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Tutorial Modules for high school students in mathematics and physics includes animations and virtual laboratories.

Mindset Learn is aimed at high school learners and teachers in Grade 10, 11 and 12. Content is curriculum aligned with a specific focus on Mathematics, Physical Science and English.

Girls who play video games are three times more likely to choose physical science, technology, engineering or maths (PSTEM) degrees compared to their non-gaming counterparts, according to new research from the University of Surrey

Published March 2013. "The Golden Ticket provides a nontechnical introduction to P-NP, its rich history, and its algorithmic implications for everything we do with computers and beyond. In this informative and entertaining book, Lance Fortnow traces how the problem arose during the Cold War on both sides of the Iron Curtain, and gives examples of the problem from a variety of disciplines, including economics, physics, and biology. He explores problems that capture the full difficulty of the P-NP dilemma, from discovering the shortest route through all the rides at Disney World to finding large groups of friends on Facebook. But difficulty also has its advantages. Hard problems allow us to safely conduct electronic commerce and maintain privacy in our online lives. The Golden Ticket explores what we truly can and cannot achieve computationally, describing the benefits and unexpected challenges of this compelling problem."

"I have two children. One is a boy born on a Tuesday. What is the probability I have two boys?" The solution is delightful!

Among a number of math related questions on this blog, this post focuses on a particular sequence of integrals

"A physicist faced with a fine for running a stop sign has proved his innocence by publishing a mathematical paper, and has even won a prize for his efforts. Dmitri Krioukov is a physicist based at the University of California in San Diego."

Abstract: "How can smartphones apps enrich the learning of mathematics in vocational education? This article examines how mathematics teaching can be enriched by apps using smartphone sensors such as gyroscope, compass, camera, and touch screen in a gaming context. An iterative and participatory design process involving two classes of carpentry students from different vocational colleges resulted in two highly successful and course-relevant games based on trigonometry. Each game consists of quests and missions whose successful completion unlocks more theoretical multiple-choice exercises for the classroom. The combination of competition to unlock exercises, competition for placing on the high-score list, and physical activity proved very motivating for the students and was also approved by their teachers. In this article we describe our design principles, the overall game architecture and the games themselves. We talk about our experience in implementing our design process and subsequently summarize the pros and cons of the application and the smartphone platform and how the app developed contributes to vocational mathematics teaching"

A video from the Royal Observatory Greenwich explaining how maths are used in measurement in astronomy and cosmology.

16-year old solves particle dynamics theories which eluded traditional computational problem solving

A superb site with a large amount of lecture videos for college students and teachers. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Video%2C+animation%2C+film+%26+Webcams

Review of 1999 book on cosmology demonstrating universal phenomena contingent on six numbers. "Forget those 1,000 things you need to do before you die, the 10 commandments and seven deadly sins. Concentrate instead on six impossible things that, as the White Queen advised Alice, you must try to believe before breakfast. Without them there would be no galaxies of stars, no chemistry, no people, no books and no breakfast."

Wikis are the most popular Web 2.0 tool being used in science and math classrooms. Based on a survey of readers - 43 percent use them to support their teaching and student learning. A Wiki is appealing, encourages participation, supports collaboration, and promotes interaction by students who love to use technology. By the way - this includes most students today!

Nils Baas of the Norwegian University demonstrates some unusual topological structures that have implications for "new forms of matter."

1-1tutor.com provides Online Tutoring, Homework Help, Connect to a Tutor Now for Math help, Algebra help. We are an Online Tutoring Company for subjects like math, physics and chemistry. Unlike anyone else we personalize our tutoring according to individual needs of each student.

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Khan Academy is a widely know and used cross-curricular educational video site. While there is some content for younger students, most videos are for older students and adults. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Cross+Curricular

The real power lies in the practice problems. It allows to deep differentiation within a class.

The goal of HippoCampus is to provide high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects to high school and college students free of charge. Lots of free online courses

The goal of HippoCampus is to provide high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects to high school and college students free of charge. Lots of free online courses some cross referenced to textbooks.