DV Math Resources Library

• Honors Algebra 2 (Honors Algebra 3-4) Summer Review
• Precalculus Summer Review

• Probability Review Video Lessons (for all courses)

Applets & Tools:

• Geogebra 3D graphing
  
• Ti-89 Calculator emulator
  
• Partial Fraction Expansion Calculator
  
• Cos+Sin=phase shifted Sin
  

• Normal Model Parameters
  
• LSRL as minimum residuals
  
• LSRL and outliers
  
• Sampling Distributions: Means
  
• Sampling Distributions: Proportions
  
• Type I/II Error Tradeoff
  
• Power of a Test
  

• Normal Model Parameters
  
• LSRL as minimum residuals
  
• Secant/Tangent Definition of Derivative
  
• Sketch the Derivative Curve
  
• Riemann Sums
  
• Geogebra 3D graphing
  

• Law of Sines Ambiguous Case
  

• Ti-83/84 calculator emulator
  
• Programs for Ti Calculators:
  Chi-Squared Goodness-of-fit Test
  Linear Regression T Interval
  Inverse T function
  Pivot Program File for Ti-83/84

Information about careers which involve mathematics:

• We Use Math website - This website describes many careers which use math and includes specific examples and quotes from people working in these fields, along with job data (salaries, number of positions in the U.S., etc.)
• Math Careers on the MAA website - The Mathematical Association of America (the organization that sponsors the American Math Competition) has a good page with links to information about math oriented careers.

Other interesting math resources

• Math Circle at ASU
  A venue for highly motivated high school math students to meet with others to explore interesting mathematics!
  Their website: Math Circle at ASU
  This year's 1st meeting topic video: The Banach-Tarski Paradox
• Modeling the Future Challenge
  A team competition with scholarship awards for winning teams.
  Modeling the Future Challenge Website
• ASU School of Engineering 'Shadow Days'
  ASU's School of Engineering has outreach programs to connect with high school students and one is the ability for high school students to 'shadow' a current ASU engineering student to see what engineering school is like.
  ASU Engineering Shadow Days site
• Pixar in a Box - Pixar collaborated with Khan Academy to produce a great set of videos and online activities which show how Pixar developers and artists use mathematics to create amazing movies.
• The Code Book - The Code Book, by Simon Singh. An excellent introduction to cryptography with history as well as great medium-technical explanations of how code making and code breaking works.
• Innumeracy - Innumeracy, by John Allen Paulos. Does a good job explaining why math is important in our lives. It addresses the lack of number sense that has become common in America and some of the major misconceptions in math.

Great Videos on Math Topics

• The Map of Mathematics
  A great overview of all areas of mathematics.
• Simpson's Paradox
  Good examples which help in understanding Simpson's Paradox in Statistics.
• Neural Networks
  A fantastic presentation on the underlying mathematics that are used in neural networks, one of the underlying structures used in artifical intelligence and machine learning systems.
• Is Most Published Research Wrong?
  A discussion of problems with the way statistics is used in science.
• P-values Broke Scientific Statistics - Can We Fix Them?
  Another great video on p-values and how they can cause issues in scientific research. This video also suggests some alternatives which attempt to address the issue.
• Nova - Prediction by the Numbers
  A great 1-hour video which introduces much of what we cover in AP Statistics and talks about why it is important in the world today. (I don't have a current link for this, PBS sometimes publishes it and other times not. It is sometimes available from other websites (like dailymotion.com) but these sites sometimes include links to inappropriate content on the page with the video, so I can't publish a link here. You can search for this video, though, it is excellent if you can find it.
• What is a Fourier Series?
  A great way to visualize the Fourier Series using added curves as linked 'rods'.
• Nova - Hunting the Hidden Dimension
  A 1-hour video about fractals and how they can be used to model the imperfect real world.
• Chaos Theory
  An older video, but provides a really excellent explanation of Chaos Theory and how it arises from non-linear systems.

Great Videos on Other Topics

• The Illusion of Truth
  Interesting discussion of 'cognitive ease' and how it explains the way we can be mislead to believe things that are not true.
• There's No Purple Light
  Fascinating video about how we perceive color and some surprising facts about light and color.
• Copper's Surprising Reaction to Strong Magnets - Force Field Motion Dampening
  Interesting physical effects of Lenz's Law.
• How Special Relativity Makes Magnets Work
  Fascinating, and surprising explanation of magnetism via special relativity.
• PBS - The Elegant Universe
  A three-part, 3-hour video about the structure of the universe and string theory.
• Understanding Automobile Wheel Alignment.
  A little known, but important topic about cars.
• Lorentz Transformations
  Intuitive explanation for the Lorentz Transformation which explains Special Relativity effects such as length contraction and time dilation.