DEMOS with POSITIVE IMPACT
NSF DUE 9952306
A project to connect Mathematics instructors with effective teaching tools.
KEYWORD Catalog/Index of Classroom Demonstrations
Contributions from Mathematics Educators
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C D E F
G H I J
K L M N
O P Q R
S T U V
W X Y Z
David R.
Hill, Temple University
Lila F. Roberts, Clayton State University
A
Acoustic(s)
sine waves
and sound
waves
Animations
Animating Transformations
Applets
Arclength
Area
of
triangles and other regions
Area between two curves
Area Estimates
Area Estimate via Interactive Trapezoidal Rule (Flash)
Area Estimate via Interactive Simpson's Rule (Flash)
Area Simulations
Average Rates of Change
Along the
Graph of a Function
Jogger: time vs. distance
graphs
On Escalators
Using Falling
Ball and Moving Car Animations
B
Bacteria Allocation
Beer Mug
Best Fit Experimenters
Biorythms
C
Calculator
TI-83,
optimizing sinusoids
Calculus
Area between two curves
Derivatives
definition
graphically
partials
Families
of Functions and Curves
Gallery of
volume visualizations
Optimization
with a gallery of demos
Related Rates
with a gallery of demos
Riemann sums
symbolic
and graphical
area
between curves
Car Motion
for Average Rate of Change
Carpenter
divides a
rectangle
draws a circle
draws
an ellipse
jig
square
Catenary
Cell phone
base station
signal of
signal-to-interference
ratio
Celluar network
Centroids
Chocolate Chip Allocation
Ciphers
Circle
construction using
a carpenter's square
Circles and
Segments within a Circle
Circular-functions
Coin Toss Game
Congruent
triangles (application)
Conics
eccentricity
ellipse drawn by a carpenter
parabola
via
a motion sensor
gallery
of conic section graphs/animations
Constructing conics
on
a white board
Continuity
of
piecewise functions
interactive Excel demos
interactive Java demos
Cross Sections
Cryptography
Vigenere Cipher
Curve fitting
Curved
Cube
Cycloids
D
Decreasing
functions
Deductive reasoning
Derivatives
definition
graphically
of piecewise functions
interactive Excel demos
interactive Java demos
partials
Sketch from the Graph
of the Function
DERIVE
Differential equations
Mechanical Vibrations
via
sound
Resonant filter
Disks
Dividing a
rectangle
Domain
of
functions defined by formulas (animations)
of
functions defined piecewise (animations)
Dot Products
Drawing a circle
using a
carpenter's sqaure
E
Eccentricity
Electric utility
cables
Ellipse drawn by a carpenter
Engine sinusoid
Epicycloids
Equipotential Curves
Escalator Motion
Excel
Exponential
functions graphs/animations
F
Falling Ball
for Average Rate of Change
Families
of Functions and Curves
Gallery
of conic sections graphs/animations
Gallery
of exponential and logarithmic graphs/animations
Gallery
of polar graphs/animations
Gallery
of polynomial and rational function graphs/animations
Gallery
of trigonometric and inverse graphs/animations
Ferris wheel
Flash
Fluid
dynamics
flow
Flow(s)
around a
cylinder
around a
cylinder with circulation
around a
Rankine body
in a closed
channel
in a corner
incompressible
point
vertex, around a cylinder
Framing square
Frequency
of acoustic
waves
of sine
waves
Function: Sketch from a
Graph of it Derivative
Functions;
Average Rate of Change
G
Gallery of conic sections graphs/animations
Gallery
of exponential and logarithmic graphs/animations
Gallery of partial derivative animations
Gallery
of polar graphs/animations
Gallery
of polynomial and rational function graphs/animations
Gallery
of trigonometric and inverse graphs/animations
Gallery of
volume visualizations
Gas bill model
using sinusoids
Geometer's Sketchpad
Go with the
Flow
H
Hanging cable
Hertz
in acoustic
and sine waves
Homogeneous
Coordinates
Hours of
daylight
Hypocycloids
I
Incompressible flows
Increasing
functions
Induction
geometric example
hypothesis
mathematical
principle of
Inequalities
Infinite Series
introduction
using "food"
Interactive routines
in Excel
continuity
differentiability
hours of
daylight
monotonicity
in Flash
arclength and area
in Java
continuity
differentiability
Interpolation applications
of a light bulb
of a sea worm
of a wine bottle
Interpret graphical information
Jogger: time vs. distance graphs
Trip Stories: time vs. velocity graphs
Inverse
trigonometric functions graphs/animations
Inviscid
flows
J
Java Applets
Jogger
Construct stories from time vs. distance graphs
K
L
Lamp (six-way)
Leaky Faucet
Least Squares
Interactive Excel routines:
Olympic Men's Pole Vault
Olympic Men's High Jump
Olympic Women's Discus
Per Capita Debt in U.S. Population
Population of California
The Shrinking Value of the Dollar
Linear Combination
Linear Transformations
Line
Integral
Logarithmic functions graphs/animations
Logistic Curve
animation
M
MAPLE
MATHCAD
MATHEMATICA
MATHWRIGHT
MATLAB
Matrices
RGB
color
Linear Combination
Reversals
Matrix Algebra Demos
videos with audio on introductory
linear algebra topics:
dot product,
matrix addition, matrix-vector product, matrix multiplication,
method of
elimination, reduced row echelon form, solving homogeneous systems,
determinants
of small matrices, determinants by expansion,
determinants
by row operations, a determinant application, discussion of eigen information,
computing
eigenvalues and eigenvectors of 2 by 2 and 3 by 3 matrices
Matrix Inverses
Matrix-Vector Multiplication
Max-Min
with a gallery of demos
Mechanical Vibrations
via
sound
Modeling electric
utility lines
Monotonicity
gallery of animations
interactive
Excel demos
Monte Carlo
for
probability demos
in
area simulations
segments and
circles within a circle
Morse code
Motion sensor
My Favorite Mug
N
Notes(musical)
O
Optimization
with a gallery of demos
Optimization on a TI-83
P
Parabola
via
a motion sensor
Partial Derivatives
Pendulum motion
and sinusoids
Pitch
in
acoustics
Plinko
Polar
curves graphs/animations
Polynomial
functions graphs/animations
Potential
Function
Pressure
Field
Probability
of a winner in the
coin toss game
a collection of
elementary probability demos
Pump Network
Puzzle
tromino
Q
R
Rafter square
Rainbows
Range
of
functions defined by formulas (animations)
of
functions defined piecewise (animations)
Rate of growth
logistics
model
Rational
functions graphs/animations
Related Rates with
a gallery of demos
Resonant filter
RGB color
Linear Combination
Riemann sums
symbolic
and graphical
area
between curves
Rotating
(curved) Cube
S
Sail Construction
Secant line
Secret
codes
Segments and
Circles within a Circle
Shells
Signal
of a cell phone
primary
secondary
-to-interference ratio
Sine Waves
and Sound
Sketching
Sketch a Function from a
Graph of its Derivative
Sketch the Derivative
from the Graph of a Function
Simpson's Rule Area Estimation (Flash)
Simulations
for
area
for coin toss game
for
probability demos
Sinusoids
applications
and modeling
biorythms
engine
Ferris wheel
(in your)
gas bill
hours of
daylight
pendulum motion
using
optimization on a TI-83
Six-way Lamp
Software
Soilds
Sound
of
mechanical vibrations
tones from
sine waves
Square
2n by 2n
carpenter's
framing
rafter
steel
Steel square
Streamlines
Student participation
T
Tangent line
Taylor polynomials
Tile
Time vs. distance graphs
Time vs. velocity graphs
Tones
Trapezoidal Rule Area Estimates (Flash)
Triangles
in
sail construction
area
Trig functions
generation
of sine and cosine
graphs/animations
Trip stories
Create a
story of auto trip from a time vs. velocity graph
Tromino puzzle
geometric example of
induction
U
V
Vector
Calculus
Vector
Fields
Vibrations
mechanical
sine waves
and sound
Vigenere Cipher
Visualizations
for
max-min problems
for
volumes of solids
for
word problems
for
families of functions and curves
Volumes of physical objects
Volumes of solids
a
light bulb
of revolution
by
cross sections
by
disks
by
shells
by
washers
of sea worm
of a wine bottle
W
Washers
Wave file
WaveWriter
What you don't see
Word Problems with a gallery of demos
X
Y
Z
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