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The 24 lectures (click here and scroll down) were originally presented as review sessions for Princeton introductory calculus courses offered in 2006, and each runs about two hours. It’s worth noting that Banner has used the lectures to develop a handy book, The Calculus Lifesaver: All the Tools You Need to Excel at Calculus.

In a project based on the “Pit and the Pendulum,” high school math students determine whether Poe’s story is mathematically sound.  They use graphing calculators and computers to create and experiment with model pendulums.  They conjecture, analyze data, study quadratic equations, explore curve fitting, and finally build a pendulum to test their theories.  

isualizing huge numbers can be very difficult. People regularly talk about millions of miles, billions of bytes, or trillions of dollars, yet it's still hard to grasp just how much a "billion" really is. The MegaPenny Project aims to help by taking one small everyday item, the U.S. penny, and building on that to answer the question: "What would a billion (or a trillion) pennies look like?"

It is intended for students who (1) have no exposure to elementary algebra, (2) have previously had an unpleasant experience with elementary algebra, or (3) need to review algebraic concepts and techniques.

A great and growing collection of math video lessons and tutorials from around the web. Subjects include Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Calculus, and more. Videos are updated daily!

3DVinci presents a collection of mathematics projects that students can do using Google SketchUp. If you've never used SketchUp, don't worry. 3DVinci hosts video tutorials that will show you everything you need to know to get started using Google SketchUp to teach mathematics.

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