The Math Forum, Amazon.com and Target Online
http://mathforum.org/amazon.html
Many Math Forum community members regularly shop online at
Amazon.com and/or Target. If you add one small extra step, you
can help the Math Forum.
Just bookmark or select our page as a "favorite" in your
browser. The next time you start to shop online, first click
through the "amazon.com" or "Target" icons on our page. If you
then purchase anything at either site, a little revenue will
come our way, at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your help!
Seasonal Math Forum Problems of the Week
Are you looking for a problem solving prompt to use with your
students that has a seasonal theme?
- 3608: A Happy New Year Wish
- 954: A Holiday Card
- 482: A Holiday Gift for Grandmother Brown
- 3308: A Snowy Driveway
- 3991: Bobsled Sums
- 1562: Building a Snow Statue
- 3584: Covered Bridges
- 4103: Decorating Cookies
- 989: Delivering Toys for the Holidays
- 1034: Happy New Year!
- 3592: Holiday Dance
- 1405: Holiday Shopping and Surfing
- 4631: How Many Pinecones?
- 3295: How Old is Santa Claus?
- 3659: It's Cold Outside
- 4600: Let It Snow!
- 3595: Lighting the Menorah
- 1422: My Snow-Shoveling Business
If you have a PoW membership that includes access to our
Problems Library, view these problems by entering their three-
or four-digit numbers to the left of the "Go" button here:
http://mathforum.org/library/problems/
If you have an individual teacher membership that you purchased
online, we'd gladly apply your $25 purchase toward the cost of
a class membership that would give you access to these Library
PoWs. Just call us toll-free during East Coast business hours:
(800)756-7823.
If you are not a member, consider signing up for a Trial
Account:
http://mathforum.org/products/trial.html
During the trial period of twenty-one days, up to five problems
may be viewed by either the students or the teacher, students
may submit to any of those five problems, and teachers may try
out the corresponding Teacher Office to review and respond to
their students' work.
Memberships purchased now run through December 31, 2009.
NSDL Online Workshops
http://mathforum.org/nsdl_mathtech/
The Math Forum has been hosting a series of online workshops
for teachers who work with students in 5th through 9th grade.
Teachers will explore the Math Tools digital library and
several software tools that contribute in some way to
mathematical understanding, problem solving, reflection and
discussion.
Applications are now open for:
- Using Technology and Problem Solving to Build Algebraic Reasoning
- January 12 - February 23, 2009
- Overview
http://mathforum.org/nsdl_mathtech/online/overview.html
- Workshop Dates for 2008-2009
http://mathforum.org/nsdl_mathtech/online/dates.html
- Application
http://mathforum.org/nsdl_mathtech/online/apply.html
- Technology Tools for Thinking and Reasoning about Probability
- January 12 - February 23, 2009
- Overview
http://mathforum.org/nsdl_mathtech/online/overview.prob.html
- Workshop Dates for 2008-2009
http://mathforum.org/nsdl_mathtech/online/dates.prob.html
- Application
http://mathforum.org/nsdl_mathtech/online/apply.prob.html
Currently the $100 workshop fees are paid for participants by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). For a fee of $25 to cover administrative costs, 1.5 Continuing Education Units (15 contact hours) can be provided in the form of a certificate from the Drexel University School of Education to any participants who meet the minimum requirements.
