Volume 9, Number 6
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9 February 2004 Vol. 9, No. 6
THE MATH FORUM INTERNET NEWS
Mr. Smith's 4th Grade | Integers - MathStar
Jennifer.Jasensky.com
MR. SMITH'S 4TH GRADE
http://home.dstream.net/~tksmith/index.html
Mr. Smith and his fourth grade students from Eugene Field
Elementary School in Hannibal, Missouri, have put together
a complete website documenting the work that they are
doing this year.
The math area of the site features:
- 4th Graders at Work
- Words about Math
- Playground Perimeter project
- Math Around Us
Other areas include a "What Is It?" contest, an exhibit on
raising monarch butterflies, and pages that show the many
projects that engage Mr. Smith's students.
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INTEGERS - NEWMEDIA PROJECT - MATHSTAR
http://mathstar.lacoe.edu/newmedia/integers/welcome.html
The NewMedia Project area of MathStar offers resources in
mathematics for middle school teachers and students.
The Integers unit is comprised of three lessons:
- Introducing Integers
- Adding/Multiplying Integers
- Subtracting Integers
Each of the three lessons includes:
- video clips
- worksheets
- Flash activities
- web resources
- user guides
- standards alignment
- discussion groups
The Integers unit is accessible online and also available
for purchase for $45 as a "workshop in a box."
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JENNIFER.JASENSKY.COM
http://jennifer.jasensky.com/
As a student at Northern Illinois University, Jennifer
Jasensky began researching the seventeen different wallpaper
patterns that can be created using translations, rotations, and
reflections.
Funded by a grant from USOAR (Undergraduate Special
Opportunities in Artistry and Research Program), Jasensky
studied these patterns in Spain and has created a website
with photographs and classifications.
The site includes:
- Wallpaper Patterns
- Patterns in Sevilla
- Patterns in Granada
- Patterns in Almeria
- Lesson Planning
- Other Helpful Links
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