Visual Media for K-12 Math

Media Magic .

PO Box 598

Nicasio CA 94946

1-800-882-8284

1-415-662-2225 (FAX)

Media Magic is the most comprehensive source of mathematical education videos. Their catalog offers dozens of titles, with topics ranging from high school geometry and calculus to popular expositions of recent mathematical research. The offerings include all the videos produced by Project MATHEMATICS! and the Geometry Center , which are described more completely below.

In addition to videos, Media Magic also sells CD-ROMs, posters, and some of the best mathematical software for Macintosh and PC (including Geometer's Sketchpad , Cabri Geometre , Mathematica , and Maple , Logo , and Theorist). PB

Project MATHEMATICS!

Caltech 1-70

Pasadena CA 91125

Professional quality educational videos covering high school level mathematics. The videos make excellent use of graphics and animation to promote understanding, without falling prey to the temptations of glitz. " Real world" applications and some understated humor help to hold students' attention. Currently available topics include: Pythagoras; Pi; Similarity; Polynomials; Sines and Cosines. Workbooks for each video are also available. PB

Geometry Center Videos .

AK Peters, Publishers

289 Linden St

Wellesley MA 02181

1-617-235-2210

1-617-235-2404 (FAX)

The Geometry Center has produced a variety of mathematical videos. So far, two professional quality videos with spectacular graphics: "Not Knot" (knots, topology, hyperbolic geometry -- mind expanding experience, but don't expect to understand everything the first time); "Outside In" (sphere eversion, differential topology -- more accessible). Also available are video compendia of undergraduate projects from the annual Geometry Center Summer Institute (covering a wide variety of intriguing mathematical topics, narrated by the students themselves). PB