Science / Math / Education is for educational web sites of interest to educators, parents, students and professionals emphasizing the teaching or learning of various aspects of math or math topics. The best sites will try to teach or instruct about math, though clear, easy-to-follow explanations of topics are useful as well.
An online maths club for bright young Mathematicians. Publishing a monthly magazine on the web with problem sets, childrens solutions to previous months problems, games, and news of events. www.nrich.maths.org
STIMULUS - peer assisted learning (PAL) through visits to schools. University students visit schools to share with school students their enthusiasm for science, engineering, computers, mathematics or medical sciences and, guided by experienced teachers, www.stimulus.maths.org
An amusement park of mathematics. Puzzles and number problems, fractals, geometry, calculus, algebra, online games, online calculators, and links. www.coolmath.com
This page has dozens of math calculators, making all sorts of math, from algebra to arithmetic to geometry, easier. Also, 50,000 decimals of pi and a logarithm table. www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hall/1216
Dedicated to students who need help with their math courses. It contains a brief description of each branch of mathematics. www.geocities.com/math84steve
Offers assistance in algebra, geometry, trigonomety and calculus. Contains real-world examples, detailed example problems, and interactive features. Internet Explorer 5.0+ on a Windows PC is required. braintrax.umr.edu
K-12 telecommunications project motivates students to use computer technology while increasing problem-solving strategies and communications skills. Posts challenges in four categories (k-3, 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12) to trigger each registered team to pair up mathforum.org/mathmagic
Several topics in high school mathematics presented so as to engage interest of students. Includes description of slide rule to find missing side of right triangle and method of calculating times for Earth to rotate and for the moon to revolve around Ear www.geocities.com/athens/delphi/5136/index.html
There is a large and rapidly growing body of material on the web that may be of use to the mathematics student. Here are the authors' choices for best of those sites. www.langara.bc.ca/mathstats/resource/onWeb