- Geometry from the Land of the Incas
Infobox Website
name = Geometry from the Land of the Incas
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url = http://www.gogeometry.com/
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type = Educational
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owner = Antonio Gutierrez
author = Antonio Gutierrez
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revenue =Geometry from the Land of the Incas is an
educational website developed and maintained by Antonio Gutierrez, that offers a variety of resources for teaching and learning aboutgeometry . The website mixes sound, dynamic geometry,animations ,science , andIncan history in order to raise students' interest in Euclidean geometry. Numerous problems are presented with step-by-step solutions for each proof. All the steps are colorful, animated and musical.The website has won several awards ref|awards from educational publications, including One of the Top 10 educational Web Sites Canada's SchoolNet's in 2003 ref|canada, the Knot #284
Canadian Mathematical Society ref|knot,NCTM Illuminations Web Byte (National Council of Teacher of Mathematics)ref|nctm, and one of 30 “Desert Island Theorems” of the book: "The Changing Shape of Geometry Celebrating a Century of Geometry and Geometry Teaching", theMathematical Association UK ref|ma_uk.The website is designed for teachers, students and parents, and anyone else curious about geometry,
mathematics , popular science,geography , Incan history and visual perception.The domain name of the Geometry from the Land of the Incas website has changed to www.gogeometry.com on November 5, 2007. The old domain name, www.agutie.homestead.com, would remain accessible for a certain period of time for smooth transition but the public is encouraged to use the new domain name from now on.
Site contents
Geometry from the Land of the Incas is divided into nine major categories: Geometry theorems and problems, Inca Geometry, Quizzes, Puzzles, Quotations, Inspiration, Landscapes, Mindmaps, and Geometric art. This site is loaded with advertisements and very little, if any, interesting exploration of the Inca's understanding of geometry.
The site's primary audience is high school and college age students.
Technical requirements
Requires
Flash Player 5.0 or higher version,Java Runtime Environment 1.3 or higher version andJavaScript .This site is best viewed using
Internet Explorer version 6.0 or higher, orFirefox version 1.5 or higher and at adisplay resolution of 1024 × 768 or higher.References
#cite web|accessdate=2006-12-08|url=http://agutie.homestead.com/files/geometry_inca_awards.htm|title=Geometry from the Land of the Incas awards
#cite web|accessdate=2006-12-08|url=http://agutie.homestead.com/files/SchoolNetTopTenSitesP14-15.pdf|title=Top 10 educational Web Sites Canada's SchoolNet's in 2003
#cite web|accessdate=2006-12-08|url=http://camel.math.ca/cgi/kabol/browse.pl?Number=284|title=Knot #284 Canadian Mathematical Society
#cite web|accessdate=2006-12-08|url=http://illuminations.nctm.org/WebResourceReview.aspx?ID=4354|title=NCTM Illuminations Web Byte] (National Council of Teacher of Mathematics
#cite web|accessdate=2006-12-08|url=http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521824516 |title="The Changing Shape of Geometry Celebrating a Century of Geometry and Geometry Teaching", the Mathematical Association UKExternal links
* [http://www.agutie.com Geometry from the Land of the Incas: Frontpage]
* [http://www.gogeometry.com Go Geometry from the Land of the Incas: New domain]
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