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MATHEMATICAL
EDUCATION

ENGLAND, WALES
and
NORTHERN IRELAND

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==== Professional Associations for mathematics teachers ===

ATM
- MTi, online magazine
- ATM You-Tube Channel
- Resources online
- East Midlands Branch (with MA)

M.A.
- East Midlands Branch (with ATM)

NANAMIC (FE Colleges)

NCETM: National Centre of Excellence in Mathematics Teaching
- Mathemapedia (new WIKI for Mathematics Education)
- NCETM Management team

=== Government sites (England and Wales) ===

Department for Education - (site still evolving)

2007 National Curriculum Online
- Mathematics
- KS3 Programme of study (2007) (2Mb pdf)
- KS4 Programme of study (2007) (1Mb pdf)

Proposed 2016 National Curriculum, Mathematics:
- KS3 Draft (pdf, Feb 2013)
- KS4 Draft (pdf, Feb 2013)
Consultation process (by 16th April 2014)

National Numeracy -

Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education) - England
TDA (Training and Development Agencey for Schools)
Graduate Teacher Training Registry (including PCGE/PGDE course search)

=== Examination Boards (England and Wales) ===

AQA
- Maths - Linear Maths - Functional - Linked Pair (pilot)

EDEXCEL
- Mathematics A - Mathematics B (2010) - Functional Skills guide

OCR
- Mathematics A - Mathematics B (2010) - Methods (pilot)

MEI [Mathematics in Education and Industry]
- MEI Further Maths Support Programme
- Integral: Online Resources for Mathematics (subscription site) -
- AS Statistics (MEI-OCR)

Nuffield Foundation: Mathematics for all (Free-standing Mathematics Qualifications)

=== Other organisations ===

TES (Times Educational Supplement)
- Resources - for Mathematics

Educational Guardian
Royal Institution of Great Britain - events for Mathematics

TeachNetUK Maths pages (Specialst Schools adn Academies Trust)
Increasing the Supply of Mathematical Sciences Graduates (Project)
Chartered Mathematics Teacher

ACME (Advisory Council on Mathematics Education)
BSRLM (Brit. Soc. for Research into Learning Mathematics)
AMET (Assoc. of Mathematics Education Teachers)
NAMA (Nat. Assoc. of Mathematics Advisers)

MATHEMATICAL
EDUCATION

WORLDWIDE

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International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO)

IGCSE and IGCSE Additional Mathematics
- from Cambridge (CIE) (2012)
- from Edexcel International (Mathematics A and B, 2009)

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=> SCOTLAND - (Standard Grade and Higher Still)
SMC (Scottish Mathematical Council)
Scottish Secondary Curriculum (Mathematics, Applied Mathematics)

=> IRELAND
NNCA (Nat Council for Curriculum and Assessment, Dublin
Curriculum online

=> NORWAY
Norwegian Center for Mathematics Education (Trondheim)

=> SWEDEN
National Center for Mathematics Education (Gothenburg)

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=> AUSTRALIA

New National Curriculum (K => 10) May 2012 -

Australian Association of Math Teachers (AAMT)
- "You can do Maths"

Mathematical Association of New South Wales (MANSW)
Mathematical Association of Victoria (MAV)
Mathematical Association of WA (MAWA)
Mathematical Association of South Australia (MASA)

International Centre of Excellence for Education in Mathematics, Melbourne (ICE-EM)
Australia Council for Educational Research, Melbourne (ACER)

=> CANADA
Canadian Mathematical Society

=> CHINA
Chinese Academy of Sciences [CAS]

=> NEW ZEALAND
The New Zealand Curriculum (2010)
New Zealand Assoc. of Maths Teachers (NZAMT)

=> SINGAPORE
Association of Mathematics Educators (Singapore)

=> SOUTH AFRICA
AIMSSEC - (African Institute for Mathematical Studies Schools Enrichment Centre)
AMESA - (Association for Mathematics Education of South Africa)
IEB - (Independent Examinations Board, South Africa)

=> THAILAND
Institute for the Promotion of teaching Science and Technology [IPST]

=> USA
American Mathematical Society (AMS)
Mathematical Assoc. of America (MAA)
National Council for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM)
Montana Mathematics Enthusiast (MCTM)
AP Central (Courses and resources)

CLASSROOM RESOURCES

Resources from
UK

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== TOP RECOMMENDATIONS! ==

NRICH: Online Maths Club - for students and teachers [New Look!!]
- Lower/Upper Primary; Lower/Upper Secondary
NRICH Resources for Teachers
Motivate (Maths video conferences for Schools)

PLUS: Maths magazine (Who uses Mathematics)
- Teacher packages, eg: Complex Numbers, Differential Equations, Vectors and Matrices
- Engineering articles
- 101 Uses of the Quadratic Equation (Chris Budd & Chris Sangwin) - Part 1, Part 2

Everything is Mathematical (The TImes - Marcus du Sautoy)
- 40 weeks from 10th Sept 2012)

Maths Careers (London Math.Soc., Royal Stats. Soc., I.M.A)

James Grime (Cambridge University): bits and pieces
- singingbanana.com
- You Tube channel (Numberphile)
- YouTube channel (Singing Banana)
- iTunes collection (Quite Easily Done)
- Blog
- Enigma (Code Breaking) - comign to TSM in July

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Integral (MEI)
- Online Resources for Mathematics from MEI (subscription site)
- Free online resources: "Integrating Mathematical Problem Solving"
Enter username: mei-imps, password: imps and reach: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, also:
Maths of Biology, Business/Finance, Chemistry, Geography, Physics, Psychology/Sociology.

Teachit Maths (great resources from Bath) -

Cambridge Digital Library (Newton's Principia, and others!) -

National STEM Centre (York) - Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics network
- eLibrary Resources -

Math Quiz (GCSE, A Level, Foundation and University - multiple choice answers) -
MathsNet (the late Bryan Dye, Norwich)

My Maths Revision activities (Alan Jackson, CTC, Birmingham)
- now a subscription site, but the Transformation Golf is still free!

GCSE Maths Tutor (Alan Reed, Newcastle upon Tyne) -

Count-on (ex Maths Year 2000) and Mathemagic (John Bibby, York)
- Maths Timeline

Maths Inspiriations (Rob Eastaway and others) - Inspiring events for 6th Formers
PixyMaths (Anthony Mitchell) -

John Mason's Applets & Animations (Open University) -
Arbelos Poster Gallery (Andrew Jobbings)

Bletchley Park - National Museum of Computing - National Archive for Educational Computing
The Enigma Project - Enigma Cipher Challenge

PFEG - Developing financial capability in young people -

IWB Maths (Keele University) Interactive Whiteboard Resources for secondary mathematics

Kangaroo Maths (Steve Lomax, Gloucestershire - subscription site)
- Bring on the Maths (free samples)
- Autograph Resources (Lesson Plans/Pupil Worksheets, by Alan Catley)

E-CHALK (by Dr Iestyn Jones, Penarth, Wales - subscription service, some free)
- Preview - Optical Illusions -

EMATHS (Mark McCort). Emaths provides free classroom resources for teachers

BBC Revision sites:Key Stage 3 Bitesize - GCSE Bitesize - MathsFile (Games)

University of Plymouth: CIMT (Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching)
- MEP (Mathematics Enhancement Programme) Online material for Y7-11
- Dictionary of Units: Part 1 - Part 2
- Mathematics Support Materials (Sch. of Maths and Stats)

Maths Thesaurus (Cambridge Uni)
Mathematical photos - Problem Pictures - Richard Phillips

CLASSROOM RESOURCES

created by
BUSY TEACHERS
in the UK

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== TOP RECOMMENDATIONS! ==

Mr Barton Maths by Craig Barton (Thornleigh Salesian College, Bolton)
- Resources for teachers, pupils, parents, and'just for fun!
- Links to 5-minute videos

Waldo's Maths Pages: Java applets for GCSE, AS/A2 (Ron Barrow, Tunbridge Wells)
- Video collection

== TOP MATHS BLOGS ==

- Great Maths Teaching ideas - William Emeny (Wyvern Technology College in Eastleigh)
- - - Scoopt it! Associated blog

- Number Loving - Sharon Derbyshire and Laura Rees-Hughes
- Mathematics, Learning and Web 2.0 - fabulous blog from Colleen Young

- Matheminutes - Owen Elton (Godalming)
- TSM Resources! - Douglas Butler (Oundle)

- Interactive-Maths - Dan Clark (Abingdon)
- Ptolemy.co.uk - Mathematics/Philosophy blog from Alec McEachran (home of Furbles!)

- Singing Banana James Grime (Cambridge)
- Mr-Mathematics (Jonathan Robinson, Salford City Academy) + blog + Bivariate Data (.xls)

- Median - Don Steward (Shrewsbury)
- - - Magic Squares - Choices of ICT - Core3 Notes - Ideas for 11-16

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Queensmead Academy, South Ruislip -
- Colin Hegarty: Maths website - YouTube Channel
- Brian Arnold: YouTube Channel

Google Numberphile (James Grime and friends)
- Latest YouTube video - Website

Carom-Maths (by Jonny Griffiths, Paston college, Norwich) -
Challenging mathematics for Y12-13

MathsPad
11-16 resources from Nicola Waddilove, Sheffield

Interactive Maths (Dan Clark)

MathApps (by Mike Hall, St Peter's School, York) - needs Mathematica Player
- short demonstrations of topics from GCSE to Further Maths

Mathsurgery (Free resources and support, from Pete Capewell, Ellesmere Port CHS)

Kjartan Poskitt
- home page (books, magic shows, maths entertainment!)
- Murderous Maths - anything goes!!

Maths is Fun (Stephen Froggatt, Oaks Park High School, Ilford)
- YouTube video on Scatter Diagrams, using Autograph

Maths Room (Michael Aitchison, Invergordon Academy - Online interactive resources)
Mathematics Revision (Mr. Lafferty, St.Andrew's Sec., Glasgow - PDF and PPT files)

Math-you.com - Support for Scottish curriculum (Vinod Malkani) -

Mr Reddy's web resources for maths teachers (Bruno Reddy, King Solomon Academy, London)
- Geometry Toolbox

Maths Teaching (from teacher, 'Maths Chick')
Maths Workout (Alastair Duncombe, Maidstone Grammar School for Girls) -

Maths is Good for you! (Snezana Lawrence, Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys)

MathsLearn (James Yates, Skegness Grammar School) - support service for teachers
- A level resources, puzzles, forum, tutorial service

RISPS - Rich Starting Points for A level (16-19) - Making Statistics Vital
- from Jonny Griffiths, Paston College, Norfolk

PG Maths - Worksheets, notes and tests for GCSE, IGCSE, AS, A2, Further Maths
- from Paul Williams, Eton College [Edexcel syllabuses]

Meikleriggs Mathematics (Peter Mitchell, Newcastle)
- includes STEP mathematics resources, and solutions to MEI GCSE and A level papers

Mark Dabbs (Wakefield Girls HS) - growing collection of Excel and other resources
The PI FACTORY (David Whitfield, => Portland, Oregon, USA) -

MathsJam - informal pub meetings!
Wright Robinson Specialist College (Gorton, Manchester)

CLASSROOM RESOURCES

WORLDWIDE
sites (non USA)

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== INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING! ==

iTunes U
- What's On - ECIS (launched 16 April 2011) -
- Open University - Oxford University - MIT

Oxford Study Courses (OCS) -
Coursera - the World's Best Courses, Online, For Free -

== RESOURCES FROM EUROPE ==

=> AUSTRIA
Maths Online (University of Vienna): resources, tools, applets

=> BULGARIA
Resources from Yordan Petrov: Math10

=> ESTONIA
EquMath - math lessons from Algebra to Differential Equations! -

=> FRANCE

Toulouse International School:
- InThinking resources (Richard Wade)-
- Wikispace
- Think Mathematics (online resources) - Oliver Bowles, Jim Noble

Coniques [de Figues Animée pour la Physique, Geneviève Tulloue, Grenoble Uni]
MathPrépa Mathematics in Application of Insurance and Risk Management (Lycée du Park, Lyon)
Le Kangourou des Mathematics - Le Chat Bleu

Mathematical Imagery by Jos Leys - Galleries

=> GERMANY
The Derivative Calculator (by David Scherfgen, Bonn) -

Munich International School:
- IB Vodcasting -
- MIS Gr9 YouTube channel!

Spirals

=> IRELAND
Maths Eyes (Dublin) -

=> NETHERLANDS

Freudenthal Institute (Utrecht University)
- home- Thinklets- Wisweb: Applets (grades 7 - 12) -

=> PORTUGAL
Puzzles with polyhedra and numbers (Jorge Rezende, Universidade de Lisboa)

=> SPAIN
Triangle Geometry (Ricardo Barroso Campos, Universidad de Sevilla)

=> UKRAINE
Formulator and Tarsia (free download)


== RESOURCES FROM OVERSEAS (non USA) ==

=> AUSTRALIA

The Interactive Mathematics Classroom (Rex Boggs, Rockhampton, QLD)
Interactive Mathematics on the Internet (Barry Kissane, Perth WA)

Interactive Resources by TES iboard (Resources for Australia)

Mathematics and Science Careers videos (Flinders University, Adelaide)
CACTUS (Calculator and Computer Technology User Service!) - Hartley Hyde, Flagstaff Hill, SA

TIMES Modules (The Improving Mathematics Education in Schools)-
Schemes of work for the new Australia Curriculum

Maths and Stats by email (Australian Bureau of Statistics/AMSI) -
SeeMath.com (Tal Greengard, Australia)

Resources from Melbourne University (Mathematics Education, Kaye Stacey)
- Foundations for Teaching Arithmetic - Teaching Mental and Written Computation
- CAS-CAT: Computer Algebra Systems: Curriculum, Assessment and Teaching

Maths300 (Lessons on the Web)
Explorations in Maths: Indices and Logs (Rod Seldon, Sydney)
MathXTC (St Stephen's School, Carramar, Westerm Australia)

Great Sea Shells! [Des Beechey, NSW]
Some Magnetic Island Plants [Donald Simpson, QLD] -

=> CANADA
Eyeball - Estimating goemetric properties (from Matthias Wandel's woodworking site, Canada) -

Poly - Explore polyhedra (to download from Pedagoguery Software)

Resources from Jill Britton, Camosun College, Victoria, BC
- Symmetry and Tessellations 30 Activities - Fun with Curves & Topology: Topics 1-12 - Topics 13-18
- The occurrence of Conics - - Escher in the Classroom - Polyhedra Pastimes

Appetizers and Lessons for Math and Reason
- 150 web pages and on-line texts, by Alan Selby (CAM Internet, Montreal)
Mathematics Magazine (Grades 1-12) - Aurora, Toronto, Ontario

=> CHINA (Hong Kong)
Whistler Alley Mathematics (Paul Kunkel, Hong Kong)
Arthur Lee's Resources Mathbook (Educ. Dept, Hong Kong University)

=> INDONESIA
Tim Knight's Blog (Bali) -

=> INDIA
Number Recreations (Shyam Sunder Gupta, Chief Engineer, South Eastern Railway)

=> JAPAN
Mathematical JAVA applets
Nearly 300 applets, mostly on geometry, trigonometry and calculus

=> PERU
Geometry step-by-step (Antonio Gutierrez)
- The Landscape of Geometrical Terms - Experiencing Geometry (David Henderson)

=> PHILIPPINES
Math and Multimedia Blog (Guillermo Baustista, University in Philippines)
- Multimedia posts
- Geogebra posts

=> SINGAPORE
Interactive Mathematics - Learn mathematics by playing with it! (Murray Bourne, Singapore)
- Millionnaire Calculus Game

=> SOUTH AFRICA
School-Maths.com (Dr Gerrit Stols, University of Pretoria, RSA)
- Interactive Mathematics
- MS Office Mathematics tools

Dynamic Math Learning (Mike de Villiers, University of Durban-Westville, RSA)
- Dynamic Geometry Sketches

=> UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Experiment and Explore Mathematics (Java Applets from UAE University)

CLASSROOM RESOURCES

USA sites

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== TOP MATH BLOGS from USA ==

Dan Meyer,
- TED talk
- Blog
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Antonio Cangiano, technical evangelist: Math-Blog.com
Blog of Blogs!!: Mathblogging.org

== ONLINE BOOKS and COURSES ==

K-12 FlexBooks (California) - free online text books
STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

Khan Academy
- vast resource of recorded video lessons by Sal Khan (Math, Science, Humanities)
- Associated videos from Vi Hart

MathPlanet (Vestavia Hills High School, Birmingham, Alabama)
- Pre-Algebra - Algebra1,2 - Geonetry - SAT - (Calculus)

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A+ click Math (Math and logic puzzles from anonymous authin in USA) -
- blog

Lesson Plans by Share my Lesson - by teachers for teachers -
Resources for USA from TES Connect

Online Schools Texas: Mathematics
Huge collection of online University courses

Mathematica based resources
- WolframAlpha
- Wolfram Demonstrations
- Wolfram MathWorld (Encyclopedia from Wolfram Research, based on Mathematica)
- The Integrator (any integral, by Mathematica) (+ the History of integration)

Online Encylcopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS, New Jersey)

Jet Punk - hundreds of quizzes from John and Dan Hostetler (Ann Arbor/Seattle)
- Mathematical quizzes -

OhioORC.org - Resources and puzzles (Ohio)

NCTM Illuminations - Activities, Lessons, Standards, Web Links
Digital Library from Mathematical Association of America (MAA)

Math-ebook by Patty Smith (Math Learning Center, Cleveland, Ohio)
Free Math Worksheets and Video tutorials designed for different learning levels:

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Physics Education Technology Simulations (University of Colorado at Boulder)

Calculus Applets for AP Calculus AB/BC (Tom Downey)
- WebCompMath (Java components used in Calculus Applets)
Mathbits - fun, yet challenging, lessons and activities

Scratch (a sort of Java Logo!) - Math applets -
MathsVids - recorded lessons from Middle School to College (Ryan Andersen) -

Dynamic resources from:
- Nils Abhel (Deerfield Academy, Mass). Follow on-screen instructions
- Matt Kawski - (Arizona State University)
- Wayne Allen Bateman (Utah) - Visual Math Learning

Spherical Easel - Applet for spherical geometry (David Austin, Grand Valley State Uni, Michegan)

The Math Forum (Drexel University)
Mrs Glosser's Math Goodies!
Graphics for the Calculus Classroom (JAVA)

Video Math Tutor (Luis Anthony Ast, Arizona) -

Math.com Hot subjects and free software
Index of NETS (Life is a Story) s

SOS Mathematics (El Paso, Texas) - math review material from Algebra to Differential Equations!

Virtual Polyhedra (George Hart)
Zona Land - Simulations for Physics and Math from Ed Zobel
Geometry Applets (Saltire, Oregon)

North American phone area codes and locations

MATHEMATICAL
ENTERTAINMENT

GAMES

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Interactive Mathematics, Miscellany and Puzzles (Cut-the-Knot)
Unsolved Mathematical Problems (Wolfram Research)
Puzzles Codes and Cyphers (CIMT, Plymouth Uni)

Math is Fun! (Rod Pierce, USA) - Spanish version

Nim - Pearl3 Flash Animation!

Andrew Jeffrey - The Mathematical Magician -
- Home - Newsletter (sign up for monthly email of great ideas and links)

Colin Wright - The Juggling Mathematician -
- Home (Maths, Design, Juggling, Computing) - Colin - Juggling

Nick's Mathematical Puzzles (Nick Hobson, UK)
FLASHYMATHS (John-Paul Green) - fun and games
Mothmatic - arithmetic games from Craig Gibson -

Pass the Pigs (Gary Kramer)
Subtangent - Millionaire, Countdown, etc
Combination Lock puzzle

Puzzles.com - Puzzle links
Funderstanding Rollercoaster!

CSF Software (Chris Farmer)
'Countdown' for Maths - 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' - for maths AND a game designer
10 quick questions - Word search creator, etc

MATHEMATICAL
ENTERTAINMENT

NUMBER

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=> FIBONACCI and the GOLDEN RATIO
Ron Knott:Nature - Golden Section
Gary Meisner: The Golden Number

=> SIMON SINGH BBC Broadcasts (Radio 4)
Five Numbers (0, PI, PHI, i, INFINITY) [Mar 02]
Another Five Numbers (4, 7, Largest Prime, Kepler's Conjecture, Game Theory) [Oct 03]
A further Five Numbers (1, 2, 6, 6.67 x 10^-11, 1729) [Aug 05]
Simon's Newsletter

=> Marcus de Soutoy "The Code" (BBC tv, 2011)
Search for "marcus du sautoy code" in Google videos - DVD available (Amazon)
Nice exerpt: Fractals and movies
Useful ' How to use' blog from Nordin Zube (Randwick Girls High School, NSW)

=> PI
42 Explore "PI"
Wolfram Mathworld: "PI"
Simon Singh "Five Numbers" 2 (PI) - Listen

"PI - sing it!!"
How Random is PI? (BBC, David Whitehouse)
Buffon's Needle - estimate for PI - Java Applet

=> PRIME NUMBERS and INTEGERS, etc
Integer Lists to full accuracy
[Powers of 2, Pythag. triples, Primes/Mersenne, Factorials, Pascal's triangle]
Mersenne Primes - The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search

Casting out the Nines (Mind-reader game), also: Registing Robin [both: (10x + y) – (x + y) = 9x]
The Prime Pages (Chris Caldwell, University of Tennise, Martin)

Not Just Sums (by Emily Hillier, Wokingham) - Daily Starter
Roman Numerals Calculator

Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
Names for large numbers (Russ Rowlett, N Carolina)
Prime factors of any integer (up to 18 digits)

=> POWERS of 10, and SPACE!
Powers of 10 A tree in Florida from 10^23 metres down to 10^(–16) [39 images)
- Powersof 10 Teaching resources

NASA: Eyes on the Solar System (needs a plug-in) -
Universcale (Nikon) Miscellaneous objects from 1027 metres to 10^–15 (45 categories) -

How Big is the Earth? [from the Planets to Antares!!] -
The Scale of the Universe - - YouTube size comparison

Hotel Infinity

MATHEMATICAL
ENTERTAINMENT

ART

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=> GENERAL
Ruth Carver's Internet Math Projects
Benford's Law (from Plus Maths, Issue 9 Sept 99)
Flatland (Edwin Abbott 1838-1926, text only) - Flatland - the movie (trailer - movie to buy)

Graph Paper printer!
Education ClipArt from University of South Florida) -

=> TRANSPORT FUN
Maiden flight of the Boeing 747 (1969)
Mathematical error caused loss of Mars spacecraft (1999)
Airbus 380

=> ART and FRACTALS

Bugman - amazing graphics (Paul Nylander)-
Esher's 'Waterfall' (1938)
Math and Music connections (from zZounds.com, USA) -

Grotesque Geometry (Tessellations, from Andrew Crompton, Manchester) \
The Fractal Microscope (Java Simulation)
Fractals (elementary/middle schools) by Cynthia Lanius, Rice University (Houston)
Mathematically inspired art (Mary Rouncefield) -

Xoas Fractal Generator (to download)

MATHEMATICAL
ENTERTAINMENT

MOVIES

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=> YOU-TUBE Mathematical Videos
- Tacoma Narrows Bridge
- London to Brighton in 2 Minutes
- Tom Lehrer: New Math

- Ma and Pa Kettle Math (1949): [25/5 = 14!] (4Mb)
- Abbott and Costello 'In The Navy' (1941): [28/7 = 13!]
- Also here, from Math in the Movies]

- Donald in Mathmagic Land (Disney, 1959 26 min)
- Friday math movie: Fractals - Hunting the Hidden Dimension (PBS, 55 min)
- Fractals and the movies (excerpt, Marcus du Soutoy - 5 min)

- 'e' and 'PI' ... and 'i'
- The Dot and the Line
- 'I will Derive' [parody of 'I will survive']

- Dominoes Pool
- 100m records -

- Disturbing trends in Math skills (Washington State Uni)
- Did you know? (from a Colorado High School)

- Math Snacks - Number Rights (fractions!)
- Number Town (fractions!)
- RSA Animated "Crisis of Capitalism" (David Harvey) -

- Impossible projectile!! - (the reality!) -

- YouTube Maths selection from Craig Barton (Range HS, Formby)

=> Movie Search Engines
- VideoSurf (finds from all possible sources)
- Blinkx (over 35 million hours of video!)
- Mathematics and Science Careers videos (Flinders University, Adelaide)

=> MATHEMATICS and the MOVIES
Apple Movie Trailers: - Finding Nemo - Shrek 2 - Ice Age 2

Math in the Movies - Stand & Deliver: totally based on fact.
Mathematics in Movies (collection from Oliver Knill, Harvard)
Math from The Simpsons!

Numb3rs (CBS tv)

MATHEMATICAL
ENTERTAINMENT

Competitions

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MATHEMATICAL
ENTERTAINMENT

History

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=> HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS
History of Mathematics (St Andrews University, Scotland)
BSHM (The British Society for the History of Mathematics)
The Tunnel of Samos

Famous Mathematicians (Nanie Bates, Hippo Ventures Inc, Melbourne)
Maths is Good for you! (Snezana Lawrence, Dover, UK)
Math Words (fully linked dictionary by Pat Ballew)

Correct Pronounciation of Mathematicians (Andrew Marcinkiewicz, USA)
Babbage Difference Engine (Science Museum, London)
Egyptian Fractions (Ron Knott)

=> MATHEMATICAL DICTIONARIES (suggested by Barry Kissane, Perth Australia)
The University of Cambridge Mathematics Thesaurus (NRICH)

MATHEMATICAL
ENTERTAINMENT

Bits & bobs

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MATHEMATICAL
ENTERTAINMENT

PRIMARY FUN

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=> ICT for PRIMARY MATHEMATICS (ages 5-11)

Ancient Egypt

SeeMath.com (Tal Greengard, Australia) -
Start Local - Great Graphing Resources G1-8 (Australia) -

Math Exercises for Kids (from Nelsy, USA) -

Fun with Tables: Pop Lock and Learn

DCBeagle Challenges (Douglas Buchanan, formerly at Eagle House School, Berkshire) -
- fun for ages 7-13

1000 Problems to Enjoy (fitting the Key Stage 3 Numeracy Strategy)

Math Apprentice - USA career site for Middle Schools (Grade 4-7)
Motor Sport Mathematics - KS1-4 resources from Cranfield University

Top Marks - fun and games - NIM
Kidsweb - resources and search engine for kids!

Shambles list of Primary Mathematics resources
NRICH: Online Maths Club - Tiers: 1(age 6-12), 2(8-14)

TUTPUP!; Play - Compete - Learn (form Mind Candy Ltd, Battersea, London) -
Integer Lists to full accuracy

Ambleside Primary School (The Lake District, UK)

PROBABILITY
& STATISTICS

DATA SETS

TSM: Useful Files

TSM Data
(zip file)

Douglas' feature
for ATM (MTi)
"Having Fun
with Statistics"


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Sites for creating and sharing data

UK Census @ School project:
Census at School (UK) - Random Data Selector - Data Tool - Experiments at School
Census at School (International) - International Data Selector
- data from UK, Ireland, South Africa, Canada, Australia, New Zealand

Sport at School -
Home - Rowing at School - Cycling at School

Australian Census @ School project:
- Census online (Australia) - Random Data Sampler
- Interactive population data
- 2012 National Summary Tables -

Sites that deliver raw data

NOTE: Some data sets on the web are already in Excel's XLS format.
Some are nicely organised in tables, and so will copy and paste directly into Excel
Others will paste annoyingly into a single column in Excel. For these, and with the data still selected,
use the "Data" => "Text to Columns" option => "Delimited" => "Space" usually does it, then 'Fi'nish'.

The Guardian DATA STORE -

Nationmaster - world statistics (by Rapid Intelligence, Sydney) -
Google Fusion Tables (Gather, visualize and share data online) -
Kaggle ("We are making Data Science a Sport!") -

DASL: USA Data and Story Library (1996 - a bit old now, but still good data)
OzDASL (Univ of Queensland)
The Data Library (Math Forum)

Historical Weather data (UK)
UK Lotto [useful data on "All Winning Numbers" page]
Wisdom of the Crowd (InThinking - Teach Maths -

UK Premier Football results and statistics

There are further xls data resources on the TSM Useful Files page, including:
- Sports Data (xls) - World Population Data (xls) - Baby Data (xls)

Sites that deliver information

Wind stats from around the world - now using Google Maps
Names and their history
Who drives on the LEFT and who on the RIGHT?

World Bank: Data - Data Visualizer (similar to Gapminder)
- by topic - by country

My Life in Numbers (Phil Latham, Shenfield, Essex)
- blog

Time Maps (World History)

Cricket World Cup 2011 - graphs and charts! -
- England-Ireland! (Worm chart)

CIA Fact Book
General World Statistics (from the amazing infoplease.com)

Data from UN, by country (Only 6 countries at a time)
UK National Statistics

Google Gapminder (dynamic country statistics) by Hans Rosling (Sweden)
- Explanatory video from TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design - USA)
- The Joy of Stats -
- 200 Countries, 200 years, 4 minutes
- Gapminder videos from Craig Barton
- Human Development Trends (Flash powerpoint, 2005 - needs installing)

World Clock
Demographic statistics (incl. up to minute world pop.)

GraphJam - whacky pie-charts!
Global Carbon Emissions - animated, by countries
Population Pyramids for various regions of the World

Information is Beautiful - new perspectives on world data (by David McCandless, London)
- The true Size of Africa - The Billion Dollar Gram - Debtris!

PROBABILITY
& STATISTICS

TEACHING

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Royal Statistical Society
RSS Centre for Statistical Education (Univ. of Plymouth) -

StatsTutor (Loughborough and Coventry Universities) -

Making Statistics Vital (Jonny Griffiths, Norfolk) -

Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics (Rice University, Houston, Texas)
- Simulations/Demonstrations
- Sampling Distribution simulation

Plus Magazine Teacher Package: Probability and Statistics -

Sidney Tyrrell's home page (probability and statistcs, Coventry University)
DISCUSS statistics teaching resources (Coventry University)

The Birthday Problem: Simulation (Stanford Uni.), Theory (Math Forum)

VESTAC: JAVA Statistics (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)
Stats4Schools (Lesson plans and data, from Office for National Statistics, Newport, Wales)
Teaching Statistics - (Wiley)

CAST: Computer Assisted Statistics Teaching [registration required]
- a complete course, by Doug Stirling, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand