Volume 3, Number 19
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11 May 1998 Vol. 3, No. 19
THE MATH FORUM INTERNET NEWS
Internet Algebra - O'Brien | Math Essays - Rusin | WWW Statistics - Lock
INTERNET PROJECTS FOR ALGEBRA - Tim O'Brien
http://www.bremenbraves.com/lessonpl/project.html
In February we highlighted O'Brien's unit on graphing
linear equations, created for an Algebra 1 class.
Now explore four two-day Internet projects for Algebra:
- Adding and Subtracting Rational Numbers
The Stock Market: interpret, organize, and analyze
data, and order a prospectus from a mutual fund.
- Scientific and Standard Notation
The Nine Planets: analyze, explore, and interpret
data, and make conjectures based on given facts.
- Scatter Plot, Best Fit Line, Slope, Y-Intercept, and
Equation of a Line
The Campaign Trail: use these graphing techniques
to predict voting patterns and outcomes.
- Mean and Median, Stem Leaf Diagram, and Histogram
and Rounding
The Indy 500: organize and interpret data to find
mean and average speeds, lap times, and more.
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GATEWAY TO MATHEMATICS: ESSAYS - Dave Rusin
http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/known-math/welcome.html
A collection of roughly 1100 short articles designed to
provide an introduction to the subject areas of modern
mathematics, with answers to some common and not-so-common
questions; to describe a few of the milestone results and
topics; and to indicate some of the key resources where
further information can be found.
Material is arranged in a hierarchy of disciplines; you may
take a tour (good for newcomers), click on a territory on
the "MathMap"; choose from a list of subject headings; or
search for a topic by keyword(s).
General subjects range from Foundations, Combinatorics, and
Number Theory and Abstract Algebra to a "Gentle Introduction
to the Mathematics Subject Classification Scheme":
http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/known-math/index/beginners.html
As you browse Rusin's pages, don't miss his collection of
information about the interplay between MATHEMATICS AND MUSIC
- everything from the theory of chords and how it's useful
in piano-tuning to "Math and Chopin's music," "Music and
Birkhoff's math," and why logarithms are relevant and what
you do with them.
http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/papers/uses-math/music/
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WWW RESOURCES FOR TEACHING STATISTICS - Robin Lock
http://it.stlawu.edu/~rlock/tise98/
A paper presented at Technology in Statistics Education, a
1998 conference for teachers sponsored by the Boston Chapter
of the American Statistical Association. Its purpose is
to direct readers to statistics instruction support sites
on the World Wide Web.
The paper includes on-line course materials and texts;
JAVA demonstrations; electronic journals and discussion lists;
"Data, Data, and More Data" (data set archives, pages of links
to data sites, government and official agencies, data about
the Web, and textbook data); and miscellaneous links.
An Outline and an All-in-one-page version are also available:
http://it.stlawu.edu/~rlock/tise98/outline.html
http://it.stlawu.edu/~rlock/tise98/onepage.html
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TAPPED IN - MATHEMATICS with Dave Kershaw
http://www.tappedin.org/
MONDAY, MAY 11 - 4:00 PM Pacific time; 7:00 PM in the East
Does having just one computer keep you from using
technology in your classroom? Here's an open
invitation for teachers with access to few computers:
come tell us what you do, so we can do it too.
The Math Forum brings its resources to TAPPED IN's
professional development multi-user virtual discussion
environment. All grade levels are welcome.
For questions about the discussions or using TAPPED IN,
contact Dave Kershaw (kersh@mathforum.org) or
Judi Fusco (fusco@tappedin.sri.com).
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