- AdventureOnline.com - Learning Outfitters, Inc.
Interdisciplinary curricula that use the Web to connect students to expeditions from around the world, creating motivating, real-time materials for K-12 classrooms. Thematic content includes traditional and online lessons, games, quizzes, research stations,
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- Aerodynamics: The Mathematical Implications - Hermine Smikle - Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
An attempt to develop a unit in mathematics that will provide topics for students interested in the aviation trades. The unit can be used to cover all areas of mathematics from areas in geometry sectors to basic addition of fraction and decimal numbers.
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- All Aboard! - Melanee Stearns, Libby Humason; SCORE Mathematics
Students take a "train trip" to a city of their choice. They should have prior experience with telling time, reading charts and maps, using compass directions (NSEW), and calculating distances on a map. Upon completion of this activity, students will
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- Ancient Mathematics - SunSITE's Vatican Exhibit; Library of Congress
Math history: math and astronomy in the ancient world. Greek Mathematics, Ptolemy's Geography, Greek Astronomy. Scholarship supported science in this world where faith and science were not yet seen as two irreconcilable cultures. Euclid (Elements, Optics);
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- Calculate the Distance Between Two Places - infoplease.com
How far is it from one place in the U.S. to another? As you type, this form automatically completes the names of populated places, schools, "locales," parks, islands, bars, lakes, reservoirs, bays, gaps, dams, glaciers, streams, wells, mines, bends, valleys,
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- California Here We Come! - Jeanine Hill; SCORE Mathematics
A trip across the USA. Each team will choose any state capital on the east coast as their starting point. They will travel west stopping at each state capital along the way and record miles traveled. Each student group will create a chart or table showing
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- Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - Hong Kong SAR Government Information Centre
The statistics collection department of the Hong Kong Government. Key geographic, climate, population, and socioeconomic data, press releases, other publications, and an overview of the department. Frequently requested timeseries are available online
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- Central Service for Statistics and Economic Studies (STATEC) - Luxembourg
The agency for official statistics for the country of Luxembourg. Description of the agency and tables, graphs, and brief articles about key social and economic data available in English and German. More information may be found in the French version
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- Decision Making Information - Model Education Systems Associates: MESA, Inc.
MESA specializes in the development, implementation and use of decision support systems and related quantitative information resources, especially quantitative tools for research, evaluation and policy analysis directed toward children and their living
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- Distance Calculator Between Cities - Dan Gallagher
Enter two cities or countries and this CGI illustrates them on a scaled political map, calculates the distance between the two locations in miles and kilometers, and provides information about latitude, longitude, bearing, and airports. All latitude and
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- Eagle Geocoding - ETAK, The Digital Map Company
Input an address and the Eagle Geocoder will return the following data: full Zip Code, latitude and longitude, County, Urbanized Area Code, Population Density, Minor Civil Division, Place, Tract, and BlockGroup. You may also request a map with the address
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- Encarta Online - Microsoft Corporation
Browse or search for math lessons and activities for K-12 students and teachers, from problem solving to probability and more.
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- Engauge Digitizer - Mark Mitchell
Software that takes a digital graph or map, and converts it into numbers. Engauge Digitizer automatically traces curves of line plots and matches points of point plots; handles cartesian, polar, linear and logarithmic graphs; supports drag-and-drop and
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- Eratosthenes Finds Diameter of Earth! - Dennis P. Donovan, Rice University
Students learn to estimate the diameter and circumference of the Earth by repeating Eratosthenes' experiment, exchange measured data and results, and use the Internet to research the mathematical and scientific contributions of Eratosthenes.
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- The Event Inventor - Kye Ewing
Science, math, and technology explorations with no experience necessary. (Explorations can often be done by older children with no help.) Make your own quadrant and cross staff and explore the world around you - measuring heights of buildings or trees
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- The Excellent Adventure - Shawsheen Valley Technical High School, Billerica, MA
A math-based cross-curricular site where students take a trip from Philadelphia down the East coast to Disney World, with several required stops and activities along the way. A teacher's guide, worksheets, and activities are provided: students figure
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- Exploring Data - Math Forum/USI
Pages for finding and displaying data sets, designed to support workshops on statistics given by the Math Forum for the Urban Systemic Initiative in Philadephia and San Diego. Included are: links by level to relevant statistics Standards (NCTM, California,
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- Exquisite Excursions - Julie Higginbotham; SCORE Mathematics
Students locate 6 cities, one on each of the 6 major continents. They find distance for each leg of their journey, convert to percents, use a time zone map, and convert to foreign currencies. They estimate the circumference of the earth and find the range,
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- The Four Color Theorem - Robertson, Sanders, Seymour, Thomas; Georgia Tech
A brief summary of a new proof of the Four Color Theorem, with a four-coloring algorithm found by Neil Robertson, Daniel P. Sanders, Paul Seymour and Robin Thomas, illustrated using a map of the United States. Contents: History; Why a new proof?; Outline
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- GEO Gateway - NASA, John C. Stennis Space Center
A portal to information about Geographical Information Systems, Global Positioning Systems, and remote sensing. Sections for teachers, students, and professionals, as well as a bare-bones facts section for everyone. A National Workforce Development Education
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- Geometry In Action - David Eppstein, Theory Group, ICS, UC Irvine
A collection of applications of computational geometry: areas in which ideas from discrete and computational geometry (meaning mainly low-dimensional Euclidean geometry) meet some real world applications, with brief descriptions of those applications
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- Geophysics - Dave Rusin; The Mathematical Atlas
A short article designed to provide an introduction to geophysics: applications typically involve material in Mechanics and Fluid mechanics, but for large-scale problems (this subject deals with a very big solid and a large pool of fluid).
With the advent
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- George Washington: Surveyor and Mapmaker - Library of Congress
An essay on George Washington's lifelong association with geography and cartography, "Tracing the Maps in George Washington's Life" contains the chapters Washington as Public Land Surveyor - Boyhood and Beginnings; Washington as Public Land Surveyor -
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- Getting the Goods on Graphing (SMILE) - Velma Elois Rouse, DeWitt Clinton School
A lesson designed to teach students to identify and graph ordered pairs in the coordinate plane; write the coordinates of points shown on a plane; and create designs or pictures using ordered pairs. From the Graphs and Visuals section of a collection
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- GirlTECH - Cynthia Lanius; Center for Research on Parallel Computation (CRPC)
GirlTECH is a teacher training and student council program that encourages young women to pursue careers in mathematics and science, offering intensive technology training to explore innovative teaching strategies for gender equity in the classroom through
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- Great Circle Mapper - Karl L. Swartz
Enter two locations on Earth (latitude and longitude, or airport codes) and see a map depicting the great circle path between them and a computation of the distance along that path. The Great Circle Mapper also displays the area within a given range of
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- Historical Developments of the Aircraft Industry with Mathematical Applications - Hermine E. Smikle - Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
A unit written as an enrichment lesson for students in basic geometry or geometry; also, the section on spherical geometry can be used in an Algebra II Trigonometry class as an extension or an introduction to spherical geometry. It includes an introduction
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- The history of cartography
- MacTutor Math History Archives
Linked essay on how map making has played an important role in the development of mathematics.
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- How Far Is It? - Bali Online
This service uses data from the U.S. Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them (as the crow flies). It also provides a map showing the two
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- How Much Further? (What Good is Math?) - Peck, Rosser, Pifer; University of Richmond
A way to use math when driving on vacation - how long will it take to get to your destination? From What Good is Math?, a site designed to show middle school students how math is useful in their everyday lives.
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- Institute of Mathematical Geography (IMaGe) - Sandra Lach Arlinghaus
Archives of SOLSTICE: An Electronic Journal of Geography and Mathematics. Chapters, notes, and book reviews dating from 1986, in variously jpg, pdf, html, or simple text formats. Sample articles include "Extension of Barr's Problem to the Set of Platonic
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- Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE)
The Brazilian agency that collects statistical and geographic information. "Brazil in Brief," short articles with graphs and/or data tables for key socioeconomic topics; the "Minimum National Social Data Set," a set of information following United Nations
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- Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI) - Mexico
The government agency that provides statistical and geographic information for the country of Mexico. Introduction to Mexico; tables, articles, and maps of geographic, population, and economic information; structure and modernization of the department.
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- Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) - República de Bolivia
El Instituto tiene las funciones de: estudiar, compilar y difundir la información estadística de Bolivia. Introducciones de Bolivia y INE; Resumen Estadístico de Bolivia; Informacíion Estadística y Geográfica;
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- Knowledge Adventure
A developer and publisher of interactive multimedia products for kids and educators. Products include the Blaster Series (Math, Spelling, Writing, Reading), Fisher-Price Ready for School, JumpStart activities for elementary grades, and Kaplan Higher Scores
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- Latitude/Longitude Distance Calculation - Chris Michels
Calculate the distance between two points on the earth given their latitudes and longitudes. Choose the units for results: statute miles, nautical miles, or kilometers. With links for determining the latitude and longitude of places using a GPS, of a
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- Latitude/Longitude Position Finder - Juggling Information Service
Identify the latitude and longitude position of any point within the contiguous United States by clicking on the map to zoom in on the area.
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- Learning Exchange for Teachers and Students through InterNet (LETSNet) - College of Education, Michigan State University
A collection of interdisciplinary lesson plans - math units, activities and resources including: Earth Day Trash Survey (K-12); Fat Counting (1-6); Destination: Anywhere (4-6); Fact Checking the News (7-12); What's for Dinner?; Food Pyramid (1-6); Bon
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- Let's Have a Field Day! (ITDC Webquest) - Noelle Kreider, Rialto Unified School District
A lesson plan in which sixth grade students are asked to plan a field day for their class. Some of the integrated skills include using an almanac to assist in decision making, using and interpreting weather sources, and reading and drawing maps, and basic
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- Let's Take a Trip - G. Carney
Students use the Internet to find the distance from their home city to another city; decide how many miles they could travel in one day; find places of interest to visit along the way to their final destination; and describe in a daily journal the places
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- Life by the Numbers - WQED Pittsburgh
Materials from the Public Broadcasting System seven-part miniseries Life by the Numbers, hosted and narrated by actor Danny Glover. Each unit has four parts: Start Here, Meet the Experts, About the Show, and Math Stuff, with QuickTime videos and Shockwave
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- Locating Points Using Cartesian Coordinates (SMILE) - Mercedes Rodriguez, Clemente Community Academy High School
A lesson designed to teach students to give the coordinates of a point; to plot a point given its coordinates; and to use the coordinate system in locating places on the map. From the Graphs and Visuals section of a collection of almost 200 single concept
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- Macpurity's Earth Science, Geodesy and Geophysics web site - John W. Robbins
A site with information in the areas of Potential Theory, Theoretical Geodesy, Theoretical Geophysics and Celestial Mechanics and Dynamics.
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- Magic Squares: Math, History, Geography - Suzanne Alejandre
Designed primarily for middle school and older elementary school students, this Math Forum Web unit includes classroom activities for four different squares: Lo Shu, Sator, Dürer, and Franklin, three of them demonstrating increasing complexity using
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- Maps and Compasses - Helen Weil; Dept. of Education, State of Queensland, Australia
Curriculum support and a source of information, activities, resources, assessment, and problems on navigation, land measurement, and applied geometry. Main headings include: Compasses and Bearings; Maps and Charts; Orienteering; Coastal Navigation; Air
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- Maps & Graphs - Lesson Ideas: Math; Teachnet.Com
Line Graphs of Weather Forecasts (students learn to interpret data; make and read a line graph, understand plotting points on an X-Y axis, and round numbers); Take a Road Trip (students integrate map reading, math, library research skills and writing).
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- MAT 476: Teaching Mathematics in the Middle and Secondary Schools - Prof. Carol A. Marinas; Mathematics & Computer Science, Barry University, FL
Forty lesson plans created by teachers from Florida, for grades 4-12 and requiring 1-2 days to complete, with fairly simple preparation. The lessons contain detailed explanations and directions and many lessons are interdisciplinary. NCTM standards are
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- Math Around Us - Williams, Buccola, Moderators; KIDPROJ/KIDLINK
Students participating in the Math Around Us project will explore different ways to look at math in the real world. A new activity is introduced each month from October through May; you can register and participate in all or part of the project. Math
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- Mathematics Across the Curriculum - University of Nevada, Reno
This program primarily works with faculty in various disciplines to assist them in enhancing the quantitative and mathematical content of their courses, and then providing them and their students with the necessary support. The program has also developed
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- Math Lessons - Cynthia Lanius
A variety of algebraic and geometric projects and puzzles that help students find mathematical patterns and formulas. The Million $ Mission explores exponential growth, a Fractal Geometry Unit teaches the secrets of fractals, the Mathematics of Cartography
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