Teresa (Tami) Matsumoto's collection of Cool Math Stuff (and other cool stuff, too)

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	Math Stuff	Non-Math Stuff (Or less-mathy, anyway)
Humor:	Fun Math Stuff Math Puns  Math Jokes, collected by Andrej and Elena Cherkaev  SimpsonsMath -- Sarah J. Greenwald and Andrew Nestler's page about math on "The Simpsons"  Venn Diagrams -- Funny Venn Diagrams, on Huffington Post	Fun Not-necessarily Math Stuff Pun of the Day  Random Pun  Creme That Egg (video) The Great Debate  Gaping Hole Costume
Special Dates:	March 14: Pi Day  April: Math Awareness Month  May 7, 2009: Odd Day: 5/7/9  June 5, 2010: Opening Day of Crabs Baseball [Countdown]   The last "Palindromic Day" was 10.02.2001. When will the next one be? -- More about Palindromes Oct. 10: Powers of Ten Day	Some Bizarre Holidays: September  October  November  December
Special Events:	Humboldt Math Festival Redwood Empire Mathematics Tournament -- For selected participants from seventh through twelfth grades, REMT is held every spring on the Humboldt State University campus. William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition: the 1st Saturday of December, every year More info	Kinetic Grand Championship, May 23-24-25, 2009 Take a Child Outside Day -- Sept. 27, 2009 CR Science Night -- Oct. 23, 2009 KEET-TV Holiday Auction,NOVEMBER 9 & 10, 12 & 13 and 16-18, 2009 Expanding Your Horizons -- coming Fall 2009 A Celebration of Women in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Recommended Readings Notable Women in MSE, past and present Biographies of Local Professional Women in MSE Women of CR in MSE
Competitions:	William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition: the 1st Saturday of December, every year More info MathCounts -- a national math enrichment, coaching and competition program that promotes middle school mathematics achievement. Math Olympiads for Elementary and Middle Schools (MOEMS) MAA's American Mathematics Competitions -- to increase interest in mathematics and to develop problem solving ability through a series of friendly mathematics contests for students grades 6-12 Redwood Empire Mathematics Tournament -- For selected participants from seventh through twelfth grades, REMT is held every spring on the Humboldt State University campus.	Get to Know Contest -- Get to Know Nature! -- for K-12 students; from the Get to Know Society; entries must be postmarked or submitted online by November 30, 2009 Disney Planet Challenge -- for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade classrooms. Register by 12/18/09. Projects due by 2/26/10. Coastal Art & Poetry Contest -- for K-12 students; from the California Coastal Commission; entries must be postmarked by January 30, 2010 Kinetic Grand Championship, May 23-24-25, 2009 Economic Fuel, the Humboldt County Student Business Challenge Shell Eco-marathon Americas Humboldt County Science Fair
Games, Puzzles and other diversions	Gamequarium, Data Interpretation Games The Monty Hall problem: Simple Monty Hall -- Three Doors Advanced Monty Hall -- You can use More Doors 2007 Game  Brain Teasers  Problems of the Week: Math Fundamentals Problem of the Week Pre-Algebra Problem of the Week Algebra Problem of the Week Geometry Problem of the Week The Great pi / e Debate: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5	Frog Leap Test  Sheep Dash -- test your reaction time "Free Rice" Vocabulary Test -- each right answer means 10 more grains of rice donated Hue Test -- How well do you see color? Read about it Scribball (have to watch an ad first)  Ball on a String  Optical Illusions -- this has to do with color and the brain interpreting colors GoogleDrive -- Drive around Google Maps Procrastination -- Video by John Kelly (4 min 17 sec)
Graphs and Graphing	Winplot: See Peanut Software -- Winplot is a general-purpose plotting utility, which can draw (and animate) curves and surfaces presented in a variety of formats. The programs may be freely distributed, and the author (rparris@exeter.edu) welcomes suggestions for improvements and repairs. Venn Diagrams -- Funny Venn Diagrams, on Huffington Post National Curve Bank  Downloadable Graph Paper and Measurement Tools (pdf files available at this site) Free Online Graph Paper / Grid Paper PDFs Links to Grid, Graph Paper Printable Worksheets and Resources Free printable Graph Paper	Gamequarium, Data Interpretation Games
Art:	MathArtFun.com  Math Art Gallery   The Mathematical Art of M.C. Escher  Tessellating Alphabet  Visual Mathematics   Exploding Math Art!  Math Clip Art Gallery, from the Discovery Channel School  Music My Hero Zero Watch the Video See all the words	Matt Filar Photography  Ferndale Arts  Etchy, online Etch-a-Sketch Japanese Barcodes (see also: image search)
Things you can Make:	Dodecahedral Calendar  Dodecahedral Calendar with Art  Dodecahedral Calendar, with Calendar Generator to add your own holidays (using TeX)	Virtual Holiday Sweaters  Designate, the easy way to Make Decisions
Articles:	Chewing gum may raise maths grades in teens MatheMUSEments -- Articles about math in everyday life, written by Ivars Peterson for Muse magazine. Setting a Prime Number Record -- Read about it in Science News for Kids MATH & TERROR -- from NPR Weekend Edition, Saturday, May 18, 2002 -- Scott Simon talks with Weekend Edition math guy Keith Devlin about how mathematicians are playing a crucial role in the war against terrorism. Mr. Devlin directs the Center for the Study of Language and Information at Stanford University. Hear the interview (7 min.) "Randomness at the Airport" -- Devlin's Angle, May 2002 Article	Fall 2009 North Coast CREEC (pdf file)  -- California Regional Environmental Education Community The 101 Most Useful Websites Spring 2009 Pinch Hitter (pdf file)  Stuart Jeffries on the revival of the exclamation mark!
Organizations:	Cal-PASS Professional Learning Council NCTM -- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics: NCTM is a public voice of mathematics education, providing vision, leadership, and professional development to support teachers in ensuring mathematics learning of the highest quality for all students. Founded in 1920, NCTM is the world’s largest mathematics education organization, with 100,000 members and 250 Affiliates throughout the United States and Canada. NCTM Standards, see link to online version NCTM Conferences and Events CAMTE -- California Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators CMC: California Mathematics Council -- The California Mathematics Council is a state-wide organization, founded in 1942 when a small group of mathematics teachers met at Stanford University to form an organization for sharing information. The California Mathematics Council believes that all students have the capacity to become mathematically competent and confident when provided a rigorous and challenging mathematical program supported by high expectations. CMC3: California Mathematics Council Community Colleges -- founded in 1973 to provide a forum through which Community College mathematics faculty in Northern and Central California shall express themselves professionally at a local, state and national level and to support mathematical activity by students and faculty. Cal-SOAP: California Student Opportunity and Access Program RAMP: Redwood Area Math Project	NMSI: Northcoast Mathematics and Science Institute CREEC Network: California Regional Environmental Education Community ESTEME: Excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education , sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and NASA in partnership with other U.S. Government agencies and scientific societies CELT: Center for Excellence in Learning & Teaching (at HSU) Humboldt County Red Cross
More Resources:	Math Resources (general) HomeWork Hotline-- Tuesdays & Thursdays 4:30-5pm on KEET-TV Channel 13 Tami's PI page Mike Butler's "Partial List" of Links to Cool Mathematics Sites MathWorld -- a comprehensive and interactive mathematics encyclopedia intended for students, educators, math enthusiasts, and researchers. Dictionary of Units of Measurement -- The "I" section Math Goodies Math Mistakes -- real mistakes from real student work, and math facts students should know The Math Forum (at Drexel Univ.)  Ask Dr. Math The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, from Univ. of St. Andrews, Scotland Indexes of Biographies of Mathematicians Slide Rule -- includes link to a Virtual Slide Rule COMET: California Online Mathematics Education Times -- COMET is an electronic news journal designed for mathematics educators and educational leaders. COMET features information on current educational issues, professional events and opportunities, web resources, and news from California and across the nation. High School Operations Research -- Since 1996, we have been developing instructional materials for use in high school mathematics classrooms. Worldometers -- world statistics updated in real time   Statistics Resources Statistics Glossary, from the STEPS consortium (STatistical Education through Problem Solving) Online Glossary of Statistical Terms Babe Ruth statistics Roger Maris statistics Interactive Regression Activity Cricket Regression problem: chirps per second and temperature Linear Regression Applet (very cool!) The Monty Hall problem: Simple Monty Hall -- Three Doors Advanced Monty Hall -- You can use More Doors Algebra Resources Intermediate Algebra, free online text for CR students Purplemath -- Your Algebra Resource Algebra Lessons from Purplemath Study Skills Self Survey from Purplemath Internet Resource list from Purplemath algebrahelp.com Linear Algebra Resources Professor Strang's Linear Algebra Class Lecture Videos	Not necessarily Math resources Academy of the Redwoods Greek Alphabet, with Pronunciation help Greek Alphabet, in a handy table (no pronunciation help) HippoCampus -- Your Free One-Stop Educational Resource PORTS -- Parks Online Resources for Teachers and Students, from the California State Park System, Interpretation and Education Division Industrious Clock -- It's Incredible! Mental Floss, where knowledge junkies get their fix Recent Earthquakes from USGS Tsunami Hazard Maps Seasonal Flu Checklist (pdf file), from Red Cross Do I have Swine Flu? -- a simple test Science News for Kids US Dept of Education Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative Student Universe -- Students Fly Cheaper peace begins . . .

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