- Algebra for Athletes.com - Cameron Bauer
Excerpts from the Nova Science Publishers, Inc., book Algebra for Athletes: algebraic laws illustrated in a variety of sports scenarios; exponents and weight room mechanics; linear equations and speed; vectors and golf; quadratic equations and parabolas;
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- BTU Calculator - HearthNet
A calculator that estimates the heating needs of a room, a combination of rooms, or an entire home. Enter the length and width of the area to be heated and select the climate and insulation factors from the pop-up boxes. A Java version of this calculator
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- Crystals: Geometry and Groups - James Langan - Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
This unit discusses crystals, offering an opportunity to apply math to real-life objects: growing crystals, the history and theory of crystals, group theory,
Miller indices, and mechanical drawing. It develops the symmetries of the equilateral triangle
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- Exactly How Is Math Used In Technology? - Mathematics Dept., British Columbia Institute of Technology
A table of examples of how various areas of mathematics are applied to various areas of technology. Areas of technology include biomedical engineering, food technology, building technology, chemical sciences, civil and structural engineering, graphics
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- Free-standing Structure (CEC) - Leslie Gonzales, WCI, White City, Oregon
An activity for grades 4-8 designed to show students that cost, time, planning, modeling, designs, teamwork, and application are important in learning about "real world" construction projects. Build the tallest structure while spending the least amount
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- Fuel Cost Calculator - HearthNet
Enter fuel costs and appliance efficiency to compare the cost of common home-heating fuels such as heating oil, natural gas, hardwood, softwood, pellets, coal, or electricity.
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- Hamilton's Math to Build On - Johnny & Margaret Hamilton
Simple, straightforward explanations, drawings, questions and answers from the book Math to Build On by Johnny & Margaret Hamilton (copyright 1993). Excerpts offer pages on: Angles, Degrees, Variables & Constants; Squaring Numbers; Square Roots;
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- How Everyday Things Are Made - Alliance for Innovative Manufacturing at Stanford
An introductory website for students of all ages showing how various items are made. It covers over 40 different products and manufacturing processes, and includes almost 4 hours of manufacturing video. Due to the amount of video, it is optimally viewed
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- Mathansw: Math Software by Solveware - Solveware, Inc.
Math tools for people at work who need the answers to problems they encounter on the job: surveyors, navigators, managers, engineers, architects, supervisors, estimators, programmers, machinists, mold makers, teachers, college students, apprentices, home
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- Mathematics: Developmental/Related Activity Guides - Louisiana Energy Conservation Enhancement Project
Activity guides originally created for Louisiana vocational technical schools for their Energy Conservation Enhancement Project, to increase the knowledge of energy conservation/efficiency techniques of those who will work in building trades and enhance
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- Nesting Software: PLUS (PaneL Utilization Software)
Software for reducing scrap and generating optimum layouts for cutting in sheet metal layout, fabrication, glass, building panel, and woodworking industries. Samples and free demo downloads.
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- Optimizer for Anyshape - SAMTEC
A professional profile nesting software package designed to maximize the use of material by generating most optimized nested layouts. It is a powerful true profile nesting software for gas/plasma/oxyfuel/laser cutting that will automatically optimize
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- Optimizer Suite - SAMTEC
A professional rectangular nesting software package designed to maximize the use of material by generating most optimized nested layouts. It is based on a highly advanced cutting algorithm, specially designed to optimize the cutting layouts in shearing,
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- Plumbing Statistics and Information - PlumbingSupply.com
Conversions, formulas, and tables about water weights, pressures, flows, volumes, horse power, pump efficiency, the weight of 100 yards of pipe filled with water, and flow rate to velocity comparisons. Also, a water flow rate guide and abbreviations.
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- Puzzle Toons, The Citizen Scientist - Brian Mansfield
A comic strip devoted to puzzles, mind benders, and brain teasers. The subject matter of the puzzles ranges from mechanical devices and geometry to astrodynamics, chess, and billiards. Read back issues of Mansfield's column, dating to its inception in
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- Shaping a Personal Environment - Robert F. Evans - Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
Students design and organize personal space by completing necessary plans and elevations, perspective, and detail drawings of a given or proposed space
while using imagination to tie it to career and life goals. Each unit during the
year is designed
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- Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
The premier source of learning and knowledge for the manufacturing community. An international professional society dedicated to serving its members and the manufacturing community through the advancement of professionalism, knowledge, and learning. Founded
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- "So You Are Thinking About Dropping Out of School..." - U.S. Department of Labor
Get the facts first. High school dropouts are unemployed more often and earn less - graph and statistics. Poster may be downloaded in PDF format.
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- Technical Software - L. Van Warren
Interactive Excel spreadsheet programs for sale. BeamCALCulator calculates shear and bending moments; ConvertULATOR converts units and dimensions; Dr. Range analyzes the performance of electric vehicles.
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- Timber and Log Roof Framing and Joinery Mathematics - Joe Bartok
Applied mathematics: Solution of roof framing and joinery angles using
trigonometry, geometry and linear algebra. Many sections available in both PDF and Word format; Excel and JavaScript are also used.
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- The West Point Bridge Design Contest - United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
A challenge for U.S. students age 13 through grade 12. The purpose of the contest is to provide middle school and high school students with a realistic, engaging introduction to engineering. Learn about how engineers use the computer as a problem-solving
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