Archive for January, 2013

This is a classic late-1950s cartoon where Donald learns where math comes from.

Can you count faster than a chimp? Our number sense begins with our ability to count.

See this PBS documentary about the development of fractals and how they are used in computer graphics.

In this Newsletter:

1. Interactive Bezier Curve Graphs
2. Kinect Math
3. IntMath polls
4. HOTmaths revisited
5. Math puzzles
6. Friday math movie
7. Final thought - Questions for learning

HOTmaths is an interesting online math resource. I take another look after a few years.

This short talk argues that people should know about probability and statistics before calculus. I tend to agree.

Here's an interactive graph where you can explore straight lines, parabolas, cubics and Bezier curves.