- Exploratorium's Science of Cycling - The Exploratorium
Organized into seven sections. Introduction: What is the Science of Cycling? The wheel: Why do road bikes have thin tires, while mountain bikes have fat tires? Drives and gears: What is a gear ratio? And how do gears help make the bicycle so efficient?
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- Exploratorium's Science of Hockey - The Exploratorium
This site takes you inside the game: you'll hear from National Hockey League players and coaches, as well as leading physicists and chemists. Divided into seven main sections: the ice (why is ice slippery?), skating (what are the mechanics involved in
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- Exploratorium's Skateboard Science - The Exploratorium
Watch a webcast (RealPlayer) of professional skateboarders performing as an Exploratorium staff physicist explains the physics behind this extreme sport; also, an interview with a skateboard designer, and a Flatland Freestyle demo. "Trickscience" looks
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- EXTEND: Perspectives on Mathematics Education - Exxon Education Foundation
EXTEND is a national Internet forum on mathematics education intended to involve new constituencies, engage new voices, and examine new perspectives. Major topics are explored through forum reports, position papers, and reader commentary. Issues include
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- The Eyeballing Game - Matthias Wandel
Test your ability to "eye up" geometric figures with this timed Flash challenge. First consult the help documentation to correctly calibrate your monitor resolution and aspect ratio; then click and drag the blue ray or point to accurately construct the
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- Eye on Education - WGBH Boston
An outreach effort by WGBH in Boston, including resource materials, broadcast specials, and an expanded Web site to help parents more actively advocate for their children. Resources for students, teachers, and parents, including lesson plans, Boston high
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- Eye Opener Series - Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles, Alexander Bogomolny
A collection of Java applets that illustrate and thus help to solve or prove various math problems: Euclid's Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem; Construction problem; Disappearing Lines puzzle; Sam Loyd's fifteen; Sliders puzzle; Lucky 7 puzzle; Happy 8
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- Ez Math Trix - J.R. Grandhe, MD
A video explaining: tips on addition, subtraction, multiplicaion, division, and squaring; tricks involving playing cards, dice, dominoes, and the calendar; an easy way to calculate time; and fun with numbers and math games. Available in DVD or VHS (2
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- FactMonster: 2006 Winter Olympics - FactMonster.com; the Learning Network
The Fact Monster site, created as part of Information Please from Pearson Education, offers a variety of interesting links for the Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, taking place February 10 - 26. The site includes olympic history, sports previews, a timeline,
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- FactMonster: Math - FactMonster.com; the Learning Network
Almanac of information on numbers, measurement, tables and formulas, and money; with special features and online games and quizzes.
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- The Fall and Rise of Standards-Based Education - Marzano, Kendall; Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL)
A National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) Issues in Brief. A brief historical overview that puts the standards movement in the context of recent education reform efforts and surveys some of the problems that have arisen in the development
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- False Proofs, Classic Fallacies - Math Forum, Ask Dr. Math FAQ
What's wrong with proofs that say 1+1 = 1, or 2 = 1?
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- Famdays
A famday is a day on which the combined ages of family members add up to a whole number of years - in a sense, a family birthday, a reason for a celebration that contributes to strengthening family ties. Students can compute famdays for their families
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- Family Finance - Utah State University Family Finance
PowerPoint presentations for self-guided study: financial attitudes, values & goals; budgeting; creating your financial information binder; and how to budget your money. Other resources from the Utah State University Cooperative Extension agency include
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- Family Math Classes - EQUALS, Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA
A program to encourage underrepresented groups (especially girls and minority students) to enter careers that use mathematics. A Family Math course lasts approximately 6 weeks. At every session, approximately 25 people (counting parents and children)
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- Family or Child First? - Math Forum, a Classic Problem from the Ask Dr. Math FAQ
In a two-child family, one child is a boy. What is the probability that the other child is a girl? Discusses the difference between choosing the child first and choosing the family first, and why they're mathematically different.
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- Family Resources - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
Download PDF resources for parents and families to help students learn math, some available in Spanish and French as well as in English. Help Your Child Succeed in Math, Homework Help, Math Education Today, and Figure This! Family Corner.
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- Family Village School - Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Resources related to education for families with a child who has disabilities, plus additional resources JUST FOR KIDS. Pages with links to sites for: Advocacy and Public Policy; Assistive Technology for Students with Disabilities; "Disability Awareness"
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- Famous Paradoxes - Isaac Reed
Zeno's Paradox and Cantor's Infinities.
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- The FANS Project - The New Jersey Mathematics Coalition
"Families Achieving the New Standards" in Math, Science and Technology Education is a parent outreach project, with the goals of informing parents about the New Jersey standards in mathematics, science, and technology; involving parents in helping their
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- Fascinating Folds: Origami
A premier supplier for Origami and the Paper Arts with books, papers, and related products. Online ordering of supplies is available. Origami and Paper Products for sale include books, papers, videos, CDs, related products (cards, bookmarks, t-shirts),
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- Fast Facts (Math On Line) - D. Kell; Mercer County Community College
Link listings for math concepts, from whole numbers and fractions to advanced equations, logic, and probability.
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- Fast Food Combinations - Math Forum, Ask Dr. Math FAQ
How many possible combinations can be made from a special menu of eight items?
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- Fermi Questions - Sheila Talamo
Fermi questions emphasize estimation, numerical reasoning, communicating in mathematics, and questioning skills. Students often believe that "word problems" have one exact answer and that the answer is derived in a unique manner. Fermi questions encourage
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- Fibonacci Numbers and Nature - Ron Knott
Fibonacci and his original problem about rabbits that gave the series its name; the family trees of bees; the golden ratio and the Fibonacci series; the Fibonacci Spiral and sea shell shapes; branching plants; flower petal and seed-heads; and the leaf
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- Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Section - Ron Knott
Information about the Fibonacci series, including a brief biography of Fibonacci, the numerical properties of the series, and the ways it is manifested in nature. Fibonacci numbers are closely related to the golden ratio (also known as the golden mean,
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- The Fibonacci Numbers, Pineapples, Sunflowers, and the Golden Mean - Don Cohen (The Mathman)
Mathematics from a Pineapple: Infinite sequences, limit of a sequence, ratios, fractions, and decimals. Also Looking at a Regular Pentagon. Sample problems with some answers from Chapter 7 of Don Cohen's worksheet book.
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- The Fibonacci Series - Matt Anderson, Jeffrey Frazier, and Kris Popendorf; ThinkQuest 1999
The Fibonacci Series is deceptively simple, but its ramifications and applications are many. Learn more about the Fibonacci Series itself: an introduction, the rabbit problem, Binet's formula, the successor formula (given only one term in the Fibonacci
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- A Fictional History of Place Value (SMILE) - Bette B. Jarrow, Goudy Elementary School
A lesson designed to teach students to rename a two- or three-digit number in several different ways, including expanded form; and to perform addition and subtraction with the application of regrouping and the use of zero as a place holder. From the Arithmetic
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- Figure Five Frenzy - ridiculopathy.com
Create an arithmetic expression equal to the target number using the four basic operations, grouping parentheses, and the five number cards dealt to you. Play in arcade (against a timer), multi-player, or solitaire modes. Requires the Flash plug-in.
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- Figure This! Math Challenges for Families - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
Elementary-level problems with hints, information about when and why answers matter in the real world, suggestions for getting started, and answers with explanations. A Challenge Index lists problems by topic. Examples include: Line Up! (How long do you
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- Financial Literacy Math Quizzes - HowToSaveMoney.me
Quizzes for practicing addition and subtraction of dollar and coin amounts, presented with pictures of US currency or as numerical expressions. "Grade My Quiz" or generate new problems with the click of a button. The site also offers finance calculators,
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- Finding Common Ground in K-12 Mathematics Education - Mathematical Association of America
"Starting point" documents, designed to advance the discourse about how to improve K-12 mathematics teaching and learning, that emerged from MAA-convened pilot meetings between mathematicians and mathematics educators thought to be strongly aligned with
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- Finding Prime Factors - Math Forum, Ask Dr. Math Common Question
A selection of answers to questions about finding prime factors, along with divisibility rules for some prime numbers.
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- FI Projects and Activities (Freudenthal Institute) - Utrecht University, the Netherlands
The FI is the National Expertise Center for Mathematics Education in primary and secondary education. This page provides a list of FI projects and activities, with links to more information. Sample subjects: Spherical geometry; Technology, mathematics,
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- First Day of School - Math Forum, Teacher2Teacher FAQ
Answers to a frequently asked question: What do you do on the first day of school?
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- First Year Suggestions - Math Forum, Teacher2Teacher FAQ
Answers to a frequently asked question: Can you give me some helpful suggestions for getting through my first year of teaching?
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- Flags - Jim Croft
Links to information about and images of flags of the world: National Flags, International Maritime Signal Flags, Motor Racing Flags, the Semaphore Flag Signaling System, and others, good for exploring symmetry in flag design.
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- Flash Activities - Quincy Brown
Quincy Brown, a Post Baccalaureate PhD candidate in Computer Science at Drexel University, shares these Flash Activities that she developed with Annie Fetter, Math Forum staffer, and tested in a second grade classroom in Philadelphia. The five levels
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- Flashcards (A+ Math)
Java and non-Java homework-helper flashcards for practicing: Java (with answers and with or without sound): addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, square roots, and rounding; non-Java: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, order of
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- Flashcards for Kids - Education 4 Kids, Inc.
This customizable online application creates flashcards for drilling in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and addition and subtraction together, in simple or complex forms (only two numbers, or up to ten numbers), with choice of numbers
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- Flashcards & Worksheets - Math Forum, Ask Dr. Math Common Question
A short selection of sites that provide flashcards and worksheets for practicing basic operations and more.
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- FlashMaster: Mutliplication Tables / Math Facts - Charles Resor
A handheld electronic learning aid that helps children master "math facts" in each of the 4 arithmetic operations. Probably its most important feature is its ability to display, at a teacher or parent's convenience, detailed results of the last 9 learning
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- Flash Pegs - CleverMedia
Jump a peg over its adjacent neighbors to eliminate them until only one remains in this online version of the classic logic puzzle. Choose from nine starting configurations. Requires the Flash plug-in.
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- Flatland: A romance of many dimensions - Edwin A. Abbott
A geometrical story about a two-dimensional square who visits one- and three-dimensional worlds. Full text of the 2nd and revised edition, illustrated, 1884.
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- Florida EXPLORES!
Brings the NOAA Direct Readout Satellite Ground Station Program into Florida's K-12 Classrooms. Precipitation summary, Atlantic hurricane season, satellite imagery, weather observations and model products, Data Center, teacher resource guide, GOES-8 status
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- Florida Math
Online math community for teachers in kindergarten through 5th grade.
FloridaMath.com lists the expectations for each grade. The heart of the
site is the forum where teachers share their teaching ideas.
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- Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH) - Gainesville, FL, USA
The largest natural history museum in the southern United States, holding more than 16,000,000 specimens of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, mollusks, butterflies, vertebrate and invertebrate fossils, recent and fossil plants, and associated
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- Focus on Mathematics - Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University
Focus on Mathematics (FoM) seeks to "improve student achievement by providing mathematics teachers with the content knowledge and skills valuable in their profession." FoM programs have included math expos and math fairs of student research projects;
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- Fold Everything - National Geographic Society
See how paperfolding inspires the design of aircraft, stent grafts, and the packaging and transportation of telescope lenses in this overview of the history and future of origami. With downloadable instructions for folding a peacock, as well as an online
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