Archive for March, 2012

Here's an agonizing video demonstrating how we should spend more time on fundamental concepts in math class.

This is clever - and funny: a calculus parody of the classic Queen song, Bohemian Rhapsody.

Here's a celebration of Escher, and it includes many crucial math concepts.

A reader challenges me to define modulus of a complex number more carefully.

Pi Day has rolled around for another year. Pi Day is celebrated on 3.14 (March 14th) in math classrooms throughout the world.

In this Newsletter:

1. Interactive 3-D conic sections graph
2. List of math interactives on IntMath.com
3. Special math events in March
4. Math Puzzles
5. Recent popular tweets
6. Friday math movies
7. Final thought: the greatest mistake

Here's a 3-D interactive graph which you can use to see how circles, ellipses, parabolas and hyperbolas result from intersecting a double cone.

Some background on the list of math manipulatives on IntMath.com

All music has a mathematical framework, but some music starts with a math concept. Here's an example.