Bargain
at the Fair- Students will decide between full passes or admission plus ride tickets. Use
data from your own local fair to make this more meaningful.
CCCnet has original, interactive curriculum
- free now but soon to be subscription-based
Calculators
Online Ever wonder how many uses a calculator can have? Visit Calculators On Line
for demonstrations of using this powerful tool for weddings, sports, life insurance, science and
even mathematics.
Calculus
&Mathematica Distance Education Program The University of
Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Distance Education Program is the
part of the Calculus & Mathematicaproject that teaches
students who are not located on the University of Illinois campus.
DEP brings students and university professors together to form a
human electronic community devoted to learning mathematics.
Mathematics
of Cartography explores mathematical topics associated with maps. It includes a history of cartography, the basics of
scale, longitude and latitude, projections, career information,
teachers' notes, and a rich list of geography links. Problems use
web-based technologies to solve.
Cassette
Tape ProjectThis project can be used when students are studying or after they have studied
quadratic functions. Other topics include Modeling, function graphing, quadratic and linear relations, data collecting and analysis, best-fit lines, analysis and interpretation of graphs,
and optimization.
Circles
of Light: The Mathematics of Rainbows How are rainbows
formed? Why do they only occur when the sun is behind the observer? If the sun is low on the horizon, at what angle in the sky should we expect to see a rainbow? This lab helps to answer
these and other questions by examining a mathematical model of light passing through a water droplet.
City
Park ProjectYou own a contract company which builds playgrounds. The city of San Jose has asked your company to submit a bid for a new neighborhood park. The
location and size of the playground are on the attached map. As
part of this bid, you must do the following: develop and calculate
the cost of building the playground; make a scale drawing; and
make a model of the playground.
Currency
Comparison is a well structured activity for students
to compare the buying power of $5.00 American with $5.00
Australian.
The
Customized Box Factory-
Experience the Problem Solving and Mathematical Reasonings
encountered by a box factory that has to design and create boxes
to accommod ate odd shapes. The Problem Solving and Mathematical
Reasoning accommodates easy to difficult skills of both teacher s
and students. (This link also has a more complex lesson on
designing a city park.)
College Preparatory Mathematics: CPM is a complete math program for high school students who want to learn the basics and more.
Nancy Powell is the Lead Teacher of the Mathematics Department at Bloomington High School
in Bloomington, IL
For more information or comments about this Web site, contact Nancy
Powell at npowell@bhs-ms.org
The BHS Mathematics Department would like to thank Dave's World (dave-world.net) for providing the
Web space for this site.
Nancy
Powell