• Organizations
• Applets
• Information
• Education
• Technology
• Careers

Organizations

• AMS The American Mathematical Society is the leading organization for research mathematicians in the United States.
• MAA "The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) is the largest professional society that focuses on mathematics accessible at the undergraduate level. Our members include university, college, and high school teachers; graduate and undergraduate students; pure and applied mathematicians; computer scientists; statisticians; and many others in academia, government, business, and industry. We welcome all who are interested in the mathematical sciences." (quoted from MAA Mission Statement)
  • OK-AR MAA The Oklahoma-Arkansas Section of the Mathematical Association of America.
• NCTM The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)is the premier organization for public school mathematics teachers and includes many college and university mathematicians as well. This organization is responsible for establishing standards for public school curriculum and teacher training programs.
  • K-12 Standards NCTM national standards for the K-12 mathematics curriculum.
  • NCTM Process Standards This contains the NCTM Process Standards for future mathematics educators.
  • NCTM Indicators NCTM/NCATE Standards for Collegiate programs graduating pre-service mathematics teachers.
• AWM The Association for Women in Mathematics promotes and encourages the role of women in mathematics.
• SIAM The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics promotes the application of mathematics.
• ASA The American Statistical Association is the national organization for research and practice of statistics.

Applets

• Convert-me.com This site offers an excellent unit conversion tool for every unit you have probably heard of and many you haven't.
• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives This site houses an excellent collection of JAVA applets that can be used for teaching K-12 mathematics (and beyond).
• Chaos Game This is the Chaos Game in applet form. Try to figure out the most efficient sequence of vertices in order to move the point to the shaded region on the Sierpensky Triangle.

Information

• Mathematical Atlas This site is billed as a "Gateway to Modern Mathematics." It gives introductions to the various branches of modern mathematical research.
• Internet Mathematics Library The Math Forum's site gives information and resources about many areas of mathematics.
• MacTutor History of Mathematics A wealth of information on the history of mathematics, including extensive biographies and histories of branches of mathematics.
• Earliest known uses of some of the words of mathematics Do you wonder who first used the term function in its modern mathematical sense? This site will show you!
• Earliest uses of various mathematical symbols Who first used the "=" symbol to designate equality? Check out this site for the answer!
• Cut the Knot This site has a variety of mathematical information including java applets.
• Free Statistics Free statistics information and programs.

Education

• NCATE The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)is the organization responsible for establishing certification of teacher education programs.
• ADE The Arkansas Department of Education is responsible for establishing standards for the K-12 mathematics curriculum and K-12 teacher licensure in the state.
  • Arkansas Curriculum Frameworks The complete list of K-12 educational standards for the Standards for the State of Arkansas including the benchmarks for the teaching of mathematics (based on NCTM standards).
• ADHE The Arkansas Department of Higher Education is responsible for overseeing post-secondary education in the state.

Technology

• Microsoft Word Viewer This is a page where you can download a free viewer for MS Word if you want to view Word files and do not have the program. From here you can access the rest of the Microsoft site.
• (PDF) Go to Adobe to download free Acrobat Reader software to be able to read .pdf files.
• Texas Instruments Calculators This is the official TI site for graphing calculators. Download the latest operating system, programs, and applications for your calculator.
• ticalc.org This site has programs for Texas Instruments calculators. This site is not affiliated with TI.
• Mathcad The website for the algebraic operating system Mathcad.
• Geometer's Sketchpad The Key Curriculum Press website, makers of Geometer's Sketchpad and other products.
• Minitab Minitab is a statistical software package.
• Maple Maple is an algebraic operating system.

Careers

• MAA Careers Site This is a collection of essays profiling careers that use mathematical skills and problem solving skills acquired in mathematics courses on a daily basis.
• AMS Careers Site This is the AMS site giving information about careers in mathematics and applications of mathematics in the workplace.
• Cool Math Careers This website links to several sites related to mathematical careers.