If you're a mathematics educator, you'll find the GeoGebra site to be a perfect addition to your stable of online resources. On the top of the homepage, visitors can look through sections that include About, Download, Community, and Materials. Most visitors will want to download the GeoGebra application as it is the primary way to utilize the 44,000 learning activities offered on the site. After...
The Global Grocery List Project was designed by The Landmark Project and is supported by the Global SchoolNet Foundation. Through the Global Grocery List Project students share local grocery prices to build a growing table of data which is then available to use for computation, analysis, and conclusion-building within the context of social studies, science, mathematics and other disciplines. Since...
Launched in 2009, the Harvard College Sports Analysis Collective's (HSAC) blog is an extension of the student-run organization that was started three years prior. HSAC provides a space for "quantitative analysis of sports strategy and management," and the blog (written by Harvard University students and faculty) builds on this mission. Under the Topics tab, visitors can choose a sport or subject...
Produced by news outlet FiveThirtyEight, Hot Takedown is a podcast "where the hot takes of the sports world meet the numbers that prove them right or tear them down." While the show caters to sports enthusiasts, its content and tone invite all listeners to learn and laugh. The show is co-hosted by Sara Ziegler (FiveThirtyEight's sports editor), Neil Paine (a senior writer), and Geoff Foster...
Does the mere mention of the phrase “sampling distributions” bring a tingle to your spine? Visitors to this site will fear this basic concept of statistics (along with many others) no longer, as it does a fine job of explaining them in a fashion that is both lucid and jargon-free. Created and maintained by Professor David M. Lane of Rice University, the HyperStat Online site contains an online...
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...
Designed for educators, the Interactivate website provides numerous high quality resources that assist with the “creation, collection, evaluation, and dissemination of interactive courseware for exploration in science and mathematics.” The What's New area provides interested parties with new and updated activities that are quite compelling. One of the more recent additions is Function Revolution,...
Published since 1993, the Journal of Statistics Education (JSE) is a publication of the American Statistical Association. Given the wide range of material found within its pages (both virtual and print), it can truly be considered one of the most important resources available for those who wish to make the world of statistics lucid for their students and others. Visitors can wander through the...
The Khan Academy is a "not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education to anyone anywhere. " Designed as a type of educational tool and a living archive, the site contains over 2100 videos that include algebra lessons, calculus sessions, cosmology, and developmental math. The "tool" function comes in when visitors discover that they can...
This excellent resource from the Annenberg Media group provides teachers with materials to teach data analysis, statistics, and probability. The materials here are organized around the content standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). The focus is on introducing these concepts as an integrated "problem-solving process." The programs were produced by WGBH in Boston and...