


23 June 2003 Vol. 8, No. 25
THE MATH FORUM INTERNET NEWS
Problems of the Week: Changes and Survey
Shockwave Montessori Games | Digital Dozen - ENC
PROBLEMS OF THE WEEK: CHANGES AND SURVEY
http://mathforum.org/pow/survey/2003survey.html
The Problems of the Week are finished for this year. We'll be
back in September with new options for students and teachers.
Our mentoring and problem-solving activities are no longer
funded by grants, but we will continue to offer these
valuable services through low-cost subscriptions for
interested students and teachers.
Please take a moment to reply to our survey questions
concerning your plans to use the Problems of the Week next
year:
- Free Problems and Submission
- Student Subscriptions
- Teacher Support
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SHOCKWAVE MONTESSORI GAMES - ARITHMETIC
OUR-MONTESSORI
http://www.our-montessori.com/home.html
Materials designed to accompany a Montessori program, and
suitable for any student. A link to download Shockwave Player
is included.
- Stamp Game
use with children ages 4-7 for addition and subtraction
- Large Bead Frame
extends basic addition and subtraction and teaches long
multiplication (two-four digit multipliers)
- Checkerboard
for learning to multiply large numbers
- Beads and Skittles
a visual division calculator
- Flat Bead Frame
use the multiplication tables memorized already or
skip count the multiples
Other features include:
Free Materials
http://www.our-montessori.com/free_materials.html
Geometry
http://www.our-montessori.com/geometry.html
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DIGITAL DOZEN - ENC
http://www.enc.org/features/dd/
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC) gives their Digital
Dozen Award to twelve select web sites that are appropriate
for K-12 mathematics and science teachers, students, and
classrooms. This month's awards were selected to encourage
kids of all ages to continue learning over the summer.
Highlighted sites include:
- Alien Empire
- Brookfield Zoo
- Count On
- Creative Java Puzzles
- Earth Science Picture of the Day
- Figure This!
- Funbrain.com
- Kids' Corner
- Math Cats
- Sport! Science @ the Exploratorium
- Studyworks! Online
- The Space Place
For additional ideas view the Digital Dozen Archive:
http://www.enc.org/weblinks/dd/archive/
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