For Educators

Using Wolfram|Alpha in the Classroom

Wolfram|Alpha is a free online computational knowledge engine that generates answers to questions in real time by doing computations on its own vast internal knowledge base. Our long-term goal is to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone. This can be valuable to educators in many ways.

Lesson plans:

	Mathematics »
	Science »
	Social studies »

Create visual aids for presentations or
handouts, including images and graphs

Michael » | plot x^2+5 and x^3 »
tetrahedron » | chart US population »
buckyball 3D structure »

Show steps to math problems

solve 3x+4= 5x +7 » | derivative of cosx * sinx »
limit of x^2/(3-x) as x -> 0 »

For more ideas, see the Step-by-Step Math post on the Wolfram|Alpha Blog.

You can also use Wolfram|Alpha...

to assign homework based on information in Wolfram|Alpha
as a reference in computer labs and libraries
for research papers and group projects

Other Wolfram Resources for Educators

	Wolfram Education Portal » The Wolfram Education Portal includes a dynamic textbook, lesson plans, widgets, interactive Demonstrations, apps, and more, built by Wolfram education experts.
	Wolfram MathWorld » Explore the web's most extensive mathematics resource, with information on algebra, calculus, geometry, statistics, number theory, and other math-related topics.
	Wolfram Mathematica Online Integrator » The world's only full-power symbolic integration solver, the Integrator uses webMathematica to access the mathematical knowledge built into Mathematica.
	Wolfram Products & Technologies for Educators » Make your math and science classrooms come alive. Engage your students and visually reinforce important concepts with full-color graphics, interactive exercises, classroom demonstrations, quizzes, and assignments with Mathematica.