Volume 9, Number 5
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2 February 2004 Vol. 9, No. 5
THE MATH FORUM INTERNET NEWS
Signing Science | CanTeach: Elementary Resources: Math
The Wolfram Functions Site
SIGNING SCIENCE
http://signsci.terc.edu/
The National Technical Institute for the Deaf, TERC, and
Vcom3D have collaborated to develop SigningAvatar, a
visualization technology that assists the education of
deaf and hard of hearing students. Along with the animated
sign translator Sign Smith Player, SigningAvatar signs
text in American Sign Language (ASL) or Signed English (SE).
The Signing Science project will also
- evaluate the extent to which the addition of signing
promotes achievement of specific learning outcomes
- report the lessons learned
- create a more robust library for use in SigningAvatar,
enabling other science curricula
For full functionality, access the Signing Science site
from a Windows PC to see SigningAvatar interpret two
curriculum units:
- What's the Weather?
adapted for deaf/hard of hearing students in grades 3-5
- Are We Getting the Oxygen We Need?
adapted for deaf/hard of hearing students in grades 5-8
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CANTEACH: ELEMENTARY RESOURCES: MATH
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/math.html
CanTeach was created to assist teachers in finding and using
resources online. Although this site has resources all
educators will find useful, authors Iram Khan and James
Horner have emphasized lesson plans, resources, and links
which have a Canadian focus.
The elementary math resources are organized into these
categories:
- Numbers
- Patterns and Relations
- Shape and Space: geometry, measurement, time, money
- Statistics and Probability
- A List of Ideas for Math Centres
Access all of the CanTeach resources:
http://www.canteach.ca/
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THE WOLFRAM FUNCTIONS SITE
http://functions.wolfram.com/
The Wolfram Functions Site is a collection of formulas and
graphics about mathematical functions. Created using
Mathematica over the course of more than a decade by Wolfram
Research, the Functions Site currently contains 87,160
formulas and 10,828 graphics.
Function categories include:
- Elementary Functions
- Constants
- Bessel, Airy, Struve Functions
- Integer Functions
- Polynomials
- Gamma, Beta, Erf
- Hypergeometric Functions
- Elliptic Integrals
- Elliptic Functions
- Zeta Functions & Polylogarithms
- Mathieu Functions
- Complex Components
- Number Theory Functions
- Generalized Functions
See also Wolfram's mathematics encyclopedia:
ERIC WEISSTEIN'S WORLD OF MATHEMATICS (MATHWORLD)
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/
MathWorld is a full-text searchable, comprehensive
alphabetical encyclopedia of math terms, equations, and
derivations, with explanations, examples, references, and
much more.
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