Game Maker book

http://www.nolimitsit.com/web/gamemaker.html

Looks like a good book on programming Game Maker.

There is a sample chapter here:

http://www.nolimitsit.com/web/GameMakerPromo.pdf

It is how to program Pong !

Book: Implementing Python in the Classroom

A book on how to teach Python in a classroom. It looks like it would be good for high school students.

Here is a sample chapter of the book:

http://www.nolimitsit.com/web/python_book_1.pdf

Exploring sound waves

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=37

Frequently sound is described using terms such as pitch, tone, frequency, intensity or loudness. To understand the origins of these terms as well as to understand the mathematical models used to represent sound, this applet can help you to explore the dynamics of a sound wave.

Modeling a soccer player

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=158

A soccer player is on a breakaway, dribbling the ball downfield, parallel to a sideline. From where should she shoot to have the best chance of making a goal? That is, at what point will the angle formed by the player and the two goal posts be the greatest?

The applet below allows you to investigate this problem by changing the location of the player as well as the distance between the player and the goal posts. As you move the player, the angle changes. Where should the player be placed so that the angle is maximized?

Fire simulation applet

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=143

Choose a starting place for a wildfire and enter the probability that it will spread; then, watch the results as the fire weaves through the forest or burns itself out.

This activity allows students to look for functions within a given set of data

http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=L300

Shrinking Candles, Running Water, Folding Boxes

This activity allows students to look for functions within a given set of data. After analyzing the data, the student should be able to determine a type of function that represents the data.

Barbie Bungee

Using computers to model a bungie jump

http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=L646

Lessons from National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

http://illuminations.nctm.org/Lessons.aspx

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivitySearch.aspx

Great list of activities and lessons. Some are pure math but many use computers and show how computers can be used to solve problems.

Visualization learning tool

http://www.hu.mtu.edu/~awysocki/3D/rot1.html

Introduction to 3D Spatial Visualization: An Active Approach.

Explains rotations, for example.

JHAVE

Some applets to visualize algorithms.

http://www.jhave.org/

I have not tried this yet! It might be over the head of most young people.