the actual size of a leaf into a
microscopic world that reveals leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus,
chromatin, DNA and finally, into the subatomic universe of electrons
and protons. |
Quick
Math
http://www.quickmath.com/
QuickMath is an automated service for answering common math problems
over the internet. Think of it as an online calculator that solves
equations and does all sorts of algebra and calculus problems -
instantly and automatically!
When you submit a question to QuickMath, it is processed by Mathematica,
the largest and most powerful computer algebra package available
today. The answer is then sent back to you and displayed on your
browser, usually within a couple of seconds. |
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