Collection of Mathematical Insights and Resources

Tammy Short
Mathematics and Statistics Education
Utah State University Spring 2011


    



After graduation I look forward to teaching the following courses in High School...

Algebra II
PreCalculus
College Algebra
Statistics



My life outside of mathematics...
I grew up in Baltimore, MD and have 14 brothers and sisters. My own family isn't as large as I only have 4 teenage sons.
I love boating with my family which includes waterskiing, wake boarding, tubing, and wake surfing.
I love to travel - having seen 34 states, 4 countries in Europe and 4 countries in the Carribbean.
My favorite way to travel is to cruise and I have been on 3 cruises.
My three favorite places in the world are Bear Lake, Seattle, and Baltimore. Of course all are on the water.
I love to read and once I start a book I have a hard time putting it down.
I enjoy being a mom of four teenage boys, it keeps me active and young.



From the table below there are links to several math resources; whether it be lesson plans, applets, videos, websites, teaching strategies or virtual libraries.
Each link has a description to help clarify it's content.

Websites Documents/PowerPoints Libraries of Resources Applets
USU - home page for Utah State University. Math Technology Timeline - inventions that had an impact on mathematics as we know it today. Duke Webfeats - collection of math applets, projects, and resources. Algebra Tiles - Visualize multiplying and factoring algebraic expressions using tiles.
Math 5010 - class webpage for USU Math 5010 with links to additional resources. Volume Lesson Plan - for volume of rectangular prism and cylinder. Neirtec - interactive math applets Right Triangle - Practice using the Pythagorean theorem and the definitions of the trigonometric functions to solve for unknown sides and angles of a right triangle.
Origami - a presentation by Robert Lang explains how origami uses mathematics and then gives examples of origami in the real world. Peer's Websources - a document listing interesting and resourceful websites for teaching mathematics found by peers in 5010. NSDL - mathematics gateways and resources. Law of Sine/Cosines - Practice using the law of sines and the law of cosines to solve for unknown sides and angles of a triangle.
Rwanda Genocide - use this video clip to inform students of history of Rwanda. Then using Gapminder explore the data of Rwanda and make inferences. Form - use this form to collect data from students and then create graphs and gadgets using Google to then interpret the data. Delta - library of math applets. Geometric Investigation - using squares and rectangles to understand (a+b)^2
Easy Calculations - calculators for all kinds of math. Use it for statistics, trigonometry, matrices, analytical geometry, etc. The calculations at your fingertips are endless. Form2 - when creating a form in Google there are several styles for the answer to appear in. The form gives an example of each style. Middle School Math - a portal of discover resources. Quadrilaterals - This activity allows you to discover what types of quadrilaterals can be formed when the diagonals meet in various ways.
Google Account - if students are working on group project, google documents give them a way to link up at home and work on their project online. The teacher can also post documents, graphs, spreadsheets, power points, etc for the students to view online. Area & Perimeter - Power point with applet link for teaching perimeter and area. Pacebell - interactive hotlist on interactive math and personal finance. System of Equations - This activity shows the solution of a system of equations as the point where the lines intersect (if a unique solution exists).
Teacher Help - a library of websites with resources for teachers. Lesson plans, applets, ideas, strateies, motivation, etc. Math Hope - resource of information. Roots of Polynomials - This activity shows the relationship between the roots and the coefficients of the polynomial.
NCES Kids Zone - a site for teachers to engage and encourage their students. Games, quizzes, brain teasers, learn math skills, learn about education, and compare with other kids around the world. NLVM - National Library of Virtual Manipulatives. Gap Minder - select data to graph and create a graph that virtually tracks data.
Brain Teasers - math brain teasers to get the brain thinking. Illuminations - resources for teaching math. Graph Transformations - an applet using GeoGebra that explores the transformations of the graph of f(x) = x^2.
Strategies - to help improve your students math skills along with lesson plans and ideas on how to implement them. Alternate Interior and Vertical Angles - an applet using GeoGebra that explores the relationship of alternate interior angles and vertical angles.