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"Is math class too easy for you? Are you looking for a greater challenge? You've come to the right place! * Read Books specifically designed for high-performing math students. * Take Online Classes bringing together thousands of top students to work with outstanding instructors. * Join our thriving Online Community with students, parents, and teachers from around the world. * Learn with Alcumus, our free online learning system. * Play For the Win!, a real-time math competition modeled after the MATHCOUNTS Countdown Round. "

A complete physics course for aviation-related trades. Not a review, it's the only physics book geared for aviation training that uses "every day" examples to explain every facet of the subject.

A second degree polynomial function can be defined like this

I am a grade 10 math student who has the greatest trouble learning algebra. I will need a lot of help understanding the concepts if I am going to survive the year-end exam. If it is possible, could you explain algebra to me so it is simple for me to understand?

Volunteers from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson spent their weekend helping inspire children from local school districts to get involved in aviation. Volunteers participated in the Build-a-Plane program at Begich Middle School. The program is designed to help motivate children to take an active interest in aviation and life. The program got off the ground of the school after speaker Barrington Irving, the youngest and first African-American to pilot a plane around the world, stopped by the school for a speech, according to Angie Slingluff, FAA Education coordinator.

" What you will find at KidQwest: * Aviation Hero Stage * Make and Take Area * Coloring and Drawing Contest * Science Area * Parachute Drop * Tiny Pilots Lounge * Outside Area * Young Eagles * Aeroscholars"

"Computer simulations are natural learning tools for a generation of video game players."

"Assessment in game-based learning (GBL) programs can be far superior to your typical weekly multiple-choice test. Games are all about constant assessment. Games do not actively "teach" - they don't say "here is some knowledge for you to remember" - but rather they provide constant challenges and then give you feedback on your decisions, and that is how you learn."

"But what about the physics? Do the birds have a constant vertical acceleration? Do they have constant horizontal velocity? Let's find out, shall we? Oh, why would I do this? Why can't I just play the dumb game and move on."

Parade of Games web site was created to provide educators and trainers with easy-to- assemble educational games in a technology- enhanced environment to support key learning points. The site demonstrates the creative use of popular game shows and other familiar games to reinforce learning. "

The Periodic Table of Videos http://www.periodicvideos.com/ is a collection of videos created by the University of Nottingham's School of Chemistry and video journalist Brady Haran. There is a video for each of the 118 elements on the table.

"Variance describes, mathematically, how close the observations in a data set (data points) are to the middle of the distribution. Using the mean as the measure of the middle of the distribution, the variance is defined as the average squared difference of each data point from the mean of the data. Standard deviation, the square root of the variance, is the average distance of the data points from the mean. "

NASA Explorer Schools Live Video Chat: Computer Graphics and Animations NASA Explorer Schools invites students in grades 6-9 from across the U.S. and Department of Defense schools to participate in a live video chat with Zareh Gorjian. Gorjian is currently the lead animator and software engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Join NES on June 2, 2011, at noon EDT for this very special video chat to ask questions about NASA's computer-generated animations and graphics. Go to the chat page on the NASA Explorer Schools Virtual Campus website to participate in the webchat. You do not need to be a participant of the NASA Explorer Schools project to join the chat. To learn more about NES, please visit the explorerschools.nasa.gov website and click on the What Is NES? video or the About NES link.

Face in Space website now allows the public to upload their face or name for the final STS-135 mission. Have your students upload and launch their faces, or launch your entire class portrait in just a few clicks. Upon completion of the mission, participants will receive a personalized flight certificate signed by the mission commander! The mission is scheduled for a July 8th launch, so you still have time!

the Space Shuttle Experience! In conjunction with the 30th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Program and the upcoming final flight, NASA has released the Space Shuttle Experience website. This comprehensive and interactive tool provides a multitude of resources for students of all education levels. Users can participate in a variety of interactive experiences to learn about the Space Shuttle Program's accomplishments, what it takes to launch a shuttle, astronaut living, how the program affects life daily here on Earth and much more. The site uses several engaging features that will keep students enthralled, including trivia games with Facebook score sharing, a poll for users to vote on the program's greatest achievement and a virtual signature wall which gives users the opportunity to leave a personal message to the program. And the fun and education doesn't stop when students log off; the site also includes lesson plans that correspond with the site's activities. As an educator, all the resources are supplied to seamlessly walk your students from the activities they experience online into engrossing lessons in the classroom.

"An anthology of articles on early aviation published in 1928. The Story Of The Airship, The First Attempt At The North Pole, The Ballon In War, The Wellman Attempt At The Pole, The Birth And Growth Of The Aeroplane, Wilbur And Orville Wright, The First Aeroplane Flight, Sensations Of Flight--Learning To Fly, etc."

"This classroom guide is intended to inspire and expand your thinking about effective assessment for project-based learning. The tips are organized to follow the arc of a project. First comes planning, then the launch into active learning, and then a culminating presentation. Reflection is the final stage."

"Khan Academy is 100% OER and is moving toward long-term sustainability, having achieved short-term through grants. It actually has a group of people translating, which you can join, as long as the results are OER too: "

"Art of Problem Solving is a larger community (closer to 50k people) with a similar model: http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/ - they already have multiple authors, but they don't provide this as an "author service" so to speak, as O'Reilly does in some ways. "