Websites

 

Here are some websites you might enjoy.  I've tried to check them and I don't think there's any inappropriate content, but if you find anything please let me know immediately.

Fun Websites

www.crayonphysics.org

http://www.phunland.com/wiki/Home

http://www.globalspec.com/trebuchet/

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/06/07/technology/20100607-distraction-filtering-demo.html?th&emc=th

http://www.math.clemson.edu/~simms/java/pentominoes/

http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/


Origami

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/between-the-folds/  an amazing video showing new techniques

http://www.origamitessellations.com/  Origami shapes that tesselate

http://www.origami-usa.org/resources

http://www.origamidatabase.com/

http://www.origami.gr.jp/Archives/Etc/convention02/SR_Dodecahedron1.pdf

http://www.langorigami.com/art/challenge/challenge.php4

http://www.origami-resource-center.com/modular.html

 

 

Math Resources

General

http://www.wolframalpha.com/examples/Math.html

 

Statistics

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/data/datapost.html

http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/explorer?hp  Maps of the whole US with popluation breakdowns by Census data

http://www.maps.com/ref_map.aspx?pid=12627  NC population distribution map

http://www.censusscope.org/us/chart_age.html  Compare 1990 and 2000 Census data

 

Geometry

Tesselations

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/Tessellate/  - Modifies polygons to make tesselations

http://www.tessellations.org/

Pentominoes

http://www.math.clemson.edu/~simms/java/pentominoes/

Proofs

Ch 4- proving triangles congruent

http://www.mrperezonlinemathtutor.com/G/1_7_Proofs_Triangles_Congruence.html

feromax.com/cgi-bin/ProveIt.pl