http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/Mathematics/Mathematics.html

The Awesome Library is an Internet library database developed by Dr. R. Jerry Adams, currently the Executive Director for the Evaluation and Development Institute, which co-owns the database. This section of the database is devoted to mathematics and provides links to math lessons and other Internet resources, such as games, worksheets, and articles. The database is organized first by grade level, such as elementary, middle school, or college, and then by sub-topics, such as Algebra, Geometry, or Calculus. A section on Standards offers links to reports and facts on mathematics standards used across the United States. The resources listed in this website "have been reviewed and found to be of high quality for our users" and the top 2 percent of the Awesome Library's resources are given a star, indicating that they met additional selection criteria, such as comprehensiveness or organizational quality. The database is also available to browse in Spanish, French, German, Russian, Dutch, Malay, Arabic, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, or Japanese. [VF]

http://www.scienceline.ucsb.edu/

The UCSB ScienceLine is a program that allows students and teachers, primarily from their local K-12 schools to "Ask a Scientist" science and engineering questions. The questions are automatically forwarded to designated scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and responses are usually sent back within about week. The questions and answers are then posted in the archive. The archives can be searched by keyword or browsed by topic. Some current topics include astronomy, biology, computers, electronics, geography, geology, materials, mechanics, optics/light, physics, and science careers. Also posted on the website is a list of the scientists available to answer questions and a webcast, which at the time of this report featured the Nobel Laureate Sir Harry Kroto talking about the discovery of Buckyballs. [VF]

http://www.uctltc.org/news/2004/04/assess.html

The UC Teaching, Learning & technology Center (TLtC) Webzine & Online Forum is published by the University of California and highlights news and events across the UC campuses. This article reports on a strategy used by professors at UC Riverside to assess student progress in a large lecture course. The article points out that quizzing students in large introductory science courses is time consuming and often does not provide students and teachers immediate feedback. The UC Riverside professors have found that online quizzes are an effective way to assess student understanding of key concepts throughout the term in a timely manner. Another strategy discussed in the article is the use of a wireless computing system in the lecture hall to conduct anonymous quizzes during class time. The article concludes with a short discussion of another innovation under development known as "smart homework," which tailors itself to the student's ability level in order to give real-time feedback to the student. [VF]

http://www.gcse.com/maths/index.htm

This commercial website, developed by GCSE Answers Ltd., offers short tutorials on various topics in mathematics, such as algebra, trigonometry, and measurement. The tutorials include a short overview of the topic interspersed with quizzes. A "maths index" allows visitors to browse the list for a particular subtopic. The Coursework section includes some tips for students on completing science assignments and provides a link to "free graph paper," which is set up for British paper sizes, but should still be useful for American-sized paper in an emergency. The other sections of the website focus on physics and chemistry lessons. [VF]

http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/junkyard/teach.html

This collection of online geometric teaching materials and lesson plans was assembled by David Eppstein, a professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of California, Irvine, and creator of the Geometry Junkyard (reported on in the June 9, 1999, Scout Report for Science & Engineering). This site offers links to an eclectic assortment of educational lessons and resources including a French geometry hypertext; a site with activities for middle school students based on M.C. Escher’s artwork; an online book addressing dynamic software for geometry; a freeware geometric construction software for Windows (Wingeom); and a site containing cool geometric activities with Tangrams, Symmetry, Polygon Tessellations, Geoboards, and more. It should be noted, however, that links to some websites are not currently connected. Teachers, students, and others will also want to check out other sections of the Geometry Junkyard for more educational resources. Eppstein has organized geometry-related links by such topics as Origami, Geometric Models, Rectilinear Geometry, and Spirals, to name a few. [NL]

http://www.hypertextbook.com/chaos/

High school teacher Glenn Elert wrote the original edition of the Chaos Hypertextbook for his M.S. degree in secondary science education at Teachers College, Columbia University. After graduation, Elert put the hypertext on the Internet for the benefit of people interested in mathematics, chaos, non-linear dynamics, and fractals. While the hypertext does require some mathematical knowledge, it is geared towards a wide audience. The hypertext addresses a variety of interesting topics including one-dimensional iterated maps; fractal construction; applications and definitions of dimension; and a comparison of non-linear and linear dynamics. The site also offers information about print, software, and Internet resources as well as a fun Eye Candy section. Site visitors can also link to other hypertexts by Elert including The Physics Factbook (an encyclopedia of scientific essays written by high school students), and the Physics Hypertextbook, which is currently under construction. [NL]