Fathom
Dynamic Statistics - new version 2!
"Best
Software in High School / Secondary Math"
5th Annual Education Software Review Award, Sept
2000
A
Data-Driven Approach to Mathematics and Statistics
Fathom is especially designed for learning as well as doing
mathematics based on data analysis and statistics, making it the ideal
educational statistics and data analysis tool across the math curriculum.
* Dynamic
manipulation facilitates data analysis and makes abstract concepts
meaningful.
* Exploration
tools encourage students to ask the "what if?" questions
that extend understanding.
* Real-life
data sets make statistics relevant and engaging.
* Presentation
capabilities animate classroom discussions
* A comprehensive
resource book offers a range of mathematics and statistics activities
spanning introductory algebra through to advanced investigations in
calculus and statistics.
Teachers' comments
"You cannot
afford NOT to consider Fathom...especially if you will be using
the software at all levels of Math"
- Chris Olsen, teacher at George Washington High, USA
"My students
beg me to let them do Fathom projects...they teach each other,
they talk about the statistics concepts excitedly, they willingly review
material we did months ago in different ways."
- Breyne Moskowitz, teacher at Westridge School, USA
"I really believe this software has the potential to do for
statistics what the graphing calculator has done for calculus"
- Ann Thompson, teacher at Washington High School, USA
Fathom
connects mathematics to the real world
Fathom brings data analysis into mathematics and statistics classrooms
in ways that are meaningful, relevant and accessible. With Fathom,
students at every level will be convinced that mathematics is useful.
The hundreds of real-world data files that come with Fathom,
the drag and drop interface to data on the Internet, the ease
of creating meaningful graphs and the rich array of classroom-ready
activities provide powerful tools to motivate and engage your
students.
Students
Explore deeply with Fathom
Creating graphs and analyses is just the beginning with Fathom.
Visualisations, investigations and simulations clarify mathematical
and statistical concepts and get students fully engaged. Fathomis
remarkably easy to use. Within minutes of opening the program,
your students will be focused on data, mathematics and statistics.
For more information
about the features Fathom offers you, click
here.