Volume 9, Number 46
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15 November 2004 Vol. 9, No. 46
THE MATH FORUM INTERNET NEWS
Dynamic Web Tools Using webMathematica | Teachers' Lab
Salem-Keizer's Math Online!
DYNAMIC WEB TOOLS USING WEBMATHEMATICA
http://staff.jccc.net/mmartin/webmath.html
Johnson County Community College faculty members Steve
Wilson and Mike Martin have spent two years developing
interactive Web pages that allow students and faculty to
compute and visualize mathematical results directly from a
Web browser. Wilson and Martin created multiple codes for
specific mathematical activities using the software
package webMathematica.
"The advantage is that students can get beyond complex
computations to look at the implications of a mathematical
solution," Wilson says. "For example, in medicine, one can
calculate the rate of drug delivery to a patient, or, in
video games, one can show how a mathematical matrix makes
an object move on the screen."
"We are not circumventing students' mathematical
understanding," Martin says. "We are complementing it."
This site recently won the 2004 International Conference of
Technology in Collegiate Mathematics (ICTCM) Award for
Excellence and Innovation with the Use of Technology in
Collegiate Mathematics.
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WEBMATHEMATICA
http://www.wolfram.com/products/webmathematica/
webMathematica adds interactive calculations and
visualizations to a website by integrating "Mathematica" with
the Web server technology.
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TEACHERS' LAB
http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/
The goal of the Teachers' Lab is to provide teachers and
educators with a deeper understanding of commonly taught math
and science concepts. Each lab combines online activities
with background information, interactive polls or worksheets
that participants can use in their classroom, plus links to
related material.
Labs include:
- The Science of Light
Learn about light as it relates to color, shadows, and
perspective.
- Shape and Space in Geometry
Discover how geometry is the mathematics of real things.
- Patterns in Mathematics
Explore patterns as they occur in language and numbers.
- A Private Universe Project
Investigate ideas about seasonal changes and the phases of
the moon.
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SALEM-KEIZER'S MATH ONLINE
http://skonline.org/mathonline/default.htm
Salem-Keizer Public Schools of Salem, Oregon, designed this
collection of daily math problems to help students in the
third, fifth, and eighth grades prepare for the State of
Oregon CIM Benchmark exams. Student exercises are organized
by grade level, concept, and suggested week.
- 3rd Grade, 5 problems for weeks 1 through 27
- 5th Grade, 5 problems for weeks 1 through 27
- 8th Grade, 5 problems for weeks 1 through 27
Additional sections include:
- CIM Problems
- Logic Problems
- Math Vocabulary
- Math Fun!
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