C A Spengel FALL
2008
email: ca.spengel@csun.edu
Office Hours see syllabus
General notices for all students,
regarding success in coursework and drops: Here…
LINKS to USEFUL/HELPFUL/FUN
WEBSITES, and to information pages of this site, BELOW
♥:TOPICS STRAIGHT FROM CHAPTERS
1-3 ON A POPULAR WEBSITE HERE
Excerpts from
the text:
See Text 1.1 through 1.3 (pp1-19) HERE pp(19-31) HERE
& Primary Text 3A p 6-17 pp6-17 pp 18-22 pp40-49 pp
68-73
& Primary text
4A pp 6-11 & Primary Text 5A pp6-18
Study
guides:
§1.3-1.6 Notes from class
§3.1 notes Notes
Chap 4 Notes & Exp
Practice Solutions
Opportunity knocks…. Interesting Readings (see these while they’re
still available!):
Lockhart’s Lament
(from MAA. Don’t miss this!)
…And see WHAT
A DIFFERENCE GETTING SOLID ON THE BASICS MAKES! (from LA Times)
Discovery School Website and
Math
Homework Help
I Know That .com is a bit irritating,
as is AAA Math – but this one has
a “by grade level” selection which may be helpful
Another Basic Math website (if you can ignore all the “sidebars”): infoplease
Another List of Mathematics Interactive
Websites http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/
FUN
with geometry!!!! HERE
Amazing site with all sorts of information, pictures
and MORE!!!
This site is reliable: http://www.mathleague.com/help/geometry/geometry.htm
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives Link here
“Platonic
Solids” page of one of the coolest math sites: Link here for Fun!
Areas and Volumes and FUN stuff by Keith Enevoldson
ALGEBRA
There are
many algebra help sites, some not so good.
www.purplemath.com has been correct.
It’s never
too early to start studying for the FINAL: Practice Final Solutions here.
Los
Angeles Council of Teachers of Mathematics HOME PAGE Take a look now:
conference in MARCH.
Copyright © 2008 all rights reserved C.
A. Spengel, Mathematics Department, California State University, Northridge
91330 USA
Photo taken at CSUN
arboretum.