The dedicated folks at the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) have created this handy compendium of learning capsules as part of their online digital library. This compendium contains fifteen different areas, ranging from General Tools to Antidifferentiation. These resources have been contributed and vetted by mathematics professors, learning specialists, and others actively involved in the...

With an increased focus on the importance of teaching mathematics throughout the education system in the United States, the discovery of this fine online collection of resources is most welcome. Developed by the Mathematical Association of America (with substantial support from the National Science Foundation), the site contains hundreds of classroom materials that have been extensively tested and...

The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Journal Writing Awards honor the best mathematical writing from their various journals, and they also serve as a repository of great instructional resources for mathematics educators. The awards here include The Carl B. Allendoerfer Awards, the Trevor Evans Awards, and The Lester R. Ford Awards. Visitors can browse through all of the past winners, or...

André Heck is a project manager at the Faculty of Science of the Universiteit van Amsterdam, and he recently contributed this thoughtful article to the "Loci" project at the Mathematical Sciences Digital Library. In this piece, Heck explores the topic of mathematical modeling by asking, "What is the volume and surface area of a hen's egg?". The article goes on to discuss how mathematical...

Alex Kasman, Associate Professor in the College of Charleston Department of Mathematics, has compiled this list of Mathematical Fiction. The books and stories listed here may be of interest to teachers or anyone wanting to read about mathematics from a literary perspective. The collection is organized so that visitors can browse by medium (which includes 22 entries that are categorized as...

Artists throughout the millennia have shown a strong affinity for creating works of art that incorporate patterns derived from areas of mathematical inquiry such as representations of infinity, symmetry, and tessellations. Recently, the American Mathematical Society created this website to let the general public view materials related to the relationship between mathematics and art, and it is...

The American Mathematical Society has a section of its website devoted to the connection between mathematics and art, entitled Mathematical Imagery, which contains images of artworks from almost two dozen art exhibits. Visitors will find a quote on the right side of the homepage by G.H. Hardy that describes mathematicians and their relation to artists, as such: "A mathematician, like a painter or...

From the American Mathematical Society comes Mathematical Moments, a series of posters created "to promote appreciation and understanding of the role mathematics plays in science, nature, technology, and human culture." Readers will find well over one hundred posters, each downloadable as a one-page PDF, on the important role math plays in topics such as movie streaming services like Netflix, how...

Pi day adds up to "a way to celebrate geekiness" http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=1485843b-94cf-491f-a4b4-fac33784a276&k=70833 2007 19th Annual Pi Day Celebration Page http://www.exploratorium.edu/pi/ Piday.org http://www.piday.org Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math About Pi http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.pi.html The Digits of Pi http://www.joyofpi.com/pi.html This...

Professor of Mathematics Scott W. Williams has created this website dedicated to the ancient and modern achievements of the peoples of Africa and the African Diaspora within the Mathematical Sciences. One of the purposes of this website is to disprove proclamations by some that "The Negro is incapable of succeeding." Some examples of such false statements are provided along with a longer list of...