MATH TOOLS NEWSLETTER - NOVEMBER 5, 2005 - No. 33 We are excited to announce that we have translated all eleven of our current Technology Problems of the Week (tPoWs) into Spanish. Students are invited to use the link "Submit your answer" to share their solutions, and then "self-mentor" using specially designed hints, checks, and suggestions for extensions. Corredores (Runners) http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tpow/21014/ Cuantos Cubos? (How Many Cubes?) http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tpow/21069/ Cuadros en un Cuadro (Squares in a Square) http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tpow/21015/ El Proyecto de un Millon de Centavos (A Million Penny Project) http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tpow/21017/ Intercambio Galactico II (Galactic Exchange) http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tpow/21060/ Mauna Loa (Mauna Loa) http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tpow/21068/ Miranda y el Principiante (Miranda and the Rookie) http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tpow/21012/ Monedas Falsas (Counterfeit Coins) http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tpow/21058/ Puesto de Globos (Balloon Booths) http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tpow/21057/ Tipos de Triangulos (Types of Triangles) http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tpow/21016/ Trafico Apretado (Traffic Jam) http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tpow/20934/ On that note, we're pleased to relay the announcement from our institutional partner, The Shodor Education Foundation, Inc., that a private foundation in Colombia is undertaking the translation of all of Shodor's Project Interactivate into Spanish. Visit the site: http://www.eduteka.org and select the link to the Shodor/Interactivate materials or use this direct link: http://www.eduteka.org/MatematicaInteractiva.php ***FEATURED STORY Story: Playing Fraction Darts Ihor Charischak http://mathforum.org/mathtools/story/21096/ A story from a staff development session: Ihor describes his session with two veteran 6th grade teachers playing a few rounds of Fraction Darts. ***FEATURED STORY Story: Transformations with High School Pre-Calculus Ashley Butler http://mathforum.org/mathtools/story/21028/ An education student at Utah State University describes how she used eNLVM with a group of high school students taking Pre-Calculus and studying the topic of graph transformations. ***FEATURED STORY Story: Integer Color Chips Story Chris Taranta http://mathforum.org/mathtools/story/21027/ A teacher explains how he uses the Smart Board Notebook to help connect work using the chips to both graphic and numeric demonstrations of the concept of integers. ***FEATURED STORY Story: Number Line Jumps Story Chris Taranta http://mathforum.org/mathtools/story/21026/ A teacher explains how he used the SMART Notebook: Number Line Jumps file to help his students understand why the rule "invert and multiply" works when dividing fractions. CHECK OUT THE MATH TOOLS SITE: Math Tools http://mathforum.org/mathtools/ Register http://mathforum.org/mathtools/register.html Discussions http://mathforum.org/mathtools/discuss.html Research Area http://mathforum.org/mathtools/research/ Developers Area http://mathforum.org/mathtools/developers/ Newsletter Archive http://mathforum.org/mathtools/newsletter/ \`. .--------------.___________) \ |//////////////|___________[ ] `--------------' ) ( '-' The Math Forum @ Drexel -- 5 November 2005