Mathematica

A few of our math teachers attended a conference recently to refine their use of Mathematica, a Wolfram product, that offers a wealth of opportunities for classroom use, both in the Math and Science departments. Here are a few comments from one of the attendees, Math instructor Masami Stahr:

I was a novice user to Mathematica, and I am not quite efficient using it yet,
but I started using the software to integrate problem-solving skill with
visualization, especially 3-D graphs. Students generally understand better
when they can see the problems. The Mathematica website has a lot of
demo projects that I can download and then modify them to suit my
usage. This can be done without extensive knowledge of Mathematica.
To get more proficient, I will try to spend more time on Mathematica next
summer in hopes of further incorporating this software into the Exeter
Math curriculum. I am quite excited to use this flexible software in my
classroom and look forward to finding more creative ways to enhance student
learning.