Mrs. Gist's page of Links

There was once a very brilliant horse who mastered arithmetic, algebra, plane geometry, and trigonometry. When presented with problems in analytic geometry, however, the horse would kick, neigh, and struggle desperately. . . . One just couldn't put Descartes before the horse. -Anonymous

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General Interest

How Stuff Works--a great site that shows how different things work.	Print Graph paper	Printable Dot Paper
JET Pre-Engineering Times--a newsletter that shares information about all different types of engineering.To signup to receive the newseletter click here. (it's free.)	Discover Engineering	The Geometry Center
Ask Dr. Math--no fair asking them to do all your homework, but once in awhile they can help you get started.	CoolMath--lots of links to cool math stuff, including some explanations	Topics about special numbers
Brain Cake--a site for scientifically minded girls	Best Undergraduate Degrees by Salary--great article showing how different degrees stack up by salary. guess what all the high ones have in common?	Montana Math Contest information and old tests
Link to Fido Puzzle--explain how he does it for extra credit (This is part a branch of mathematics called number theory.)	Link to The Flash Mind Reader again, explain how this is done for extra credit (also an example of the use of number theory)	Math World site using Mathematica to explain some advanced stuff
Using Algebra Tiles to Factor--an online set of Algebra Tiles	Peeps Research --fun site demonstrating research projects on Peeps	6+1 Trait™ Writing Assessment Scoring Guide
What's so special about this number?	What's so Special about this number Facts?	Think Quest:
Prime Math encyclopedia:	Another crossword puzzle site.--be sure to read directions carefully	Crossword Puzzle software that you can use to print vocabulary crossword puzzles.--doesn't save, so you have to be able to print it.
Link to download Geogebra We will be using Geometer's Sketchpad and GeoGebra for some activities.	Basic Online graphing calculator--limited functionality	Mathematical Moments--a link to resources and podcasts about ways math is used in various fields of study. Check it out!!!
Online Graphing Calculator--doesn't do everything we need, but it can do a lot. This page also has study hints, and calculator manuals, etc.	Free graphing calculator you can download to your computer. It also does not do it all, but it does lots.

CAMI Links

Math Trainer-- Practice Multiplication Facts--My favorite for getting you up to speed on your mult. facts, or subtraction or addition for that matter.	Math Playground--Links to a variety of games to help with basic skills. Some are pretty elementary, so good practice if you struggle with the basics.	Reducing Fractions GAME
More Multiplication facts games	Making Change Practice--see for help on learning how to count back change to get answer if you think you'll ever work in retail--it's a lost skill that many customers expect.

Algebra 2 Links

Links to Algebra 2 book powerpoints:

This is the entire set of powerpoints that come with the book. I do not know if they all work correctly. If you find errors, please let me know so I can fix them. If you do not have powerpoint, I think you can download a viewer at this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126492
Chapter 1	Chapter 2	Chapter 3
Chapter 4	Chapter 5:	Chapter 6:
Chapter 7	Chapter 8	Chapter 9
Chapter 10	Chapter 11	Chapter 12

conic sections

Java applets of conic sections	Parabolas	Conic Sections
Ellipsograph	Liquid mirror telescope	Encyclopedia article on navigation
Ellipses: oval mat cutter	Dish Antenna	Hyperbolas
Elliptical chainwheels	GeoRadar	Circle and Spheres in the Geometry Junkyard
St Paul's Cathedral	Whisper Gallery	Ellipse game
Parabolic arch	more general conics info	Solar collector--parabolic troughs
Apollonius of Perga	Conic Sections and related links--virtual reality labs	acoustic engineering
Conic Sections Applications	Orbital eccentricity	Conics construction
Fabric Architecture	Arches	more sonic boom
Toronto Sky Dome	sonic boom	Satellites
Cassegrain Telescope	Artillery applications	Optigone--mirage shows how those mirage mirrors work
Fun with conics	parabolic microphones	Parabolic Troughs for solar energy
Center for Science Education--space science info	Rainbow lab	Shepperd's Dell Bridge
Circumference and perimeter of an ellipse	Multiple ellipse constructions	Myth Busters--WaterSlide Wipeout
cone drive transmission	Wheels	Arches
email response about nuclear cooling towers	MicroGravity (vomit comet)	OPTICS for Teens
parabolic microphones--shows how to build one another link showing how to build one	Liquid Fireworks	Dancing Waters
reflective properties of hyperbola	reflective property of ellipse	reflective property of parabolas

Scatterplots on the TI-Nspire

TI-Nspire tutorials

linear programming

History of linear programming:

logarithms and exponential functions

Meaning of e:	Review of logarithms	More on logarithms--Purple math modules
Even more on logarithms	Build your own slide rule	How to use a slide Rule @ the Slide Rule Museum
CycloLog--a geological use of logs	Calculating Decibels	How are Earthquakes Measured?
How the Richter Scale Works on How Stuff Works	An intuitive explanation of exponential growth	Understanding Compound Interest
The Basics of MRI	The Number e	Transcendental numbers
Why is e so important?	Rule of 72

imaginary numbers

Do imaginary numbers really exist?:	An intuitive guide to complex numbers	Cmplex Numbers
a Blog on God and Imaginary Numbers	Imaginary Numbers are not real.	Imaginary Numbers in Real Life
Use of Imaginary Numbers	The electron as a wave	Wikipedia article on complex numbers
Quantum mechanics	Fractals and complex numbers	Dave's Short course on complex numbers
John & Bettys Journey into complex numbers	A radio broadcast about i	The Basics of MRI
Algebraic Structures of Complex Numbers	Gaussian Primes

Career Links

Careers in Math Video--You can watch this streaming video about careers in math.

CoolMath Link to Careers in Math-- this site has a really cool mouse tail!

Geometry Links

Trigonometry

Dave's short trig course trig overview

Discovering Trigonometry

tesselations

M.C. Escher	Tesselation Town--interesting interactive site that teaches how to make tesselation patterns and designs	Ozzigami--a great site for seeing art using tesselations
Tesselation Collections--a collection of links to other info about tesselations and tesselation art.

Polyhedra

Polyhedron pasttimes

Origami

Joseph Wu's Origami page (art)--includes many links to artistic origami	Oriland (Origami Land)	Origami data base--instructions and models--some have instructions in foreign languages
Math on the Street--Origami