Solving problems in shape and space

Web Links

Links to websites you may find useful for this FSMQ are given below. The addresses and content of websites sometimes change. If you have any problems please contact June Haighton.

Busty Taylor's Crop Circle Page
Aerial photographs of lots of crop circles.
http://www.busty-taylor.com/cropper/98busty2.htm

Cynthia Lanius
Activity that uses the Geometer's Sketchpad.
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/misc

David E Joyce, Clark University, USA
Transformations of the Plane Translations, rotations, reflections and glide reflections explained and illustrated using wallpaper patterns Lattices Square, parallelogram, rectangle, rhombi and hexagonal lattices and their symmetries Transformation and Symmetry Groups< Transformations and group theory The 17 Plane Symmetry Groups Each group explained and illustrated
http://www.clarku.edu/~djoyce/wallpaper/

Drawing Techniques
Explains many useful techniques
http://www.technologystudent.com/designpro/drawdex.htm

Excel Tutorials (Clemson University)
includes useful tutorials on the use of Excel in many areas of mathematics
http://phoenix.phys.clemson.edu/tutorials/excel/index.html

Graphics Skills
Step-by step instructions for 3D diagrams.
http://www.ider.herts.ac.uk/school/courseware/graphics/index.html

Great Buildings
Selecting a building gives information such as the architect, date etc and sometimes images including photos, plans and elevations (for on-line viewing only). Try these! Aalsmeer House: front elevation, Centre Pompidou: exterior and interior photos, Chiswick House: photo, Christ Church, Spitalfields: photos, Doge's Palace: photo, Dome of the Rock: photo, Drayton Hill: plan and elevation.
http://www.greatbuildings.com

Hans Kuiper
Archimedes Regular Patterns 11 patterns formed using regular polygons Optical Illusions Company Logos Quilt Patterns
http://Web.inter.nl.net/hcc/Hans.Kuiper

J.D. Eisenberg
Trigonometry tutorials including animations.
http://catcode.com/trig/index.html

Key Curriculum Press
Download a demonstration version of the Geometer's Sketchpad and try it out. Links to Key Curriculum Press main website where information about activity modules can be found.
http://www.keypress.com/sketchpad/

Math Forum
Area and Volume Formulae for all sorts of shapes
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/formulas/

MathsNet
includes demonstrations of interactive geometry, constructions, transformations etc.
http://www.mathsnet.net

Multi-map
Maps of the UK, Europe and the World. Scales from 1:5000 to 1:10000000.
http://www.multimap.com

NRICH
includes activities involving transformations.
http://nrich.maths.org

Streetmap
Search by London Street, Post Code, UK Place, OS Grid, Landranger Grid or Lat/Long. Gives street map of London or road map of place. Print the maps for use in work on proportion, scale factors etc.
http://www.streetmap.co.uk

The Crop Circular (Freddy Silva)]
- Information about the geometry and history of crop circles and case histories.
http://home.clara.net/lovely

The Noise Room (Rob Speight)]
Crop Circles - lots of them! Locations, reports, diagrams and aerial photographs.
http://www.thenoiseroom.com

Woodworking Plans
Many links to sites where plans and elevations can be found.
http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~flip/plans.html