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Open Standards, Web-Based Mathlets: Making Interactive Tutorials Using the HTML5 canvas Element

This article describes methods for creating interactive math materials using the HTML5 canvaselement.

Open Source Sharable Applet (OSSLET) Collection
Osslets (open source, sharable mathlets) are free and flexible interactive components you can easily add to your Web pages. The collection includes ready-to-use curriculum units.
The Most Marvelous Theorem in Mathematics

Marden's Theorem concerns the relative positions of the roots of a cubic polynomial and those of its derivative. This article gives a proof of Marden's theorem, along with dynamic geometry animations and some of the history of the result.

A Math Toolkit for Java Developers
A Developers' Area article about developing reusable components in Java.
Rethinking Pythagoras

This article explores analogues of the Pythagorean Theorem in non-Euclidean geometries.

Terminator
This Math Flash Forum Sharing Area applet provides students with practice with polar coordinates and the radian measure of angles through a simple, interactive game.
Plotting Applet
This Java applet plots up to 10 functions simultaneously with zoom and trace features. It can be used to study properties of functions or approximate solutions to equations. The syntax for entering the functions is given on the accompanying web page.
Logistic Growth Model
This module a standard model of population growth in a constrained environment.
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Flash Fractal Maker
Useful for teaching as well as artistic endeavors, this applet allows the user to build a "seed" for a recursive process that constructs complex and fascinating fractal images.

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