Volume 8, Number 47

24 November 2003 Vol. 8, No. 47 THE MATH FORUM INTERNET NEWS Fact Monster - Math | Celebrate National Game and Puzzle Week Self-Portrait of Albrecht Durer at Age 13 - Martel FACT MONSTER - MATH http://www.factmonster.com/mathmoney.html This site, by Information Please, offers reference materials, fun facts and features on a variety of subjects. The math area includes: - Almanac Sections - Games and Quizzes Numbers Bug Splat Tables and Formulas Math Baseball Measurement Fresh Baked Fractions Money Power Football - Special Features Change Maker Conversion Calculator Shape Surveyor Roman Numeral Challenge Guess the Number Plus The Sacagawea Golden Dollar Number Cracker Cook Metric Operation Order Euro Introduced What's the Point? Stock Market Roman Numerals Quiz U.S. Coins Quiz Paper Money Quiz See also: InfoPlease4Teachers http://teachers.infoplease.com/ InfoPlease4Parents http://parents.infoplease.com/ InfoDaily http://www.infoplease.com/services/infodaily/ -|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|- CELEBRATE NATIONAL GAME AND PUZZLE WEEK NOVEMBER 23-29 Here are some Math Forum resources to use as you celebrate National Game and Puzzle Week! BEATCALC: Beat the Calculator! http://mathforum.org/k12/mathtips/beatcalc.html K-12 Math Puzzles http://mathforum.org/k12/k12puzzles/ Internet Mathematics Library: Problems/Puzzles http://mathforum.org/library/resource_types/problems_puzzles/ Internet Mathematics Library: Weekly/Monthly Challenges http://mathforum.org/library/resource_types/pow_pom/ Internet Mathematics Library: Games http://mathforum.org/library/resource_types/games/ \|/ MILLION MINUTE FAMILY CHALLENGE http://www.millionminute.com/ This site invites everyone to rediscover the fun and sociability offered by board games. Just play a game with family, friends, neighbors, students, etc. anytime from September through December, 2003, then add your minutes to their national total. -|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|- SELF PORTRAIT AT AGE 13 ALBRECHT DURER 1484 Ralph Martel http://mathforum.org/te/exchange/hosted/martel/middletalk.html Ralph Martel has written a paper illustrated by a PowerPoint slide show to demonstrate how Albrecht Durer at the age of thirteen used geometry in his art work. This paper by Martel is one of a series that he is writing on mathematics and art. View his other work here: http://mathforum.org/te/exchange/hosted/martel/ \|/ DURER CLASSROOM ACTIVITY http://mathforum.org/alejandre/magic.square/al1.html An activity written by Suzanne Alejandre focusing on the magic square that Durer included in his engraving Melancholia. -|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|- CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE: The Math Forum http://mathforum.org/ Ask Dr. Math http://mathforum.org/dr.math/ Problems of the Week http://mathforum.org/pow/ Mathematics Library http://mathforum.org/library/ Math Tools http://mathforum.org/mathtools/ Teacher2Teacher http://mathforum.org/t2t/ Discussion Groups http://mathforum.org/discussions/ Join the Math Forum http://mathforum.org/join.forum.html Send comments to the Math Forum Internet Newsletter editors Donations http://www.drexel.edu/ia/mathforum/ Ask Dr. Math Books http://mathforum.org/pubs/dr.mathbooks.html _o \o_ __| \ / |__ o _ o/ \o/ __|- __/ \__/o \o | o/ o/__/ /\ /| | \ \ / \ / \ /o\ / \ / \ / | / \ / \

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