Missing a Little Math Discussion...

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Posted by Tom Stork on October 15, 1999 at 15:30:43:

I keep searching and hoping and watching and waiting for some discussion to break out among those of us who were in the Math section of this project... But none so far... even my postings haven't been math related.

So in hopes of stimulating some talk about math related topics, I've searched out a few interesting and very useful web sites related to the topics we began exploring this summer and issues of math pedagogy.

The
Meredith College Mathematics Links page includes one to Non-Euclid the Hyperbolic Geometry exploration program we used this summer. It was here that I found the wonderful Geometry Center at the University of Minnesota. Among its many intriguing projects is the collection of Interactive Software for exploring geometry being developed at the Geometry Center.

The Meredith College Mathematics Links also points to the Pavilion of Polyhedreality but its URL has been changed. (Use the one highlighted here.) This link is worthwhile for its beautiful constructions such as this snub dodecahedron made of paperclips
The Mathematics Link page also connects to Educational Resources from Texas Instruments. This site should be of great interest to any teachers who use graphing calculators or other TI products in their classrooms.

From the Knot a Braid of Links (or KaBoL, home of Egg Math, Vector Land, and the Theory of Neckties {you may remember the recent NPR piece about an article in Nature on the ways to tie a necktie}) comes the
Triangle Centers site where the concept of a triangle's center is given a range of formal geometric interpretations. Discover what interesting objects besides its centroid may qualify as a triangle's center.

Of special significance to all discussions of math education is the collection of resources assembled at Swarthmore's Math Forum. Here you'll find Ask Dr. Math where students or anyone can post questions about mathematical topics and receive expert answers. In addition the
Math Forum links to subject matter Internet resources by grade level from K up to post grad.

Finally, there is a section on Math Education at the Math Forum that warrants hyperbolic praise.

I hope that the Math section participants from Project Sustain will find the opportunity to explore some of the sites listed above and begin discussion about some of things they find there. I know that we're all too busy to breathe, but these resources take many steps toward explaining why it is we find math fascinating enough to want to communicate it to our students.


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