Volume 5, Number 21
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22 May 2000 Vol. 5, No. 21
THE MATH FORUM INTERNET NEWS
Non-Orientable Surfaces | Gender Equity/Math Reform - TERC
DavidsoftNet - Strauss
MATH THAT MAKES YOU GO WOW
A Multi-Disciplinary Exploration of Non-Orientable Surfaces
Boittin, Callahan, Goldberg, Remes; Yale University
http://pantheon.yale.edu/~jar55/math/project/
A course intended for inclusion as a short segment in a
late middle school or early high school math course,
designed to convey the beauty and fascination of such
mathematical objects as the sphere, the torus, the Klein
bottle, the Mobius band, the real projective plane and
beyond (3-manifolds), etc.
Java illustrations of the objects may be rotated on-screen.
Also provided are sections on the history and philosophy
of non-orientability, literature touching on the subject,
connections to music, other topics (knit hats and scarves,
toys, non-orientable housing, surfaces in art), a preface
for teachers, and a bibliography.
http://pantheon.yale.edu/~jar55/math/project/bibliography.htm
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WEAVING GENDER EQUITY INTO MATH REFORM - TERC
http://www.terc.edu/wge/
Funded by the National Science Foundation and based at TERC
in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this project is designed to
assist staff developers, curriculum writers, and workshop
leaders in expanding the equity content of their workshops,
videos, and written materials for teachers. The project
investigates the specific question of gender equity in math
reform and the larger equity issues that reforms pose for
students from various academic, socioeconomic, and
linguistic backgrounds.
The site includes articles on equity in education, an
annotated list of research articles, books, and electronic
resources, a list of equity workshops around the United
States, and links to other organizations concerned about
equity in education.
Of special interest is the "Equity Challenge of the Month":
http://www.terc.edu/wge/challenge.html
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DAVIDSOFTNET - David Strauss
http://davidsoft.ticalc.org/
A site that presents Texas Instruments (TI) calculator
software and other resources on the Web in folders and
categories. Links are organized into sites for assembly
coding, hardware, major sites, TI-85 sites, and TI-89 sites.
Reference categories include articles, assembly, and basic
(advanced, beginner, WinCalc). Software is presented in the
categories Art, Games, Mathematics, Sciences, and Utilities.
See, in particular, Home > Software > Mathematics:
http://davidsoft.ticalc.org/folders/10.html
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