Volume 3, Number 16
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20 April 1998 Vol. 3, No. 16
THE MATH FORUM INTERNET NEWS
Math Awareness Week 1998 | Investing for Kids | Science Netlinks
MATH AWARENEWS WEEK (MAW) 1998
26 April - 2 May
http://mathforum.org/maw/
Mathematics Awareness Week offers an opportunity to conduct
local events celebrating the excitement, versatility, and
importance of mathematics.
MATHEMATICS AND IMAGING
The MAW 1998 theme is Mathematics and Imaging. Mathematics
is an essential element of imaging in fields as diverse as
medicine, computer science, and space exploration. These
and other aspects of mathematics in imaging are explored in
detail in an essay on the MAW site:
http://mathforum.org/maw/98/articles/theme.essay.html
Mathematics Awareness Week is coordinated by the Joint
Policy Board for Mathematics on behalf of three national
mathematical organizations: the American Mathematical
Society, the Mathematical Association of America, and the
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Previous
MAW themes have included Mathematics and the Internet,
Mathematics and Decision-Making, Mathematics and Symmetry,
and Mathematics and Medicine.
More information about Mathematics Awareness Week 1998,
including the theme poster, links to related sites, and
news of MAW celebrations taking place around the country,
are provided, and you are invited to submit an announcement
to have your events included in the list:
http://mathforum.org/maw/activities/
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INVESTING FOR KIDS - Leung, Ngai, & Mirza
http://tqd.advanced.org/3096/
This ThinkQuest site, created for kids by middle and high
school students, uses a variety of approaches to teach the
principles of saving and investing to beginners and seasoned
investors alike.The authors examine seven basic ways to
invest money:
- putting it in the bank
- lending it to someone
- buying stocks
- buying a house
- buying gold and silver
- buying collectibles
- buying mutual funds
Here you can play a stock market game, read about concepts
of investing and types of investments, use a Java goal
calculator, and take a financial quiz.
To learn more, try putting together your own stock portfolio;
check out the stock learning center and stocks in cyberspace;
look up unfamiliar terms in the glossary; find out about
collaborative projects; and use the Young Investors Message
Board to get in touch with other kids:
http://tqd.advanced.org/3096/62bbs.htm
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SCIENCE NETLINKS
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/
A national effort by the American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS) and MCI to help science
teachers, librarians, and other adult educators get on the
Internet, navigate it safely and efficiently, identify
useful resources, and use those resources in a teaching
environment.
This site includes: a monthly feature and a link to an
episodic science mystery for kids; a searchable bank of
reviews of science sites, categorized by topic; standards-
based classroom activities; an Internet help section; and
a discussion board. In April the Netlinks program focuses
on physical science, with special emphasis on forces and
motion.
Netlinks' site reviews section also provides a growing list
of approved mathematics links, with a review of each site.
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/science/approved_math.shtml
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