Web Sites

Math DVDs

http://www.thegreatcourses.com/ttcx/coursedesclong2.aspx?cid=1411

Joy of Math (Available from RHHS library for sign-out!)

 

http://www.thegreatcourses.com/ttcx/coursedesclong2.aspx?cid=177

Change and Motion: Calculus Made Clear (Available from RHHS library for sign-out!)

 

 

Math Tutorials

 

http://www.wtamu.edu/academic/anns/mps/math/mathlab/col_algebra/

Algebra Review – Grades 9-12 - West Texas A&M University Virtual Math Lab

 

http://www2.krellinst.org/UCES/archive/resources/trig/contents-trig.html

Trigonometry Review – Dr. James Sellers, Penn State University

 

http://www.mathtv.com/

videos of a mathematics teacher explaining answers to specific questions

 

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/mlg/mlg.php?site

Not really a tutorial but translate mathematical terms into other languages! (Found by Mrs. Tate, RHHS Head of ESL)

 

 

Post Secondary Mathematics

 

http://www.oame.on.ca/main/files/EDU-Gr12/UnivMathReq2010.pdf

12U Mathematics Prerequisites to Ontario Universities

 

http://eldar.mathstat.uoguelph.ca/dashlock/Outreach/index.html

University of Guelph Mathematics and Statistics Department Outreach – Problems of Week, cool images

 

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/587

Calculus or Statistics?

 

Careers in Mathematics

 

http://www.math.yorku.ca/new/undergrad/career.htm

Careers in Mathematics and Statistics

 

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123119236117055127.html

Mathematician #1 Career J

 

 

Math Software

 

www.graphmatica.com

Download Graphmatica for free (or with a donation) – graphing software.

 

http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/winplot.html

Winplot – Free graphing software from Rick Parris, math teacher from Exeter Academy, NH

 

 

History of Mathematics

 

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/index.html

MacTutor History of Mathematics – biographies, history topics, famous curves, mathematicians of the day

 

http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm

Biographies of Women in Mathematics

 

http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/maths/histstat/people/welcome.htm

Portraits of Statisticians

 

http://jeff560.tripod.com/mathsym.html

History of Mathematical Symbols

 

http://almaz.com/nobel/why_no_math.html

Why no Nobel Prize in Mathematics?

 

http://jeff560.tripod.com/stamps.html

Mathematics and Postage Stamps

 

http://mathforum.org/isaac/mathhist.html

Famous Problems in the History of Mathematics

 

http://www.mersenne.org/default.php

Great Mersenne Prime Search (45th Mersenne Prime found in 2008

 

 

Humour

 

http://www.math.utah.edu/~cherk/mathjokes.html

Math Humour/Jokes   

 

 

Math in the Media

 

http://www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/mathmovies/

Math & Movies

 

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123119236117055127.html

Mathematician best occupation in USA!

 

 

Cool Math!

 

www.simpsonsmath.com

Compilation of 19 seasons of mathematics on the Simpsons

 

http://www.ted.com/talks/arthur_benjamin_does_mathemagic.html

Dr. Art Benjamin and his incredible math calculations

 

http://www.nutters.org/docs/monkeys

Mathematics of Monkeys and Shakespeare

 

http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/fractals/

Fractals & Chaos

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLpfcKwHkrM

Imagine a World Without Numbers!

 

 

Other Cool Math Stuff

 

http://www.gearfuse.com/the-real-simpsons-house/

Mr. Lim’s dream house!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvewSoJVqYI

Why 5 x 14 = 25. Hilarious!

 

 

Non-Mathematics Stuff

 

http://www.uwaterloo.ca/canu/index.php

Canadian Universities

 

http://www.truecolorscareer.com/quiz.asp

True Colours Personality Test (Mr. Lim is green (dominant) and blue)

 

http://www.cdm.uwaterloo.ca/index2.asp

Career Development e-Manual : 6 Stages in Career Planning and Development (Self-assessment; Research; Decision-Making; Network and Contact; Work; Planning)

 

www.rogerstv.com/option.asp?lid=237&rid=17&mid=52&gid=61692#10_126_181

RHHS student Jayme Treplin’s Olympic Torch Run

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZm0BfXYvFg&playnext_from=TL&videos=3_6OzZPZE5Y&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_fresh%2Bdiv-1r-3-HM

Ten-year old’s key note address to teachers before new school year

 

http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/

Puzzle Maker

 

http://www.tealdragon.net/humor/facts/facts.htm

Interesting Facts (Great to use at a Math Party)

 

http://acme.com/licensemaker/licensemaker.cgi?text=&state=Ontario&r=487794730

Personalized License Plate Maker (see how it looks before you actually get it done!)

 

 

Do NOT Do – Plain Stupid!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGCdBsOIKYA

Man bets life savings ($136 000) on a single Roulette spin. DO NOT DO THIS!!!!!! Think probability.