Volume 9, Number 36
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6 September 2004 Vol. 9, No. 36
THE MATH FORUM INTERNET NEWS
Claire Mead | Uncle Bob's Puzzle Corner
Murderous Maths | Applets with Mathematics in Context
CLAIRE MEAD JOINS THE MATH FORUM STAFF
Claire Mead, a native of Bristol, PA, has lived in rural
New Hampshire since beginning her teaching career in 1972.
After teaching grades 2, 3 and 4 for eight years and
remedial reading for six, she became the K-6 Enrichment
Teacher in Bradford, VT, in 1986 and added Technology
Coordinator responsibilities in 1988.
Claire states, "My mission has always been to help children
learn to think and become independent learners. I believe
that mathematics and technology are powerful and exciting
vehicles for achieving that end. Where better to work than
The Math Forum @ Drexel?"
She will be responsible for the Math Fundamentals Problem
of the Week and related professional development programs
for teachers.
Her husband Bob teaches math at Plymouth State University.
Together they enjoy classical music (listening and singing),
gardening, canoeing, and tennis. Their latest collaboration
involves publishing an online monthly for puzzle fanatics.
UNCLE BOB'S PUZZLE CORNER
http://www.unclebobpuzzles.com/
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MURDEROUS MATHS
http://www.murderousmaths.co.uk/
Kjartan Poskitt presents descriptions of characters, updates,
and "extra bits" for the books
- Murderous Maths
- The Essential Arithmetricks
- Desperate Measures
- Do You Feel Lucky?
- Vicious Circles and other Savage Shapes
- The Phantom X
- The Fiendish Angletron
- The GCSE Book
- Professor Fiendish's Diabolical Brainbenders
Features on the site include a finger times table, Penrose
chickens (a tessellation), Fibonacci and nature, GCSE slips
and tips, and a formula for calculating the number of ways
that you can tear four stamps from a sheet so that they are
all attached to each other. Also, tricks, games, articles,
and calculators, and activities such as how to make
flexagons, magic squares, and the self-assembling cube.
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APPLETS WITH MATHEMATICS IN CONTEXT
http://www.fi.uu.nl/wisweb/en/presentatie_enMC.html
The Freudenthal Institute, a Dutch organization for
secondary education, provides applets to support or extend
the math instruction of the curriculum Mathematics in Context,
including the following activities:
- Ratio Table
- Fraction Times
- Jump, Jump Game
- Make Five
- Tic Tac Go
- Algebra Arrows
- Solving Equations with Balance Strategies
- Number Strips
- Number Strips with Fractions
- Number Strips with Labels
- Spotting Numbers
- Shooting Balls
- True-makers
- Geometric Algebra 2D Problems 1
- Geometric Algebra 2D Problems 2
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