Adrian Fisher's Maze
Puzzles
Adrian Fisher's first 3 Colour Mazes were published in Scientific
American in 1984, and he has been creating puzzle mazes with
ingenious rules ever since.
Classroom
Polyhedra Activities
Polyhedra-related construction activites which can be used for
art and math projects.
Connect
the Dots
Complete the picture by clicking on the next number until the
picture is complete. For kids learning to count.
Coolmath
4 Kids - Fractals
An amusement park of mathematics. Come on in and enjoy this art
made from math formulas.
Create
a Graph
A graph or chart helps impress people by getting your point across
quickly. Here you will find five different graphs and charts
for you to consider. See if it helps in explaining what you are
trying to show.
Fibonacci
Numbers and The Golden Section in Art, Architecture and Music
Loveliness is not just a matter of the eye; it is also a matter
of mathematical proportions. Some mathematical ratios have stood
the test of time, and from ancient to modern times, have proven
to be pleasing to the human eye and even to our ears.
The
Fractory
Art is math and math is art. Generate beautiful fractal designs
at this website.
Gallery
of Interactive Geometry
Ten lovely pages of fascinating, interactive geometric drawing
activities.
Geometer's
Sketchpad
Demo software (Mac & PC) from Key Curriculum Press. Teacher
must download.
The
Geometer's Sketchpad - 101 Project Ideas
Ideas for using the Geometer's Sketchpad (above). You can also
send away for more.
Get
Knotted!
Animated knots for Scouts. Animations play over and over so you
can follow right along.
Jo Edkins'
Maze Page
This site is going to discuss only unicursal mazes or labyrinths,
that is, mazes with a single path to the centre, and no branches.
This is the oldest form of maze, with examples all round the
world.
Knots
on the Web
Peter Kuber's huge link collection of knot tying, knot theory,
knot art. Includes book and software resources, too. Lots of
links for scouts.
Logical
Art and the Art of Logic
Learn about pentominoes
and the patterns they create.
Mathematical
Art of M.C. Escher
While he was still in school Escher's family planned for him
to follow his father's career of architecture, but poor grades
and an aptitude for drawing and design eventually led him to
a career in the graphic arts.
Pattern
Blocks
A Java-powered site that lets you move colored shapes into patterns
to enjoy.
Patterns in Nature
These activities encourage students to explore how fundamentally
random microscopic events can give rise to fractal macroscopic
patterns in nature.
Pentagonal
Tesselations
There are various techniques which can be used to produce a pattern
with pentagonal symmetry.
Polygon
Playground
Drag multi-sided shapes around to make any figure you wish.
Powers
of Ten
Visually explains exponents by taking you from deep in out space,
down to earth and then into the molecules of leaf.
Suzanne's
Math Lessons
Creative math lessons using the art link to math.
See also Color and Light &
Geometry