http://mathforum.org/pow/free_mentoring.html

A mentor group will be providing feedback to submitters in upcoming problems opening on these dates:

• GeoPoW, September 21
• FunPoW and AlgPoW, October 12
• PreAlgPoW, October 19

Please have your students submit solutions. If they receive replies from a mentor, we hope you'll encourage them to revise. Not only will your students learn more, but the mentors will learn as well!

We have reformatted the page of PoW support documents to serve as a calendar, so you can see when problems are active and when free mentoring opportunities are available.

http://mathforum.org/pow/support/

Trial Class Account

http://mathforum.org/products/

Free 21 day access to Current Problems of the Week and the Problems of the Week Library.

We have rescheduled one of our online professional development courses. Differentiated Math Instruction: Using Rich Problems to Reach All Learners will now be offered October 1 to November 11. Participants will explore strategies for using problem solving to build skills and concepts for struggling student and to provide challenge for those who soar. Participants should expect to spend 3-5 hrs per week on the course.

Who: Teachers of grades 3-8 with classroom accounts.

Participation requires Problem of the Week membership at the Class level or higher. Non-members or Individual Teacher members may purchase the necessary access at a discounted rate.

Registration deadline: Sept 25, 5 pm Eastern

For more, see:

http://mathforum.org/pd/rich/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/rss/podcasting.html

Podcasts from the producers of the award-winning science documentary show.

• NOVA Podcast: expanding on topics from the T.V. programs
• NOVA scienceNOW podcast: conversations with scientists and science journalists
• NOVA Vodcast: video podcasts
• NOVA E = mc² podcast: ten explanations of Einstein's famous equation

http://www.education.com/activity/all-grades/math/

Activities and games for the classroom, from pre-school through high school. Browse by grade level, or search for a topic.

http://www.noetic-learning.com/mathcontest/

Noetic Learning sponsors an online math contest on October 15. The contest is for students in grades 2 to 5, and there is no cost to participate. Sponsors or team leaders must register by October 9. See site for more details.