Volume 8, Number 42
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20 October 2003 Vol. 8, No. 42
THE MATH FORUM INTERNET NEWS
Cayley Quilt Makers | Practical Money Skills for Life
Demos with Positive Impact
CAYLEY QUILT MAKER
http://www.wou.edu/~burtonl/ca.html
Dr. Laurie Burton, Mathematics Department at Western Oregon
University, has developed a mathematical lesson using clock
arithmetic to create math art posters. Students can create
colorful posters based on modular arithmetic operations
tables by painting their own pattern replacements.
The applet by Scott Lopez includes several presentation
options including:
- reflection
- rotation
- Fibonacci
- D4 table
- golden rectangle
- color addition
- parallelogram
Students can select the number of tiles, fill any tile
background, and vary the painting pen width and/or color.
See also:
Math Art Posters and Clock Arithmetic
http://www.wou.edu/~burtonl/NWMath/nwpage.htm
Links to several printable Microsoft Word documents.
Math Art Posters
http://www.wou.edu/~burtonl/mathart/mathart.html
Download CayleyQuilter
http://www.geocities.com/cayleyquilter/
Software for Windows
Clock Arithmetic Demonstration
http://www.wou.edu/~burtonl/arithclock.html
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PRACTICAL MONEY SKILLS FOR LIFE
http://practicalmoneyskills.com
This free web site developed by the Visa credit card company
is designed to help teachers, parents, and students practice
better money management.
Instructional activities are available in three lesson
levels:
- grades prek-2
- grades 3-6
- grades 7-12
Online calculators are featured for exploring saving and
budgeting and for determining the costs of using credit
cards and making loan payments.
Games requiring Flash include:
- Cash Puzzler, grades prek-2
- Ed's Bank, grades 3-6
- Road Trip to Savings, grades 7-12
- Countdown to Retirement, adults
- Smart Money Quiz Show, adults
- Money Management Intelligence, adults
In addition to online tools, free classroom material that
educators can use to teach personal finance are available
for download as well as in binder format.
Also available in Spanish and Chinese:
http://practicalmoneyskills.com/spanish/
http://practicalmoneyskills.com/chinese/
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DEMOS WITH POSITIVE IMPACT
http://www2.gasou.edu/facstaff/lroberts/demos/
David R. Hill, Temple University, and Lila F. Roberts,
Georgia Southern University, use a variety of techniques in
their mathematics classes to try to get important ideas
across to students. Their project "Demos with Positive
Impact" focuses on demonstrations that use some form of
instructional technology. They invite others to provide
feedback on the available demos, and to submit demos of their
own.
Demos collected are organized under the levels of
PreCalculus, Calculus, and Post Calculus, and are listed
under the following topics:
- Physical
- Calculator
- Databased
- Browser-based
- Software
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