{"id":5922,"date":"2011-04-19T09:05:26","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T01:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/?p=5922"},"modified":"2011-04-19T09:16:40","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T01:16:40","slug":"wolframs-math-demonstrations-now-easier-to-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/learn-math\/wolframs-math-demonstrations-now-easier-to-use-5922","title":{"rendered":"Wolfram&#8217;s math demonstrations - now easier to use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/demonstrations.wolfram.com\">Wolfram Demonstrations Project<\/a> is now easier to use. All you need to do is download a browser plugin (one time only) and then you can interact with the thousands of interactive math models.<\/p>\n<p>You can also download the interactives for later use, but there is no need to do that if you always have an Internet connection. <\/p>\n<p>The Wolfram Demonstrations Project allows you to (according to their site):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Download free, ready-to-use interactive examples for classes spanning primary or secondary school to college level, and beyond<\/li>\n<li>Explain hard-to-understand concepts through interactive examples covering math, physics, biology, engineering, finance,<br \/>\n    sociology, music, art, and many more areas<\/li>\n<li>Share ideas with educators and students across the globe<\/li>\n<li>Get ideas for projects, and use source code to jump-start your work<\/li>\n<li>Encourage students to create Demonstrations as first academic publications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>  This <a href=\"http:\/\/demonstrations.wolfram.com\/about.html\">brief video<\/a> gives you an idea of what to expect.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the many interesting demonstrations available:<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"5\">\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/demonstrations.wolfram.com\/FaceRecognitionUsingTheEigenfaceAlgorithm\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2011\/04\/face-recognition.jpg\" alt=\"face recognition\" width=\"120\" height=\"101\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/demonstrations.wolfram.com\/FaceRecognitionUsingTheEigenfaceAlgorithm\/\" title=\"Contributed by: Igor Mandric and Ion Andries\"><strong><br \/>\n      <\/strong>Face Recognition Using the Eigenface Algorithm<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/demonstrations.wolfram.com\/ComparingLoxodromesAndGreatCircleRoutes\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2011\/04\/great-circle.jpg\" alt=\"great circle\" width=\"120\" height=\"103\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/demonstrations.wolfram.com\/ComparingLoxodromesAndGreatCircleRoutes\/\" title=\"Contributed by: Erik Mahieu\"><strong><br \/>\n      <\/strong>Comparing Loxodromes and Great Circle Routes<\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/demonstrations.wolfram.com\/ReconstructionOfTheGreatWall\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2011\/04\/great-wall.jpg\" alt=\"great wall\" width=\"120\" height=\"98\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/demonstrations.wolfram.com\/ReconstructionOfTheGreatWall\/\" title=\"Contributed by: Frederick Wu\"><strong><br \/>\n      <\/strong>Reconstruction of the Great Wall<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/demonstrations.wolfram.com\/VolumesOfRevolutionUsingCylindricalShells\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2011\/04\/volume-revolution.jpg\" alt=\"volume revolution\" width=\"120\" height=\"153\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/demonstrations.wolfram.com\/VolumesOfRevolutionUsingCylindricalShells\/\" title=\"Contributed by: Stephen Wilkerson (Towson University)\"><strong><br \/>\n      <\/strong>Volumes of Revolution Using Cylindrical Shells<\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/demonstrations.wolfram.com\/ComparingBasicNumericalIntegrationMethods\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2011\/04\/numeric-integration.jpg\" alt=\"numeric integration\" width=\"120\" height=\"111\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/demonstrations.wolfram.com\/ComparingBasicNumericalIntegrationMethods\/\" title=\"Contributed by: Jim Brandt\"><strong><br \/>\n    <\/strong>Comparing Basic Numerical Integration Methods<\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/demonstrations.wolfram.com\/ImageWarping\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2011\/04\/warping.jpg\" alt=\"warping\" width=\"120\" height=\"158\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n    <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/demonstrations.wolfram.com\/ImageWarping\/\" title=\"Contributed by: Yu-Sung Chang\">Image Warping<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/demonstrations.wolfram.com\/PredatorPreyEcosystemARealTimeAgentBasedSimulation\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2011\/04\/predator-prey.jpg\" alt=\"predator prey\" width=\"120\" height=\"81\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n    <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/demonstrations.wolfram.com\/PredatorPreyEcosystemARealTimeAgentBasedSimulation\/\" title=\"Contributed by: Hiroki Sayama\">Predator-Prey Ecosystem: A Real-Time Agent-Based Simulation<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/demonstrations.wolfram.com\/KeyboardAndComposer\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2011\/04\/music.jpg\" alt=\"music\" width=\"120\" height=\"103\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/demonstrations.wolfram.com\/KeyboardAndComposer\/\" title=\"Contributed by: Karl Scherer\">Keyboard and Composer<\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/demonstrations.wolfram.com\/BeatingAndRoughness\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2011\/04\/beats.jpg\" alt=\"beats\" width=\"120\" height=\"108\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/demonstrations.wolfram.com\/BeatingAndRoughness\/\" title=\"Contributed by: Julian Villegas.  Based on a program by: John Kiehl\">Beating and Roughness<\/a> (music) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Involve the students!<\/h2>\n<p>One of the great things about these demonstrations is they are free and open source. So students can take the existing code and create their own demonstrations. <\/p>\n<p>There are many creative opportunities here, and students with a musical, or visual, or textual (or whatever) orientation can find something of interest to work on. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> For me (using several different browsers), some of the demonstrations didn't load properly (it gave a blank gray area where the manipulative should have been). Strangely, when I opened Internet Explorer, they all appeared just fine. <\/p>\n<p class=\"alt\">See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/learn-math\/wolframs-math-demonstrations-now-easier-to-use-5922#comments\" id=\"comms\">2 Comments<\/a> below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/learn-math\/wolframs-math-demonstrations-now-easier-to-use-5922\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2011\/04\/volume_th.jpg\" alt=\"Wolfram Demonstrations\" width=\"128\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgRt\" \/><\/a>Free math demonstrations from Wolfram have become even easier to use. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[134,127],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5922"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5922\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}