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In This Issue
Ko's Journey
Mamikon
Solar Eclipse Resources
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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Ko's Journey
http://www.kosjourney.com/
Ko's Journey is a web-based adventure game, designed to
motivate middle-school students to explore math in context.
- lessons integrated with the story
- NCTM Standards links
- student progress tracking
- free demo
- licenses for individual, classroom, school, or home use
Mamikon
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~mamikon/
Mamikon Mnatsakanian offers these thought-provoking Shockwave
Flash animations of geometric constructions, graphs, games,
corporate logos, and much more.
Mnatsakanian's main site links to dozens of the journal
articles he has co-authored with Tom Apostol on topics in
visual calculus:
http://www.mamikon.com/
Solar Eclipse Resources
This Sunday, July 11, the second solar eclipse of 2010 will be
visible from a narrow band around the southern hemisphere.
NASA offers an archived chat with expert Mitzi Adams of the
Marshall Space Flight Center:
http://www.nasa.gov/connect/chat/eclipse_chat.html
NASA also provides maps and tabular data:
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/TSE2010/TSE2010.html
National Geographic's Naked Science program will broadcast the
eclipse hours after it occurs, and offers other videos and
photographs as well:
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/naked-science/5000/Overview
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