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In This Issue
Pi Day Resources
Number Facts
Math Camps and Summer Programs
Online PD
PoW Class Membership: ... Effective Implementation
The Math Forum's Problem Solving Process
Teaching Math with the Problems of the Week
Differentiated Math Instruction: Using Rich Problems to Reach All Learners
Problem Solving in Geometry
and Measurement, Course 1
Problem Solving in Geometry
and Measurement, Course 2
Moving Students from Arithmetic to Algebra
Resources & Strategies for Effective Math in Context (MiC) Implementation, Courses 1, 2, 3, and 4
Problem Solving Strategies
Free Online Opportunities
Tools for Building Math Concepts
Using Technology and Problem Solving to Build Algebraic Reasoning
For PA teachers preparing for the Praxis II: Moving to Mathematics, a series of online courses
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Pi Day Resources
http://mathforum.org/t2t/faq/faq.pi.html
This year, March 14 falls on a Sunday, so many teachers will honor
Pi Day on Friday or Monday instead. If you are looking for
some ways to celebrate math in your math class, or if you
would like to suggest some school-wide thematic activities,
you are certain to find ideas on this page to help you design
a Pi Day that students will enjoy.
If honoring pi is not enough of a reason to make this day
special, keep in mind that March 14 is also Albert Einstein's
birthday!
Pi Day at the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/pi/
San Francisco's Exploratorium's 22nd annual Pi Day celebration
might give you some ideas, even if you're not in the area to
party with them.
- create Pi puns
- participate in activities, rituals, and Pi-related antics
- have a slice of pie!
Pi Day also takes place in Second Life, where the Exploratorium
runs a virtual museum called 'Splo.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/worlds/secondlife/
NumberADay
http://maanumberaday.blogspot.com/
Every working day, the Mathematical Association of America
(MAA) posts a new positive integer, with a selection of its
properties and an illustration or photograph.
What's Special About This Number?
http://www2.stetson.edu/~efriedma/numbers.html
Erich Friedman lists the integers from zero to 9,999,
annotating each with one significant mathematical property and
color-coordinating by that property's category.
Math Camps and Summer Programs
High School: http://mathforum.org/students/high/opps.html
Middle School: http://mathforum.org/students/middle/opps.html
The Math Forum maintains an annotated list of math camps and
summer programs. It links to residential opportunities, some
just for girls, in states that include
- California
- Colorado
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- New Jersey
- Ohio
- Texas
- Washington
Many opportunities occuring this summer have application
deadlines already coming up soon.
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