By the end of this one-hour project-based course, learners will be able to create a basic budget in Google Sheets and customize it to their needs. Along the way, learners will build their financial and spreadsheet skills and learn to create budgets for personal use or professional reports and presentations. A split-screen video tutorial walks learners step-by-step through the project from start to...

Crafting new instructional aids for math courses can be difficult, but this helpful new article from Markus Hohenwarter and Judith Preiner will bring much joy to the hearts of mathematics teachers everywhere. This particular article presents information on creating new interactive materials (or "mathlets") with the use of various open source tools. The article includes sections on creating...

In the 1970s and 1980s, many countries in the Middle East found themselves flush with an oil boom, both in terms of production and in terms of its buying power and price. This recent 142-page report created by the World Bank reports on what some of these countries are planning to do with these increasing revenue streams, and some of the results may be a bit surprising. The report notes that oil...

While some may know fractals primarily from their use in abstract painting and African art, fractals are important elements within the world of mathematics. For those who seek to learn more about the construction of fractals and their uses, this very nice Flash-enabled feature from Daniel Gries at Merrimack College will definitely come in handy. This particular Flash applet draws fractals by means...

A city simulation game meets an expense tracking app: As the Mayor of Fortune City, keep your citizens happy by recording your day-to-day spending in order to create a growing, prosperous city. Users record their spending in categories such as food, transport, entertainment, and shopping. As they use the app, they can construct buildings and transportation, assign jobs to each citizen, complete...

The International Solar-Terrestrial Physics Science Initiative (ISTP), a collaborative effort by NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of Japan, has recently created this new resource for use in physics and astronomy courses or by other interested users. A sister site to its popular Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere site...

This resource for educators and students of game theory aims to make lessons on game theory more relevant to the student (see also NSDL Scout Report for Math, Engineering, and Technology, October 11, 2002). This section of the website provides links to lecture notes for courses in game theory and applied game theory offered by faculty at various universities. The collection is arranged in a table...

GnuCash is a full-featured double entry accounting application. While initially designed to provide personal accounting features similar to the popular Quicken program, it has since grown to support accounting for small businesses and nonprofit entities. For personal accounting, the software includes features for budgeting, forecasting, automated scheduled transactions, bank and credit account...

Graph theory is widely used in computer science, engineering and of course, mathematics. Wikipedia offers this definition and overview of Graph Theory (1). This next website from Mega-Math (2) reviews some of the Vocabulary of Graphs and highlights some applications for graph theory, such as the design of computer systems and games. Some additional applications for Graph Theory are discussed in...

Accounting can strike fear into the hearts of many, particular around the ides of April here in the United States. Beginning students of the field and small business owners will breathe a bit easier after looking over this easy to use and informative site. As the homepage remarks, this site will help users learn the basics of accounting and also give them the opportunity to solve common-place...