From Marco Santonocito and Antonio Giarrusso, iMathematics is a free phone application for practicing a variety of mathematical subjects, including arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, and probability. As Giarrusso explains, this phone application can be considered "the Duolingo for Learning Math." Like the popular application for learning new languages, iMathematics teaches...

The world is faced with a number of pressing issues, including climate change, food security, and a range of public health epidemics, just to name a few. In an effort to inspire solutions, the Innovation Management site allows a wide range of creative thinkers, scientists, and policy experts to exchange ideas via their Open Innovation Marketplace. Currently, the site has over 14000 persons signed...

Inside Science is a media organization that "provides editorially independent research news and information on science, engineering, mathematics, and related fields for general audiences through television, print and the Web." On the site, visitors can roam freely over high-quality pieces, which are organized into areas including News, Video, Opinion, and Blog. The News area is a great place to...

Teaching algebra can be a difficult proposition, and at times, those who have just entered the field of mathematics education can feel a bit overwhelmed. Stepping in to provide a bit of assistance is this series of instructional videos, created by WNET in New York, working with funding from the Annenberg Media Foundation. The program contains eight parts, and interested parties will have the...

Designed by Kalid Azad, the Instacalc Online Calculator offers an elegant solution to those who need a variety of calculations and conversions done simultaneously. With Instacalc, visitors just need to type in a calculation or operation and the answer will appear. The application also includes some programming tools and advanced math functionality, and the application can be embedded or linked,...

The University of Washington's Institute for Science and Math Education has been creating partnerships for "equity-focused" STEM education models since 2008. The Institute is based on three core strategies, which can be found in the About section of the web site. They intend to create mutually-beneficial collaborations, build educational practice based on research, and transcend the inequity that...

Originally featured in the 06-11-2016 Scout Report, Interactivate offers a number of resources for mathematics teachers and students in search of hands-on activities. Interactivate is a website created and maintained by Shodor, a North Carolina-based non-profit organization dedicated to developing resources that help students engage with computational science. Interactivate contains dozens of...

With the kind support of the National Science Foundation, the Shodor Education Foundation continues to provide a wide set of resources designed to assist educators with the formidable task of teaching young people about math and science. Since 1994, they have been responsible for the Interactivate website, which is designed to create, collect, and disseminate Java-based courseware for exploration...

Created by Alexander Bogomolny, this site is a clearinghouse of fun and engaging mathematics exercises, puzzles, and other such activities that teachers can utilize in their classrooms. Of course, students might happen across the site and they might become math converts along the way. First-time visitors might wish to read Bogomolny's "manifesto" for the site, and then they can dive right into the...

The author of this website, Alexander Bogomolny (formber associate professor of mathematics at the University of Iowa), describes the purpose of this website as a call for mathematics appreciation in response to "math anxiety" and stereotypes. Noting that, "in pragmatic terms we need mathematics very rarely, and, when we do, the mathematics we need is mostly trivial," the author suggests that...