Carnivals

For a great variety of articles to read on various aspects of Mathematics try the various Blog Carnivals.

Math and Multimedia Carnival#21

Math Teachers at Play 48

Carnival of Mathematics 85

Guillermo Bautista has written about the criteria for selection of articles for Blog Carnivals. Any mathematics article might be accepted, but the following examples show the type of article which will be prioritised.

1. Connection between and among different mathematical concepts

• Distance Formula, Pythagorean Theorem and Equation of a Circle
• An Intuitive Introduction to Limits

2. Connections between math and real life; use of real-life contexts to explain mathematical concepts

• Tessellation: The Mathematics of Tiling
• Milk Shakes, Beads and Pascal’s Triangle

3. Clear and intuitive explanation of topics not discussed intextbooks, hard to understand, or  difficult to teach

• Rational and Irrational Numbers
• Division by 0
• The Definition of Undefined

 4. Proofs of mathematical theorems in which the difficulty of the explanation is accessible to high school students

• Algebraic and Geometric Proof of Pythagorean Theorem
• Is 0.999… = 1?
• Infinitude of Primes

 5. Intuitive explanation of higher math topics, in which the difficulty is accessible to high school students

• Counting Uncountable: A Glimpse at the Infinite
• Why is the angle sum of the interior angles of a triangle equal to 180 degrees?

6. Software introduction, review or tutorials

1. Investigating Polyhedrons with Poly
2. GeoGebra Tutorial Series

7. Integration of technology (Web 2.0, Teaching 2.0, Classroom 2.0), in teaching mathematics

1. Using Google Sketchup in Teaching Mathematics
2. Use of Google Docs in Teaching Mathematics.