Drexel dragonThe Math ForumDonate to the Math Forum

The Math Forum Internet Mathematics Library

Fr. Chris' Math Lab at the Cape

_____________________________________
Library Home || Full Table of Contents || Suggest a Link || Library Help
_____________________________________

Visit this site: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/8972/index.html

Author:Christopher Crispin Thiel
Description: Interactive Java tutorials, labs, and lessons for making angles; caroming billiard balls; investigating wavelengths of rainbows; constructing and measuring angles, triangles, and quadrilaterals; exploring ratios of terms in the Fibonacci-like sequences; testing 3-D glasses; drawing 3-D cubes, I-beams, and emeralds; and producing SIRDS (Single Image Random Dot Stereogram). Step-by-step constructions for bisecting a segment, bisecting an angle, copying an angle, dropping a perpendicular, and drawing the golden spiral. Calculators for simplifying square roots, simplifying fraction numerators and denominators, and deducing the third leg of a right triangle, factor by factor. Also, an oil pumping station puzzle (minimizing the distance between three points), identifying the golden rectangle in art and exploring Euclid's Elements. Download TI calculator programs. Geometry homework and course information.

Levels: Late Elem. (3-5), Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)
Languages: English
Resource Types: Lesson Plans and Activities, Problems/Puzzles, Web Interactive/Java
Math Topics: Exponents/Roots, Factors, Golden Ratio/Fibonacci, Patterns/Relationships, Problem-Solving, Higher-Dimensional Geometry, Euclidean Plane Geometry

[Privacy Policy] [Terms of Use]

_____________________________________
Home || The Math Library || Quick Reference || Search || Help
_____________________________________

© 1994-2008 Drexel University. All rights reserved.
http://mathforum.org/
The Math Forum is a research and educational enterprise of the Drexel School of Education.The Math Forum is a research and educational enterprise of the Drexel School of Education.