Math Topics

Lists of web sites categorized by subject areas within mathematics.

Pi

1. Famous problems in the history of mathematics: a Math Forum Project
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   Date: 1998 Grade(s): 6 - Post-Sec. Cost: Free ENC#: 013284
   This Internet site, designed for grades 6 to post secondary, explores the history and culture surrounding certain famous mathematics problems and their solutions. Problems include the Bridges of Konigsburg, the value of Pi, and famous paradoxes.
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2. Discovering the value of pi
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   Date: 2001 Grade(s): 6 - 10 Cost: Free ENC#: 019002
   This web site is designed to help students in grades 6 to 12 discover the value of pi by using an online applet. Students can work independently or in groups.
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3. Pi mathematics
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   Date: 1995 Grade(s): 5 - 8 Cost: Free ENC#: 004496
   Pi Mathematics, a collaborative project with the concept of pi as the focus, is a home page on the World Wide Web (WWW). This multidisciplinary project which includes math, history, English and thinking skills is designed for grades 5 to 8.
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4. Graphics for the calculus classroom
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   Date: 1994 Grade(s): 11 - Post-Sec. Cost: Free ENC#: 004507
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site contains excerpts from a collection of graphical demonstrations developed for first year calculus. Some of the topics possess animated sequences displaying the derivative of that function or a series of pictures depicting the derivation of a specific constant.
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5. Fibonacci numbers and the golden section
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   Date: 1996 Grade(s): 7 - Post-Sec. Cost: Free ENC#: 011674
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained by the University of Surrey in England, is devoted to looking at the Fibonacci numbers, their properties and occurrences in nature, and related number theory topics. Puzzles with answers involving the Fibonacci numbers and a page with examples of the Fibonacci numbers in art, architecture, and music are included.
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6. Infinite secrets
   Date: 2003 Grade(s): 6 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 100908
   This NOVA web site describes the recent discovery of the Archimedes palimpsest, a tenth-century copy of an ancient Greek manuscript, and examines the meaning of infinity. It offers students the opportunity to learn about mathematics history and to see how the understanding of infinity has developed through the centuries.
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7. Approximating pi
   Date: 2003 Grade(s): 6 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 100906
   This web page features mathematical information about Archimedes' successful approach to finding an approximation to pi and an interactive manipulative that replicates the approach. The user can approximate pi as a number between the lengths of the perimeters of two polygons, one inscribed inside a circle and one circumscribed around the circle.
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8. Simpsonmath.com
   Date: 2003 Grade(s): 7 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 029268
   This Internet site uses the popular television show The Simpsons to introduce important mathematical concepts to students in an approach designed to reduce students' math anxieties. The site offers a number of printable classroom activity sheets that are based on math references taken from past episodes of The Simpsons.
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9. Pi Day (grades 6-12)
   Date: 2001 Grade(s): 6 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 100077
   This resource was developed to help middle school and high school teachers celebrate Pi Day, March 14, with their students. The resource begins with brief information on the significance and history of pi and continues with creative ideas for commemorating Pi Day.
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10. Estimation of pi
    Date: 1998 Grade(s): 9 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 101006
    This applet can help students visualize how the distribution of 250 randomly generated points on a circle inscribed within a square may be used to approximate pi. The experimental space is similar to a dartboard.
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