Discovery

Mathematics on the Web

You can have fun with maths.

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath/
Maths in Daily Life shows you how to bake cookies, decorate your home and gamble to win (or at least not lose) using basic maths

http://www.scri.fsu.edu/~dennisl/CMS/activity/math_magic.html
How to use maths to astound people with puzzles, visual tricks and calculating Mathemagic

http://csr.uvic.ca/~mmania/student.htm
The Mathmania home page says the site is down, but you can still access the puzzles, stories and other activities that explore specialist areas such as knot theory

http://library.advanced.org/16661/index2.html
The Totally Tessellated site is highly graphic-oriented but provides a very interesting look at all aspects of tiling, including the history and maths involved and how to tile

http://www.ScienceU.com/geometry/
Shapes and symmetry star in the friendly Geometry Center, including class activities

http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/database/RR.09.96/archamb1.html
The Tantalizing Tessalation lesson units which combine maths, language and art activities.

http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1983/1/83.01.09.x.html
Lesson plans and background information on mathematics in architecture, and how to handle learning about three-dimensional geometry