Volume 9, Number 52
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27 December 2004 Vol. 9, No. 52
THE MATH FORUM @ DREXEL INTERNET NEWS
Math Chats for Students | Online Multilingual Math Glossary
The Physics of Every Day Life
MATH CHATS FOR STUDENTS
In connection with our Virtual Math Teams Project, the Math
Forum has been exploring a new service for students to
participate in collaborative problem-solving sessions
(Math Chats) over the Internet. If you would like to explore
the possibility of having your students participate in this
research project, please respond as noted on this page:
http://mathforum.org/pow/vmt/announce.html
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ONLINE MULTILINGUAL MATH GLOSSARY
http://www.math.glencoe.com/multilingual_glossary
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill has launched an online multilingual
glossary specializing in math terminology. Users are prompted
to select a letter of the alphabet. Once selected, words
starting with that letter are displayed along with the
option of selecting one of the following 12 languages:
- Arabic
- Bengal
- Chinese
- English
- Haitian
- Hmong
- Korean
- Russian
- Spanish
- Tagalog
- Urdu
- Vietnamese
A PDF document downloads as a word is chosen. There are
about ten words defined on the page. If a language other
than English is chosen, users will see the English term
along with the word and its definition in the selected
language. Many terms include diagrams that illustrate the
term with labels in the appropriate language.
From "acute triangle" to "zero exponent," the math glossary
contains more than 700 mathematical vocabulary terms commonly
used in grade 6 through Algebra 2.
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THE PHYSICS OF EVERY DAY LIFE
http://lpmcn.univ-lyon1.fr/~lbocquet/ricochet.html
Have you ever pondered, "Why is the stone skipping and not
sinking?" Lyderic Bocquet's son asked him that question as
they skipped stones at a lake, so the physicist made some
calculations, and published them in The American Journal of
Physics. Said Bocquet, "...I thought it was entertaining
material for teaching. It provides a nice example of
hydrodynamics, mechanics, gyroscopic effect...."
Author Bocquet and collaborator Christophe Clanet created a
robot that whipped metal disks at a tank of water with high
precision. They then used a fast camera to analyze the motion
and discover a "magical angle" that optimizes bounce.
Step through a PowerPoint presentation of their work. Also,
download a PDF of the AJP article, or watch QuickTime movies
of skipping stones.
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