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Useful reference & subject sites for college students & teachers: Mathematics

Mathematics

Interactivate has interactive lessons for math students from Grade 3 to Undergraduate (pick audience level)

Plus is an internet magazine which aims to introduce readers to the beauty and the practical applications of mathematics. It includes videos, podcasts, and puzzles.

If you want to read some good mathematics articles, check out the Mathematical Association of America Writing Awards at https://www.maa.org/programs-and-communities/member-communities/maa-awards/writing-awards

S.O.S. Mathematics provides revision material across mathematical subjects for high school and college students
http://www.sosmath.com/index.html

Exercises in Math Readiness is a resource from the University of Saskatchewan aimed at providing exercises on those high school math topics that appear to them the most important for university study in mathematics
http://math.usask.ca/mrc-cgi-bin/emr/first_page.cgi

Wolfram Mathworld claims to be the most extensive math resource on the web
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/

The Math Archives also have an extensive database as well as lots of links to further resources.
http://archives.math.utk.edu/

Algebra

Bates College Online Resources for Calculus and Linear Algebra

Algebasics is a great little site, nicely laid out, with audio explanations of how you do each algebra function
http://www.algebasics.com/3way6.html

Calculus on the Web covers both what you need to know before tackling calculus and calculus itself
http://cow.math.temple.edu/

The American Educational Testing Service (ETS) and the AP College Board have a number of resources available on teaching and learning calculus at https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-calculus-ab/course

Statistics

Seeing Theory is an interactive textbook that uses visualizations and animations to explain probability and statistics concepts

OpenIntro has introductory statistics textbooks for high school and college

"The Statistical Science Web (StatWeb) is designed to provide an all-in-one guide to statistical science resources, with special attention to Australian resources."
http://www.statsci.org/

Online statistics textbook
https://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/

Computing

The first step in computer science is learning how to think like a computer, so it's great that Harvard College has put up its course on "how to think more methodically and how to solve problems more effectively."
http://cs50.tv/