Mathematical sites

The links below point to numerous other links, which in turn point to ....
That's what makes it a "web".

Spend some time exploring the various links. You should always be able to get back here by clicking on "Go" and dragging down to "Math Links for MathDay 2000".

Places You Might Want to Visit on a Regular Basis

Mathematicians of the Day Historical vignettes concerning mathematicians for whom today is the anniversary of either their birth or death. (daily)
A Random Mathematical Quotation different each time you click. (any time)
Math Forum: Problems of the Week includes problems at many levels in several areas of mathematics. (weekly)
MAA Online - Columns, a collection of recent mathematical articles, presented by the Mathematical Association of America. (monthly)
What's New in Mathematics, including Math in the Media and Math Digest, collections of current mathematical articles from a variety of sources. Theses links are presented by the American Mathematical Society, the premier professional society for research mathematicians. (monthly)

Teachers (and Students) Resources

The Math Forum - Teachers' Place Extensive resources for teachers at all levels.
The Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math do you have a math question? The answer might be here.
Math Forum - Teacher2Teacher a resource for ideas and questions about teaching math.
Mathematics Archives - Teaching Materials
UW Math: K-12 Resources
Calaulus Reform Page
Mudd Math Fun Facts five-minute tidbits suitable for classroom enrichment activities.

General Math Links

Example Math Links from last year's Math Day.
The Math Forum Home Page
The Geometry Center Welcome Page - the Geometry Center at the University of Minnesota has tons of ongoing projects. Definitely worth looking into and checking back often.
Frequently Asked Questions in Mathematics
Famous Curves Index
Indexes of Mathematical Biographies
History Topics An index to topics in the History of Mathematics.
A collection of Math Comics and some Math Jokes.
Math in the Movies
Mathematics WWW Virtual Library

Searching for Information

Math Forum: Quick Search for High School Math Resources A search page especially tailored to high school topics.
The Math Forum Internet Mathematics Library which has its own search engine.
UW Libraries - Mathematics Research Library list of intenet resources. (Some are only available to UW users, but most are accessible to everyone.)
Yahoo! Science:Mathematics Yahoo is one of several "internet portals" which provide starting points for people to enter the world of the web. It is broken down into numerous categories, subcategoriess, topics, etc. This link will start you in the Mathematics subcategory.
Ask Jeeves! about nearly anything. Just type in a question. (I think it's very impressive!)
Britannica.com your basic encyclopedia

Web page building and HTML resources

General tip: When you find a page whose appearance you like or if you just wonder how they got a web page to look the way it does, use the "View -> PageSource" command to see the actual HTML commands which generate the page.

What is the internet?
Getting started with web pages and HTML
Web Writing Resources A great place to start!
All Things Web advice about making your web pages useful (as opposed to overly "cool")
Documentation - HTML Reference (not really useful for learning, but provides a nice, complete reference to anything about HTML)