Working in 2- & 3-dimensions
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 Univesity)
Excel Tutorials (Clemson Univesity) 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
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/
Multi-map
Maps of the UK, Europe and the World. Scales from 1:5000 to 1:10000000.
http://www.multimap.com
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