http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sat, 25 May 2013 12:49:50 PDT Sat, 25 May 2013 12:49:50 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=89324 This excellent site contains a large and interesting selection of material on Fibonacci Numbers and their myriad related concepts. It includes web and text references to the rich literature of Fibonacci numbers. It also features a variety of images, graphics and animations. Many of the topics include student investigations for NCTM standard type explorations. The content includes standard motivational examples and applications in nature, but also mathematical explanations and puzzle pages. The site has already won several awards. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=89142 An award-winning site concerning the history of mathematics. In-depth coverage of numerous people, topics, mathematical curves, and more. Extensively cross-linked; powerful search engine. Rich and growing source of materials. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=76247 This site provides an extremely large encyclopedia-style collection of material related to mathematics at the college level and beyond. Much of the material deals with advanced topics. A large number of animated GIFs and java applets are presented as visual aids and the site has won numerous web awards. The World of Mathematics is hosted by Wolfram Research, Inc., and is offered as a free service to the mathematics community. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=89910 A huge list of resources in various topics of mathematics and math education. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=87398 This is a graduate level reference work with 8,000 entries illuminating nearly 50,000 mathematical notions. If you are looking for the definition of a term, this site most likely has it.Each entry is actually a small survey article on the subject in question, written by an expert. Articles list further references, so that deeper study after a quick refresher is possible. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80285 In collaboration with NEIRTEC (Northeast and the Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium) this online workshop presents technology tools and web-based materials that support middle school teachers of mathematics. The workshop explores a range of online math applets, management tools, web-based resources, lesson plans and projects that utilize technology to serve curricular goals. One of my favorites is the Fraction Bars Applet http://arcytech.org/java/fractions/fractions.html. This tool allows you to create fraction bars and then covert between fraction, percent, and decimal. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=88217 Biography of Thales of Miletus (624BC-547BC) http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=76721 This is a sub-page of the large and comprehensive Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics site which is separately reviewed elsewhere on MERLOT. At the time of review this probability and statistics area listed 19 subtopics including Bayesian analysis, descriptive statistics, probability, random numbers, random walks, and statistical tests. Approximately 350 separate items on probability and statistics were included. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=421510 This site is designed to answer many important questions regarding carrers and professional placement of math majors. It contains very useful statistical data on the subject as well as information on different connections between mathematics and real life. The site can be very useful for all kinds of professional orientation sessions for math majors. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=405534 This site is the mathematics area of the larger Wolfram Alpha project – described as a computational knowledge engine to make the world’s knowledge computable. In response to natural language questions it provides direct answers, explanations, related information and comparisons. In addition to mathematics the main site offers, for example, chemistry, engineering, places and geography, money and finance. Mathematica is used as the underlying software engine.From the point of view of mathematics education it poses advantages and disadvantages in the way of most technology – but the free availability of a powerful mathematical tool opens up vast new possibilities for students and teachers to explore. For the professional mathematician it’s not clear if it solves anything that their stand alone version of Mathematica could not.