Teaching and Learning with Mathematica

Abby Brown

Torrey Pines High School, San Diego, CA

Abstract

Mathematica is a tremdous tool for teaching mathematics. As I high school teacher, I use Mathematica to  develop materials for class, illustrate examples, and answer questions. Students use Mathematica to explore and experiment with mathematics as well as to create their own projects. In this talk I will present examples of how my students and I use Mathematica in the classroom. Also, I will discuss a special project-based course I developed for high school students where we spend much time using Mathematica. In this class we are also using a high performance computing cluster donated to our school by the HPC Advisory Council. 

Web Sites:
www.abbymath.com (Primary Web Site)
www.MathRules.org (webMathematica)
www.MathematiClub.com (High School Projects)
http://math.sduhsd.net/MathX (Middle School Projects)