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1999 Laptop Learning Challenge (LLC) - Toshiba/NSTA This challenge rewarded 20 K–12 educators for their innovative uses of laptop computers. The 20 selected lessons may be browsed by subject (abstracts and downloadable PDF files are provided); they have science, mathematics, and technology components and take place in the classroom, in the field, or in informal science institutions. There are five lessons in each of four categories: Elementary Level, Middle Level, High School Level, and Informal Science (grades K–12). The lessons are useful for teachers planning a science or math activity, for pre-service preparation, and for in-service professional development. more>> Apply Mathematics Lesson Ideas, Grades 9 & 10 - Center for Applied Academics Applications of mathematics in careers, including fighting forest fires, sportscasting, and designing roller coasters or computer games. The lesson plans were created to help teachers prepare students for the workplace and postsecondary education; each includes a career discussion, information about the mathematics involved, and student activity sheets. In one lesson, students studying to be mechanical drafter designers measure angles using a carpenter's square, string, and a protractor as they design an elevator for an amusement park. more>> Education Resources for Oceanography and Earth Sciences - JPL Physical Oceanography DAAC A list of documents, data, and software for Education from NASA, UNESCO, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC), etc. more>> Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Section - Ron Knott Information about the Fibonacci series, including a brief biography of Fibonacci, the numerical properties of the series, and the ways it is manifested in nature. Fibonacci numbers are closely related to the golden ratio (also known as the golden mean, golden number, golden section) and golden string. Includes: geometric applications of the golden ratio; Fibonacci puzzles; the Fibonacci rabbit binary sequence; the golden section in art, architecture, and music; using Fibonacci bases to represent integers; Fibonacci Forgeries (or "Fibonacci Fibs"); Lucas Numbers; a list of Fibonacci and Phi Formulae; references; and ways to use Fibonacci numbers to calculate the golden ratio. more>> IMaST: Integrated Mathematics, Science, and Technology - Illinois State Univ. A two-year middle school program designed to be taught by seventh and eighth grade teachers from each of the three disciplines. This theme-based curriculum promotes experientially based, hands-on, constructivist learning, and was developed in response to systemic reform initiatives. It incorporates activity assessment, measuring student learning and understanding by evaluating how well students can apply acquired knowledge and skills in new situations. More information, including the national standards addressed and ordering information, is available onsite. more>> Interdisciplinary Mathematics - Mathematics Education at the Math Forum The NCTM Standards make a strong case for connecting mathematics with other disciplines, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded many projects and curricula with strong interdisciplinary commitments, and mathematicians are more and more seeking employment in interdisciplinary areas. Web resources, including programs and sessions at conferences. more>> Journey North - Annenberg Media Register online (free) for a global study of wildlife migration. Read today's news, from monarch migrations to robin populations in the south; report sightings, search the site. Numerous supplemental materials are available online, and further materials may be purchased or made with instructions from the site. Includes implementation tips from teachers. more>> Learning Network Teacher Connection - Daily Lesson Plans - New York Times on the Web A new lesson plan each day, each based on the day's news. Math lessons explore such topics as understanding the value of numbers in the newspaper; calculating refugee camp supply costs; examining the promise and problems of an "internet time" system; interpreting opinion polls; analyzing baseball hall of fame statistics; learning about company mergers through interpreting and creating graphs; analyzing statistics and creating graphs; using maps, statistics, and written texts to recognize the H.I.V. explosion in Africa; determining criteria of greatness in the math or social studies classroom; a lesson in comparative economics; researching epidemics; and unmasking mathematical concepts in the art world. The lesson plan archive includes many other subjects including science and technology. Authors include Alison Zimbalist, The New York Times Learning Network; and Lorin Driggs, The Bank Street College of Education in New York City. more>> Magnet/Mathematics Connections: Morse High School - Suzanne Alejandre, for the Math Forum Morse High School is the Center for Technology and Pacific Rim Studies. The school magnet focuses on five career paths designed to provide a multifaceted, enriched magnet program: Aeronautics, Engineering, Science, Tourism and Languages. These pages provide Internet lessons to use in mathematics classes in support of the magnet specialized areas, together with general resources for Internet enrichment and suggestions for developing additional lessons. more>> Math Awareness Month (MAM) - Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) Mathematics Awareness Month - formerly Math Awareness Week (MAW) - is held each April to increase public understanding of and appreciation for mathematics. Since 1991, yearly themes and activities at the local, state, and regional levels have included mathematics and the environment, manufacturing, medicine, symmetry, decision making, the Internet, imaging, biology, oceans, "math spans all dimensions," and the human genome. Online essays, print posters, and web resources elaborate on the annual theme. Coordination for Mathematics Awareness Month is provided by the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics, which includes the American Mathematical Society (AMS), the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). more>> Mathematics: Developmental/Related Activity Guides - Louisiana Energy Conservation Enhancement Project Activity guides originally created for Louisiana vocational technical schools for their Energy Conservation Enhancement Project, to increase the knowledge of energy conservation/efficiency techniques of those who will work in building trades and enhance their opportunity for employment. Topics covered include arithmetic, word problems, algebra, fractions, decimals, percentages, area and perimeter, ratio and proportion, and graphs. Student questions and teacher guides are part of each lesson. more>> Mathematics of Cartography - Cynthia Lanius A map is a set of points, lines, and areas all defined both by position with reference to a coordinate system and by non-spatial attributes. These pages discuss how maps are used, give examples of different kinds of maps, and cover map history and math topics - lines, points, areas, coordinates, etc., in particular scale, coordinate systems, and projection. Also Problems, Resources, Careers in mapmaking, Teachers' Notes, and References. more>> National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Strategic Enterprises: Office of Aero-Space Technology; Human Exploration and Development of Space; Earth Science; Space Science. In particular, see NASA's resources for educators and for students, formerly organized under their Spacelink project. Links to other NASA sites (Hubble Space Telescope; Science News; Space Station; Deep Space 1) and an online newsletter, today@nasa.gov. more>>

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100 Percent! - Energy Conservation Enhancement Project What is Infiltration? Math objectives: 1. Define the term "percent." 2. Solve problems using percentages. Energy objectives: 1. Define infiltration. 2. Describe the major areas of infiltration in the home. An activity guide from the Energy Conservation ...more>> 100th Day of School Celebration - Loogootee Community Schools, Loogootee, Indiana A collection of interactive and other suggested classroom activities for celebrating the 100th day of school, for kids ages 8-14. A 100 E-Mail Messages Project invites your class to exchange e-mail worldwide, linking geography and language arts with a ...more>> Academic Innovations Academic Innovations publishes a textbook series (Career Choices - five titles), an interdisciplinary curriculum designed to be used in English/Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, and/or School-to-Work and Tech Prep classrooms. The company sponsors a ...more>> The Academy of Natural Sciences Founded in 1812, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia is the oldest science research institution in the Western Hemisphere and a world leader in the fields of natural science research, education and exhibition. This site contains on-line exhibits, ...more>> AIMS Education Foundation "Activities Integrating Mathematics and Science." A non-profit, independent organization established to develop integrated math/science materials for grades K-9. See, in particular, the AIMS Puzzle corner (a new puzzle each month), the AIMS@Kids Interactive ...more>> Air Pollution: A Local and Global Problem - Karen Bardeen, Handbook of Engaged Learning Projects Students investigate the problem of air pollution in a given location and research possible solutions using a variety of tools (laboratory technology, Internet resources, multimedia technology, etc.). Mathematics goals include estimating, making, and ...more>> Algebra II - Integers & Operations - Energy Conservation Enhancement Project A variety of simple algebra problems involving negative numbers and multiple mathematical functions and a home energy audit. Objectives: describe the set of integers; accurately solve algebra problems involving negative integers; solve algebra problems ...more>> And the Answer is... - Energy Conservation Enhancement Project Comparing cars and the cost of gasoline: a variety of multiplication and division problems. Math objectives: 1. Define terms related to multiplication and division. 2. Accurately complete a variety of multiplication and division problems. 3. Derive and ...more>> Applet Library (Project Links) - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute A library of applets in calculus; linear systems; differential equations; probability and statistics; and advanced math methods. Applets: Balance Applet; Beats; Bicycle Pedal; Bicycle Frame Angle, Frame Force, and Frame Length Analysis; Budget Optimization; ...more>> Architectural Education Resource Center (AERC) A place to exchange information about the teaching of Architecture and Design. Teach interdisciplinary, hands-on, real world math through architecture and design projects. K-12 resources, K-8 classes, professional development, and advice on where to begin. ...more>> Architecture in Education (AIE) - Foundation for Architecture, Philadelphia, PA AIE uses architecture as the basis for hands-on, interactive projects that connect, integrate and deepen K-12 student learning across the curriculum. Students explore the world through drawing, writing, model-making, neighborhood walks, field trips, research, ...more>> Area: What's a SQUARE Foot? - Energy Conservation Enhancement Project Maximum efficiency glassed area. Math objectives: 1. Define area. 2. Explain how area is computed. 3. Find the area of basic figures and objects (square, rectangle, triangle, circle). Energy objective: 1. Determine the proper amount of glassed area to ...more>> Backpack Project - Germantown Academy Spurred by an orthopedic surgeon's report recommending how much weight a person should carry, teams of fifth and twelfth graders examined student backpack weights in relation to body weights in all three divisions of their school, weighing over 800 students ...more>> Basic Math Concepts and Fundamentals - R. H. Logan A series of readings and practice problem activities designed to alleviate "math anxiety," for those planning to take a science course but uncertain about the math preparation. Includes lessons and practice problems. The topics covered are especially ...more>> Bee Alert - University of Montana Bees and portable computers can now be used to assess environmental hazards through the development of electronic hives, toxicological models, extensive databases, and pattern-recognizing software that help assess risks posed by metals, radiation, carcinogenic ...more>> A Brief History of Cosmology - MacTutor Math History Archives A hypertext essay describing the course of cosmology from its beginnings in early Babylonian society through the present, with References. ...more>> Cambridge Physics Outlet (CPO) Online - Tom Hsu An integrated math/science curriculum that builds skills in three levels for grades 4-8, 7-11, and 11/12+. Designed in 11 modules, the curriculum comes with student Activity Guides, detailed Teacher's Guides with full solutions, six kinds of assessment ...more>> Cancer & Mathematics (MSTE) - Dildine, Silver; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) An Internet Adventure into Cancer, Pattern Recognition & Image Analysis, and Geometry. Cancer is a group of diseases in which some body cells change their nature, start to divide uncontrollably, and may revert to an undifferentiated type. This lesson ...more>> Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) - Columbia University A non-profit, non-governmental organization providing information to help scientists, decision-makers, and the public better understand their changing world. CIESIN specializes in global and regional network development, science data management, decision ...more>> Center for Technology and Teacher Education - Curry School of Education, University of Virginia An interdisciplinary group that develops materials to prepare teachers to use technology to enhance and extend students' learning of mathematics. This site offers activities using graphing calculators, The Geometer's Sketchpad, Microsoft Excel, the ExploreMath.com ...more>> Chaos (Mathematics Across the Curriculum) - Dartmouth College Syllabus, related links, reading list, and student papers (access is restricted to the papers; you must have a password to view them) from a Dartmouth College course from winter, 1998. The course examined chaos from scientific, literary, historical and ...more>> CIESE Online Classroom Projects - Stevens Institute of Technology Projects that use realtime data available from the Internet, and collaborative projects that use the Internet's potential to reach peers and experts around the world. The site lists currently sponsored projects by level, with an archive of past sponsored ...more>> Classroom Compass - Adams, Powell, Assoc. Editors; Southwest Educational Development Laboratory A magazine published from 1994 to 2005, with ideas, activities, and resources for teachers interested in improving instruction in science and mathematics, and links to simple classroom activities with ideas about learning and instruction. Each issue presents ...more>> CLEO: Collaborative Learning Environments On-line (TERC) - Eric Hilfer; Testbed for Telecollaboration Supports inquiry and collaboration in science and mathematics by publishing classroom investigations on the Web. It promotes the use of real data in the pursuit of research questions by giving students tools to share, analyze and discuss results, as well ...more>> Composing Mozart Variations with Dice - Zsófia Ruttkay, Bram Boskamp In his "Musikalisches Würfelspiel" (Musical Dice Game), Mozart offered two choices for the eighth and the 16th bars, and 11 choices for each of the other bars. Mozart's idea was that from the stock of bars, the composer will be able to "generate" ...more>> Conferences on the Teaching of Mathematics (CTM) (Mathematics Archives) - Husch, et al., Editors Currently includes presentations and contributed papers from the Fifth Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics held on June 21-22, 1996 in Baltimore, MD and the Sixth Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics held on June 20-21, 1997 in Milwaukee, WI. ...more>> Corn Curriculum - National Corn Growers Association The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) has developed "Korn for Kids," which provides information related to corn, its diverse uses and impact on daily life. This page features the curriculum broken out by subject, including lessons for math and ...more>> CU-Dillard Educational Technology Partnership: Liberal Arts Education in a Technological Age - Dillard University and the University of Colorado A partnership with the goal of improving collaboration between diverse, dissimilar institiutions (i.e. research and liberal arts, minority and majority), enabling the enhancement of core liberal arts education in a technological age. Login to the shared ...more>> Curricula, Lessons, and Activities - ARTSEDGE Annotated links on the Internet and additional offline resources highlighting lessons that interrelate the study of math with the arts. Organized into online curriculum, and related online resources of primary resources and indices. ...more>> Curriculum Development via Literary and Musical Forms - Joel K. Haack, Dept. of Mathematics, Univ. of Northern Iowa; the Math Forum An article presented at the Humanistic Math session of the Joint Mathematics Meetings, January 10-13, 1996, in Orlando, Florida. Haack's article discusses how the literary and musical forms can help develop a path through mathematical knowledge, envisioning ...more>> The Dance of Chance Science Museum Exhibit - Center for Polymer Studies, Boston University An online version of an exhibit focused on the emergence of patterns in Nature from physical and biological processes that appear to be chaotic. Exhibit kiosks, many of which are fractals, include Music of the Heart, Frozen Lightning, Erosion, Viscous ...more>> Decimals - Money, For Example - Energy Conservation Enhancement Project How is Energy Measured and Charged For? Math objectives: 1. Define the role of decimals. 2. Write and read decimals in word form. 3. Complete calculations involving decimals in the four basic mathematical functions. Energy objective: 1. Explain how electricity ...more>> Discover Magazine - The Walt Disney Company The monthly magazine of science and technology. Covers space, biology, health, medicine, AIDS, computers, new technology, the environment, astronomy, ancient life, archeology, evolution, physics, mathematics, ecology, and more. Available online: selected ...more>> Do You Measure Up? - Energy Conservation Enhancement Project U.S. System of Measurement: Save on Your Energy Bills. Math objectives: Describe U. S. measurements of length, weight, and liquid capacity. Convert units of measurement within the three categories. Accurately complete mathematical problems involving measurement. ...more>> Dragonfly Web Pages - Miami Univ. of Ohio with the NSTA Dragonfly is an inquiry-driven magazine published bimonthly during the school year, inspiring children to join with their peers and with scientists in national and international investigations. Dragonfly also publishes poetry, autobiographies, natural ...more>> DuPage Children's Museum - Wheaton, Illinois A hands-on, activity-driven museum near Chicago. At the museum, find the math in art and the art in science. On the Web explore Aunty Math: "Aunt Mathilda" posts a math challenge for elementary level students, in story form, drawn from her own interactions ...more>> Earth/matriX: Science in Ancient Artwork & cience Today - Charles William Johnson González-Casanova Analyses of ancient reckoning, a summation of Fermat's Last Theorem through simple addition and last-digit patterns, the Anti-Radian, ancient Pi, an alternative proof of the Pythagorean Theorem to the power of three, the ancient mediatio/duplatio ...more>> EcEdWeb: Economic Education - Kim Sosin, Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) Teaching resources for economics teachers from K-12 to college/university level, plus links to particularly useful sites for economics information and data for teachers and students. Two economics organizations, the National Association of Economic Educators ...more>> Electronic Elementary - Maxine Shindel, Editor; Univ. of Maryland A bi-monthly publication by and for elementary students in grades K-5, designed to promote use of the Internet for cooperative projects and student publishing. Electronic Elementary is associated with MidLink Magazine for the middle grades. Participation ...more>> El Niño Unveiled - Marcia Barton, Susan Freeman; Louisiana State University What is El Niño? This three-day interdisciplinary Webquest for middle grades students combines natural history, math, and writing to introduce activities and research centered around El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) - its history, cause, ...more>> E-Mail Math - Elizabeth Murphy Using the Internet for a global exchange of student-written math story problems. Grade 4 students participated in an enrichment project entitled Cross Cultural Story Problems in Math from December '94 to May '95. Students received story problems from ...more>> EnviroNET - Space Environment Information - Messore and Chrissotimos; Goddard Space Flight Center An online service for the space environment community in support of NASA's engineering and scientific goals, providing models and information on the space environment via the Internet. The EnviroNET programming group is staffed entirely by students who ...more>> The Excellent Adventure - Shawsheen Valley Technical High School, Billerica, MA A math-based cross-curricular site where students take a trip from Philadelphia down the East coast to Disney World, with several required stops and activities along the way. A teacher's guide, worksheets, and activities are provided: students figure ...more>> Exploring Data - Math Forum/USI Pages for finding and displaying data sets, designed to support workshops on statistics given by the Math Forum for the Urban Systemic Initiative in Philadephia and San Diego. Included are: links by level to relevant statistics Standards (NCTM, California, ...more>> Fibonacci Numbers and Nature - Ron Knott Fibonacci and his original problem about rabbits that gave the series its name; the family trees of bees; the golden ratio and the Fibonacci series; the Fibonacci Spiral and sea shell shapes; branching plants; flower petal and seed-heads; and the leaf ...more>> First Curriculum - Patricia Simis Lundy A first grade early literacy curriculum. In the Discovery Zone introduces the scientific method; Weather or Not uses grids, mapping, measurement, and number sense; see Our Big Backyard, showing the integration in the various lessons of literature and ...more>> Fractal Analysis of Trabecular Bone - Richardson, Gillespy Fractals are unusual geometric structures that can be used to analyze many biologic structures not amenable to conventional analysis. The purpose of this exhibit is to teach some of the fundamentals of fractal analysis, and to show how they can be applied ...more>> Fractions: Parts is Parts - Energy Conservation Enhancement Project Incandescent & fluorescent lighting. Math objectives: 1. Describe the two parts that make up a fraction. 2. Explain mixed numbers and improper fractions. 3. Find the least common denominator. 4. Reduce fractions to lowest terms. Energy objectives: ...more>> Fractions: The Four Basic Mathematical Functions - Energy Conservation Enhancement Project How is the home energy dollar spent? Math objective: 1. Perform the four basic mathematical functions on problems involving fractions. Energy objectives: 1. Explain how the home energy dollar is spent. 2. Calculate how much is spent on various home energy ...more>> Frieze Patterns - David A. Reid A frieze is a pattern which repeats in one direction. Friezes are often seen as ornaments in architecture. A mathematical analysis reveals that there are seven different frieze patterns possible. These resources were designed for a standards-based project ...more>>

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