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• Graphic Calculator Support Materials (Aust)
• Graphics Calculator Programs ( W Aust)
• Graphics Calculator Programs - TAME (Aust)
• Martindale's Reference Desk (USA)
• Science Classroom Resources for Teachers (Aust)
• Science Downloads (W Aust)

Martindale's Reference Desk

www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/RefCalculators.html#MATH

Country: United States of America
Author: Jim Martindale
Copyright: 1994 - 1998
Reviewed: 22 Oct 1998
Related Topics:Calculators - Mathematics, Science
Summary: A comprehensive library of links to a variety of sites on the web containing interactive calculators, applets, JavaCalc and simulations. There are also links to calculators in Science - Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

Science Downloads

http://members.iinet.net.au/~ccroft/sciaplts.html

Country: Australia
Author: Colin Croft
Copyright: Reserved
Reviewed: 22 Oct 1998
Related Topics: Hewlett Packard Aplets - Science, Mathematics, games
Summary: An extensive collection of aplets for the HP-38G graphics calculator. Science topics include freezing/melting, gas laws, food energy and gravity. Mathematics topics include bivariate oddities, curve areas, sine, simulations, tangent lines, complex roots and linear programming. Downloads are available as ZIP files.

Graphic Calculator Support Materials

www.ash.org.au/teachers/aamtprof/gc/home.htm

Country: Australia
Author: Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT)
Copyright: 1997
Reviewed: 26 Oct 1998
Related Topics: Tasks for Casio, Texas Instruments and Sharp graphic calculators
Summary: A series of sample tasks including titles such as Cricket Problem, Raindrops are Falling, the Last Lap, Balloons and Quality Control and the Big Picture. Also available for Casio and Texas Instruments - instructions with diagrams for key procedures such as entering and plotting graphs, box plots and numerical derivatives.

Graphics Calculator Programs

www.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/DSME/TAME/DOCS/ TAME_SOFT_GC.html

Country: Australia
Author: Head Of Department of Science &Mathematics Education, University of Melbourne
Copyright: 1997
Reviewed: 26 Oct 1998
Related Topics: Graphics calculator programs - TI-82, TI-83, Casio CFX-9850G
Summary: A series of programs developed for:
The CFX-9850G - in 'CAT' format which can be downloaded to your PC and then opened from within Casio's Program-Link FA-122.
The TI-82 - saved in UUencoded format with instructions for downloading.
The TI-83 - also saved in UUencoded format with instructions for downloading.

Graphics Calculator Programs

www.corpus.wa.edu.au/departme/science/prog.html

Country: Australia
Author: Joe Cordina, Head of Department Science,Corpus Christi College
Copyright: Reserved
Reviewed: 04 Nov 1998
Related Topics: Casio graphics calculator, Chemistry
Summary: Programs for the Casio CFX9850G using Program Link FA122, suitable for Year 11 and 12 Chemistry students. Users may download all programs directly to their calculator. Programs available:
Calculate the mole ratio of constituents in gravimetric analysis.
Use the equation n=m/M.
Use the combined gas law P1V1/T1=P2V2/T2.
Use the Boyles gas law P1V1 =P2V
Use the Charles gas law V1/T1=V2/T2
Use Dalton's Law Pt/nt=P1/n1
Also available are text files of the solubility table, the Valency table, notes on Atomic Structure (Yr 11) and notes on Bonding on (Yr 11).

Science Classroom Resources for Teachers

www.swin.edu.au/maths/tcubed/tcubed.html

Country: Australia
Author: Centre for Technology in Mathematics and Statistics Education, Swinburne University of Technology
Copyright: Reserved
Reviewed: 04 Nov 1998
Related Topics:Graphic Calculators in the classroom - problems, Texas Instruments
Summary: Part of the T³ Australasia site. Click on Teacher Resources to access Science Classroom Resources for Teachers. This section contains a series of science problems containing real-life data (with screen dumps) for graphic calculators. Lesson titles include - Acceleration, BallBounce, Investigating Motion and Potential Energy to Kinetic Energy.