Volume 9, Number 24
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14 June 2004 Vol. 9, No. 24
THE MATH FORUM INTERNET NEWS
How Everyday Things Are Made | Nick's Mathematical Puzzles
Center for Technology and Teacher Education
HOW EVERYDAY THINGS ARE MADE
http://manufacturing.stanford.edu/
The Alliance for Innovative Manufacturing (AIM) at Stanford
has developed an introductory website for students of all
ages showing how various items are made. It covers over
40 different products and manufacturing processes, and
includes almost 4 hours of manufacturing video.
Due to the amount of video, it is optimally viewed with a
high-speed connection. After clicking on the link "How
Everyday Things Are Made," use the tabs on the left sidebar
to navigate the site. Choices include:
- Products 1
Introduction
Transportation
Candy
Packing It Up
What You Wear
- Products 2
Play Time
Materials
Summary
Extras
Careers in Manufacturing
- Processes
Casting Metal
Molding Plastics
Forming/Shaping
Machining
Assembly
Other
- Resources
Online Tours
Books
Process Information
FAQs
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NICK'S MATHEMATICAL PUZZLES
http://www.qbyte.org/puzzles/
The puzzles presented by Nick Hobson are selected for the
deceptive simplicity of their statements, or the elegance of
their solutions. They range over geometry, probability,
number theory, algebra, calculus, and logic. All require a
certain ingenuity, but usually only pre-college math. Some
puzzles are original.
Explaining how an answer is arrived at is more important than
the answer itself. To this end, hints, answers, and fully
worked solutions are provided, together with links to
relevant mathematical topics. Further references are provided
with many of the solutions. The puzzles are intended to be
fun, with an educational element.
Nick plans to add one new puzzle each week and invites
everyone to stop by often to try the newest puzzle.
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CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND TEACHER EDUCATION - MATHEMATICS
http://www.teacherlink.org/content/math/
The Center for Technology and Teacher Education is a group of
faculty and graduate fellows from the Curry School of
Education at the University of Virginia. They identify and
explore innovative digital technologies and have developed
resources organized into these categories:
- Guidelines
- Project Activities
- Interactive Projects
- Presentations
- Related Links
Other subject areas addressed by this group include English,
Science, and Social Studies:
http://www.teacherlink.org/content/
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