- 10th Grade Math Assignments - Richard Briston
A math teacher designs Web pages to serve as monthly math assignments, and as an introduction to the Internet and e-mail for his students at St.Mildred's-Lightbourn School in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Student solutions are included for some assignments.
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- The 14 Different Types of Convex Pentagons that Tile the Plane - Ed Pegg, Jr.
Diagrams of the 14 types, sources, and links to related pages on the Web.
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- 42eXplore - Annette Lamb and Larry Johnson
Web projects that offer definitions, activities, four good starting points, and many more links and resources for thematic topics such as charts and graphs; codes, ciphers and secret messages; fractals, tessellations, geometric shapes, and figures; number
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- 4 By 8 Ergodic Cycle - Ernest V. Miliauskas
A cycle of 14 symmetric arrays. An iteration rule was performed on each array
beginning with Array-1, shuffling it into Array-2, Array-2 into Array-3, and so on until the return of Array-1. Similar arrays of greater dimensions such as those illustrated
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- Alex Bateman's Origami Page
Models by Alex Bateman, Dino Andreozzi, Nick Robinson, and a duck by Edwin Corrie. Includes directions for folding some origami tessellations: square dance, honeycomb, linked circles. Spirals based on Voderberg's tilings, tessellations based on 6.3.6.3
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- Algebra (Seeing is Believing) - De Silva, D'Andreti; ThinkQuest 1997
An algebra tutorial, comprising: mathematical numbers; real number system; numerical representations in algebra (algebraic expressions); algebraic techniques (factoring); quadratic equations and inequalities; graphing (coordinate systems, conic sections,
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- Alphabet Geometry - Jamie Tubbs, MisterTeacher.com
Learn about geometry by looking at letters. Included are interactive Flash movies on transformations, angles, and similar letters. Movies on parallel and perpendicular lines are planned.
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- Amsterdam Tessellation Projects - M. Hos-McGrane
Student tessellations created using the software program Tesselmania, inspired by a class trip to the Escher Exhibition in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Analysis & Knowledge - Sanford Aranoff
Download data analysis software, such as Patterns, which analyzes and charts trends in stock market using Andrews concepts. See also this former Rutgers University physics professor and current high school educator's thoughts on teaching and help file
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- Anisohedral Tilings Page - John Berglund
Tilings and tessellatings with 2-anisohedral and other isohedral tilings. With explanations and a bibliography. Berglund's JavaSketchpad applets include circles in a lattice shape; affine polygons, which extends Napoleon's theorem from a triangle to a
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- Arabesco
- Hasan Isawi
Freehand designs elaborated with Autocad and Photoshop to create arabesque images. Site is in Italian.
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- Archimedes' Laboratory - Gianni A. Sarcone and Marie J. Waeber
Archimedes' Laboratory invents, creates, and develops hands-on thinking games which help teach mathematical applications. They also create and manufacture original educational manipulatives and puzzles to support promotional activities. The resources
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- Art and Math: How Are They Related? (What Good is Math?) - Peck, Rosser, Pifer; Univ. of Richmond
Almost any artist could tell you that there is some kind of mathematical or symmetrical pattern involved in creating pictures. Art doesn't necessarily require addition, subtraction, division, or multiplication. There is, however, a great need for geometric
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- Artlandia Kaleidoscope - Artlandia, Inc.
A fully interactive program based on and available free with the purchase of the software program Artlandia (requires Mathematica 3.0 or higher; available for all platforms that run Mathematica). It
is as easy to use as an ordinary kaleidoscope - create
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- Artlandia - Software for Programmable Creative Graphic Design - Artlandia, Inc.
A Mathematica-based application for artistic interpretation of data and creating mathematical and algorithmic art. The software provides a selection of tools for constructing geometrical objects from numerical arrays, distributing geometric shapes over
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- Artlandia SymmetryWorks - Artlandia, Inc.
A plug-in for Adobe Illustrator that automates creation of surface designs and ornaments based on seventeen wallpaper groups.
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- Association of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM)
An association for all those concerned with mathematics education in primary schools, secondary schools, further education, special education, colleges, and universities, based in the U.K., that aims to support the teaching and learning of mathematics
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- Bee Alert - University of Montana
Bees and portable computers can now be used to assess environmental hazards through the development of electronic hives, toxicological models, extensive databases, and pattern-recognizing software that help assess risks posed by metals, radiation, carcinogenic
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- Beyond the Block: Tessellating Patterns - Linda Hampton Schiffer
An article about using tessellations in quilt design.
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- A Bibliography of Mathematics Education - Paul Ernest, University of Exeter, U.K.
A 1994 electronic bibliography prepared for students at the University of Exeter, U.K. Contents: Society, Diversity And Mathematics Education; The Learning Of Mathematical Topics; The Psychology Of Learning Mathematics; Teaching Approaches And Resources
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- Biography of M. C. Escher - Thames and Hudson's Escher Interactive
A biography of the well-known, early 20th century artist. Escher's work is famous today for the imaginary worlds he created. He combined bizarre creatures and spatial illusions with craftsmanship and love of detail. Born in Holland in 1898, the son of
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- Bits and Bytes - Brian Metcalfe, Editor; Winnipeg School Division No. 1
A K-12 education newsletter distributed throughout Winnipeg School Division No. 1 since October 1984. Its focus is to provide educators with tips and techniques to help them integrate technology to enhance learning in their classrooms. The site includes
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- Border Pattern Gallery - John Wolfe; Geometric Structures Class, Oklahoma State University
A gallery developed as a class project: creating and classifying border patterns (also called frieze or band patterns) provides an engaging introduction to symmetry for students of all ages. Examples and explanations for seven different border types.
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- Brainwave - Wognum Art
Ten visual puzzles, to test your visual and reasoning skills. Most have to do with symmetry recognition. There is a "top 5% brain" award to those who earn ten "smart bulbs."
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- Bridges Conference - Reza Sarhangi and Simon Luhur
Information on the annual international BRIDGES Conference: Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science. The main page features information on the current conference. Bridges in Pictures shows previous conference exhibits and participants. The
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- The Butterfly Website Picture Galleries - Matrix Graphics Corporation
Symmetry in nature: butterfly and moth images from a variety of sources. In most cases, a small picture is included for speed of transmission, and a larger picture is available by clicking on the small picture.
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- Cabri for the Classroom - Katarzyna Winkowska-Nowak, Florida Atlantic University
Classroom applications of the Cabri dynamic geometry software package: Java applets, figures, and Microsoft Word documentation, organized into science and art applications, tessellations, fractals, examples of famous curves, and advanced topics such as
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- The Calculus of Origami - Josh Knowles and Sean Owen
A mathematical exploration of origami. The rules lay out definitions and describe constructions; the problems and solutions include step-by-step instructions for folding triangles, pentagons, hexagons, octagons, golden rectangles, 5-pointed stars, 6-pointed
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- The California Math Show - Susan Addington; The Geometry Center
A portable, interactive math exhibit based on the idea of symmetry. Visitors are encouraged to sit down and do things: build symmetric polyhedra out of snap-together pieces, make symmetric patterns with pattern blocks, stencils, rubber stamps, computer
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- Cayley Quilt Maker - Scott Lopez, Dr. Laurie Burton
Use this applet to create colorful posters based on modular arithmetic operations tables by painting their own pattern replacements. Select a number of tiles, fill any tile background, and paint on the tile, then select an arrangement and make a quilt.
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- Centennial Congress on M. C. Escher: 1898-1998
The year 1998 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of M.C. Escher (1898-1972). To celebrate the legacy of this remarkable artist, a congress was held at the University of Rome on 24-26 June, 1998, followed by a conference in Ravello (a small town
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- Center for Geometry Analysis Numerics and Graphics (GANG) - Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst
An interdisciplinary Differential Geometry research team. The GANG Geometry Archive is an on-line library of papers, preprints, images, animations and software connected with their research. The Library includes: Knot (energy-minimizing knots and links);
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- Center for Technology and Teacher Education - Curry School of Education, University of Virginia
An interdisciplinary group that develops materials to prepare teachers to use technology to enhance and extend students' learning of mathematics. This site offers activities using graphing calculators, The Geometer's Sketchpad, Microsoft Excel, the ExploreMath.com
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- Charlotte and the World Wide Web - Santrach, Carpenter, Young, Young; The Geometry Center
An introduction to the World Wide Web, its potentials, and links to some geometry software (The Geometer's Sketchpad, Tesselmania, Geometric Golfer, Kali, Kaleidotile), for secondary school educators. A final project created for Math 5337, Technology
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- Classification of Patterns - Brown-Herbst, Donnelly, Stratton, Anderson-Nielsen; The Geometry Center
Materials about symmetry and classification of repeating patterns for students in grades 7-10 using wallpaper patterns, to be used as either an introduction or a review: a classroom-ready source of information. A final project created for Math 5337, Technology
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- Clusters and Decagons - Ivars Peterson - Science News Online
A novel pattern made up of overlapping, 10-sided tiles may serve as a model of how atoms arrange themselves into a quasicrystalline structure.
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- Coloring Penrose Tiles - Ivars Peterson (MathTrek)
One set of Penrose tilings consists of a pair of diamond-shaped figures--one fat and one skinny. Attempts to color such Penrose diamond tilings led some people to conjecture that three colors suffice. Now, mathematicians Tom Sibley of Saint John's University
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- Computer Art and Tessellations - Hans Kuiper
A site about tessellations (tiles, tessels or regular patterns), infinity pictures, optical art, Islamic art, optical illusions, auto stereograms, company logos, quilt patterns and palindromes. Figures, patterns, textures and wallpaper drawings inspired
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- Computer Generated Islamic Star Patterns - Craig S. Kaplan
Islamic star patterns are a beautiful and highly geometric art form whose original design techniques are lost in history. This site describe one procedure for constructing them based on placing radially-symmetric motifs in a formation dictated by a tiling
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- Connect with Music - Finn, Rudolph, O'Malley, Frankel, Ordway, and Langol
Thirty free interdisciplinary lesson plans that use multimedia, music, and technology to aid in the instruction of Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science at the middle school level. Lesson plans include comprehensive scoring rubrics, links to standards
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- Constructing Semi-Regular Tilings - Kevin Mitchell
A document based on a talk given at the Spring 1995 Meeting of the Seaway Section of the Mathematical Association of America. Contents include: Introduction and Historical Background; Notation and Definitions; General Theorems; Hyperbolic Results; and
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- coolmath.com: Cool Math - Karen
A searchable "amusement park of mathematics" for exploring math: functions, tessellations, polyhedra, limits, logs, fractals (with galleries), puzzles and problems, fun with numbers, how to succeed in math, careers in math. Also Cool Links for Math for
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- Cool Math Sites - Nina Heal
A links list in the following categories: puzzles, algebra, geometry, calculus, discrete math, statistics and probability, trigonometry and pre-calculus, books and reference, calculators and other technology, data, history, other links sites and internet-based
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- Coordinates and similar figures - Mark Motyka, Math League Multimedia
Definitions and illustrations: What is a coordinate?; Similar figures; Congruent figures; Rotation; Reflection; Folding; Symmetric figure.
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- Course Project Suggestions (Geometry and the Imagination) - Conway, Doyle, Gilman, Thurston; The Geometry Center
An list of suggestions for projects in geometry, topology, symmetry, making geometric solids, calendars, spherical and hyperbolic trigonometry, puzzles, models, etc. Projects were to be exhibited at the Geometry Fair at the end of the course.
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- Courseware developed by faculty at Saint Louis University - Mike May, editor
Maple worksheets for courses in single- and multi-variable calculus, linear algebra, abstract algebra, and cryptography and coding theory may be downloaded here. There are also calculus programs for the TI-82 and TI-85 calculators (formatting may be
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- Creative Ideas from Ellison: Math - Ellison Educational Equipment Inc.
A list of creative math teaching ideas that use the Ellison Machine, which
cuts stock paper into a variety of shapes, letters, and numbers. Among the dozens of math ideas: What Comes Next Sequencing, Train Time, Mathematical Pie, Multiplication Fact
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- Crib Sheets - Parents Online
Guides to educational jargon, teaching methods, and "the strange things
children may bring back from school as homework." "Other crib sheets" for math, written for parents in the United Kingdom, offer explanations, examples, lesson plan sketches, and
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- Cube Blocks - Hop David
A discussion of an invention by the Japanese inventor Yamamoto: a rectangular solid tessellation toy similar to Legos. The author believes that Yamamoto's idea combined with his own would make a toy more powerful than Legos.
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- Dartmouth Project for Teaching Engineering Problem Solving - Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College
Engineering problem solving is a framework for bringing problems of the real world into the curriculum. This site shows how teachers have used it successfully with all levels of students. Project modules for calculus, precalculus, and geometry as well
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