MTH 111 Math as a Human Pursuit Semester 091  (Fall 2009) Instructor: Karen E. Donnelly  · Her Homepage · Her Schedule · Course Syllabus

Assignment Calendar

Final Project Guidelines and Schedule

Tentative Test Schedule

Test 1:  Thursday Sept 24th  Review Guide Partial Answer Key

Test 2:  Thursday October  15th      Review Guide and Partial Answer Key

Test 3:  Tuesday November 17th  Review Guide Partial Answer Key

Test 4:  Take Home due during final week.

Class Notes,  Power Point Slides, Worksheets

Chapter 2	Power Point Slides	Power Point Handouts	Class Discussion Notes
Chapter 8	Power Point Slides	Power Point Handouts	Class Discussion Notes
Chapter 9	Power Point Slides	Power Point Handouts	Class Discussion Notes
Chapter 6	Power Point Slides	Power Point Handouts	Class Discussion Notes
Chapter 5	Power Point Slides	Power Point Handouts	Class Discussion Notes
Chapter 10	Power Point Slides	Power Point Handouts	Use Handouts (Fibonacci Worksheet)
Chapter 11	Power Point Slides	Power Point Handouts	Use Handouts (Mandelbrot Worksheet)

Useful Links for this Course

• Companion web site for class text
  
• Cut the Knot
• Shodor Foundation Web Site with Interactive Activities
• Mathematical Archives
• Geometry Center for
• The Math Forum Home Page Computation and Visualization o
• Connected Curriculum Project at Duke
• Top Twenty Calculus Web Sites
• PBS Teacher Source (includes math classroom activities)
• PRISM -- New Site for Middle School Science/Math activities linked to Ind Standards
• Merlot.org classroom activities for higher ed mathematics
• History of Mathematics
• Women Mathematicians-Chronological Index
• Chance Database:
• The Mathematics of the Fibonacci series
• The Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden section
• The Golden Mean
• Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics
• Quotes compiled by Mark Woodard
• The Pi Pages

Libraries and Large Reference Sites

• Library of Congress
• Links to all federal govt agencies and departments.
• Gateway and search for many federal govt sites
• The World Factbook 1994
• The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Mathematics

Government and Political Sites

• Federal govt statistics.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• National Center for Educational Statistics
• U.S. Government Printing Office
• National Transportation Safety Board
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• U.S. National Debt Clock
• World Population Clock
• Exit polls
• U.S. Census Bureau (and Census 2000)
• Population Reference Bureau

Newspapers and Media

• USA Today
• New York Times
• Washington Post
• Time-Warner (Time Magazines)
• National Public Radio
• CNN
• American Demographics Magazine
• Gallup Poll

Unit Conversion Links

• Unit Conversions Worksheet
• OANDA.com, The Currency Site
• BAC Report -- National Highway and Transportation Safety Association tells how to compute BAL
• Blood Alcohol Content Calculator - The Police Notebook
• BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL (BAL) -- Gives definition of BAL
• Online Conversion - Convert anything to anything else
• FareShare Conversion Tables for Food

Fractal Links

• PBS Nova Site on Hunting The Hidden Dimension
• Chaos in the Classroom Boston University
• More chaos
• Animation of Sierpinksi Triangle
• Java Applet for generating Koch Snowflake: http://www.shodor.org/master/fractal/software/Snowflake.html
• Java Applet for generating the Sierpinski Gasket:  http://www.shodor.org/master/fractal/software/Sierpinski.html
• The Fractal Microscope (Java Applet Interactive exploration of the Mandelbrot Set)
• Fractal Geometry of the Mandelbrot Set Part I
  
• Fractal Geometry of the Mandelbrot Set Part II
• Mandelbrot Set Explorer
• Mandelbrot-Julia Set Applet
• Mandelbrot and Julia Set Explorer

Music and Fractal Music Links

• Play a Piano : An interactive Musical Java Activity
• Explanation of Beats

Population Links

• Modeling Population Growth

Logic and Set Theory Links

• Venn Diagrams and Probability
•  From Professor McFarland's , U. of Wisconsin -- Whitewater Finite Mathematics Course on line notes:
• Venn Diagram Self-Test with active javascripted images
• PCs and Macs Venn Diagram
• County and Western Songs Venn Diagrams

Golden Ratio and Fibonacci Numbers Links

• The Mathematics of the Fibonacci series
• The Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden section
• The Golden Number