Web Site Awards
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GoGeometry
Kaleidoscopes,
Art Forms of Nature: Ascidiae by Ernst Haeckel, has been
cataloged by the
Turner Contemporary as a
Primary resource - Repetition - Symmetry,
Page 4 in the exhibition "Superabundant: A Celebration of Pattern."
Superabundant is an exhibition (January 24 - March 22, 2009) exploring current approaches to pattern
and surface decoration in contemporary art.
Based in Margate, Kent, England, Turner Contemporary is a dynamic visual arts
organization that presents a wide range of exhibitions and learning opportunities to promote the understanding and enjoyment of visual art. |
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K-12 Teaching and Learning from the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education.
February 2008 |
GoGeometry has been
cataloged in the
Best
of the Web collection by LEARN NC.
LEARN NC's Best of the Web collection provides a searchable,
annotated catalog of top-quality educational websites, all tied to the
North Carolina Standard Course of Study.
LEARN NORTH CAROLINA, a program of the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill School of Education, is a statewide network of educators
using the power of the Internet to improve K–12 education in North
Carolina. |
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"Faites de la Science" Local Contest May, 2006, France:
1er Prix Collèges : Prix du Conseil Général des Hauts de Seine
Collège: André Doucet de Nanterre
Project Title: "Archimède au Pérou" based on the website Geometry from
the Land of the Incas: Archimedes' Book of
Lemmas
"Faites de la Science" National Contest June 22, 2006, France:
"Archimède au Pérou" Position 13.
Organized by: CDUS (Conference of the Seniors and Directors of the
Scientific UFR of the French Universities). |
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46th Annual Georgia
Mathematics Conference
Extreme Makeover: Mathematics Edition!, Rock Eagle, October 20-22,
2005
Conference Major Speaker.
Presentation: "Animated
Angle to Geometry Study I & II." |
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One of 30 “Desert Island
Theorems” of the Book:
“The
Changing Shape of Geometry”
Celebrating a Century of Geometry and Geometry Teaching.
Edited on behalf of The Mathematical Association UK by Chris Pritchard.
Cambridge University Press, (Cambridge 2003). |
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Teachers' Top 10 Choices |
Geometry Step by Step
from the Land of the Incas Named as One of the Top 10 Canada educational Web
Sites.
"IN CELEBRATION OF CANADA’S SCHOOLNET’S 10th anniversary, we asked
teachers from across the country to submit their picks for the 10 top
educational Web sites. Thanks to your input, we’ve compiled a list of
truly great Canadian and international Web sites that will amaze,
entertain and inform both you and your students!".
SchoolNet Magazine Fall 2003, Celebrating 10 years of e-Learning at the
Speed of Life. Pages 14-15. |
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Geometry from the
Land
of the Incas has been
cataloged by the MERLOT Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and
Online Teaching as a
Learning Material, January 31, 2005 |
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Site Review -October 2004 |
Geometry Step by Step from the Land of the Incas
gets an overall grade of "A+" from Education World.
Education World, a home for educators on the Internet, rates
web sites based on their content, aesthetics and organization. In the
site review October-2004, Education World states, "This is a rich
resource for teachers and students of geometry. Teachers can use the
problems, quizzes, puzzles, proofs, and animations as a great supplement
to the geometry curriculum. Innovative high-school geometry site. This
site can't be beat! Perfect in its category." |
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September 2004 |
"As the managing editor of the Internet Scout
Project I am pleased to notify you that Geometry Step by Step from the Land of the Incas
was reviewed and reported on in the current edition of the
NSDL Scout
Report for Math, Engineering and Technology. Your site was found to
be one of great quality and merit." September 24, 2004.
The Scout Project is supported by: The National Science Foundation, The
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Claire Giannini Hoffman Fund, Microsoft
Corporation, University of Wisconsin-Madison's College of Letters and
Sciences, and University of Wisconsin-Madison's Computer Sciences
Department. |
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Great Site - September 2004 |
CEOExpress
Editor’s Note: "Geometry Step by Step from the Land of the
Incas is a fascinating interactive website, offering a variety of
resources for teaching and learning about geometry."
CEOExpress, connecting busy executives to information that matters, has
been named a Forbes "Best of the Web" Financial Portal every year that
the award has been given since 2000. |
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June 2004 |
Geometry Step by Step from the Land of the Incas
has been cataloged by the
Ethnomathematics Digital Library (EDL) as a resource number 548.
EDL is a Program of Pacific Resources for Education and Learning and is
a component of the National Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics Education Digital Library (NSDL), funded by the National
Science Foundation (NSF). June 10, 2004. |
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February 2004 |
Geometry Step by Step from the Land of the Incas
has been listed as "some of the
great new
collections that have been recently added to The Gateway! February 2004.
The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM), now The
Gateway to 21st Century Skills, is
the key to one-stop, any-stop access to thousands of high quality lesson
plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet! GEM
was a project of the U.S. Department of Education. Geometry from the
Land of the Incas is a
member of the GEM Consortium. |
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England and Wales
January 2004 |
Geometry Step by Step from the Land of the Incas
has been selected and reviewed for inclusion in the Department for
Education and Skills' database of useful lesson plans and resources on the
TeacherNet website. TeacherNet has been developed by the
Department for Education and Skills as a resource for people who work
in schools in England and Wales.
"This award-winning site looks at all aspects of geometrical reasoning and
at varied levels." January 31, 2004. |
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Web Bytes - November 2003 |
The National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics has listed Geometry from the Land of the Incas, in its
November 2003 Web Bytes newsletter - online resources of interest to
mathematics educators. |
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Geometry from the
Land
of the Incas
has been selected for an Editor's Choice Award from the Awesome Library, a
collection of the top 5% of sites in the field of education and the top
site on Google for "K-12 education."
Top 5% in K-12 Education.
October 20, 2003. |
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Selected web resource |
Geometry from the
Land
of the Incas has been
cataloged by the NCTM Illuminations as a
Selected web resource.
'The NCTM Illuminations
Selected Web Resources are useful mathematics education resources
on the Internet. They can be used to improve the teaching and learning of
mathematics for all students and can help you understand and apply
NCTM's Principles and Standards for School'.
September 1, 2003. |
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Knot #284 |
Canadian
Mathematical Society
'Geometry from the land
of the Incas has been selected by the "Knot
a Braid of Links - KaBol -" project at
Camel.
KaBoL is a "cool math site of the week" service to the mathematics
community offered by the Canadian
Mathematical Society. Thank you for your
contribution to the mathematics community on-line.'
August 4, 2003. |
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Canada's SchoolNet
original mandate was to work in partnership with the
provincial and territorial governments, the educational community and the
private sector to connect Canadian schools and libraries to the Internet
by March 31, 1999. In the 2001, the federal government committed to
provide increased access to high-speed Internet service for schools and
libraries, and to focus on creating more and better e-learning content.
Geometry from the land
of the Incas is cataloged under a learning resource in the
Metadata information. July, 2003. |
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Mathematics Education Network, a
member of the Education Reform Networks,
is designed to help local schools to understand the issues, challenges and
opportunities available for dramatically improving mathematics instruction
so that all students can learn. The portal is offered by a partnership of
the Vermont Institutes and the
National
Institute for Community Innovation. Funded by the
U.S. Department of Education
Technology Innovations Challenge Grant Program.
Geometry from the land
of the Incas is cataloged under
Educational Type:
Activity and Reference, Service type: Curriculum Support, and Resource
Type: Interactive Resource. June 30, 2003. |
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The Washington Times Review. Animated angle to geometry study. On Sunday, February 9, 2003, Geometry Step
by Step from the Land of the Incas was reviewed by Joseph Szadkowski,
library director and journalist, in the Family section of the Washington
Times, Washington D.C. |
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"Geometry
Step-by-Step, has been reviewed by our Board of Reviewing Editors and has
been approved for use in classrooms. It is now featured among the
recommended Resources on Science NetLinks, a comprehensive homepage for
science educators created by the American Association for the Advancement
of Science." February 10, 2003. |
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"Geometry
Step-by-Step from the Land of the Incas, has won the
Exploratorium's Ten
Cool Sites Award Dec-Jan 2003 for educational excellence.
Housed within the walls of San Francisco's Palace of
Fine Arts, the Exploratorium is a collage of over 650 science, art,
and human perception exhibits. |
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Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Science
and Mathematics Education Materials. ENC's mission is to identify
effective curriculum resources, create high-quality professional
development materials, and disseminate useful information and products to
improve K-12 mathematics and science teaching and learning.
Public Law 101-589.
Geometry from the Land of the Incas was included in March 2003 with
the record
ENC number 026900.
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Awarded to sites providing and maintaining
valuable educational content.
Choice award for the week of Wed Apr 16th, 2003. |
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New Zealand Maths, Ministry of Education
Web-site that we believe will be useful to teachers and students. |
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The Scottish Mathematical Council (SMC)
Geometry, step by step from the land of the Incas- A beautiful geometry
resource with colour, motion and music. Resource site for teachers that
a mathematician, young or old, will find interesting!
SMC Journal: Is this the World's Best Website? |
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The Mathematical Association UK
a visually stunning geometry site designed by Peruvian teacher. |
