MATH TOOLS NEWSLETTER - MARCH 4, 2006 - No. 37
Are you planning to visit St. Louis, Missouri, to attend
the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 84th Annual
Meeting, April 26-29, 2006? If you are, we'd love to have
you stop by Booth 630 in the exhibit hall, or attend one
of our sessions:
http://mathforum.org/workshops/nctm2006/
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To keep up with the growth of Interactivate, The Shodor
Foundation seeks to change the site's underlying technology,
as well as its browse and navigate features function.
They invite users to peruse the prototype and complete a
feedback form, which registers you in a drawing to win
an iPod.
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/feedback/
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As part of our participation in the Engaging People in
Cyberinfrastructure (EPIC) project http://eotepic.org,
we are cataloging Spanish versions of Interactivate that
were translated by Eduteka. See the entire Spanish site at
http://www.eduteka.org/MI/master/interactivate/
***FEATURED TOOL (Spanish version of Clock Arithmetic)
Tool: Aritmetica del reloj
Shodor: Project Interactivate, translated by Eduteka
http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/22330/
Los estudiantes aprenden operaciones de aritmetica
modular trabajando con diferentes tipos de relojes.
Parametros: Numero de horas en el reloj.
***FEATURED TOOL (English version)
Tool: Clock Arithmetic
Shodor: Project Interactivate
http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/201/
Students learn about modular arithmetic operations
through working with various types of clocks. Parameters:
Number of hours on the clock.
***FEATURED TOOL (Spanish version of Venn Diagrams)
Tool: Diagramas de Venn
Shodor: Project Interactivate, translated by Eduteka
http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/22260/
Los estudiantes aprenden a clasificar numeros en varias
categorias respondiendo a preguntas acerca de los
Diagramas de Venn.
***FEATURED TOOL (English version)
Tool: Venn Diagrams
Shodor: Project Interactivate
http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/372/
This applet provides a series of Venn diagram questions.
The user is given an object and must determine the region
to which it belongs.
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***FEATURED TPOW
tPoW: Containers
Chris DiGiano, Suzanne Alejandre, Gerri Allen, Seth Tager
http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tpow/23007/
Use two measuring cups of a particular size to figure out
how to measure out other quantities.
***FEATURED DISCUSSION
Graphing nth roots on TI-89
http://mathforum.org/mathtools/discuss.html?&do=m&thread=a__dd___g-1
travrt explains, "Ok so I know how to enter in a nth root on
a ti89, but it seems when I go to graph it I only get half of it?"
***FEATURED DISCUSSION
Surface area and volume for prism
http://mathforum.org/mathtools/discuss.html?&do=m&thread=a__h_tool__g-3
safa says, "I want to use computer to teach my students.
Can you give me a link to help teach this unit?"
***FEATURED DISCUSSION
Please Help!
http://mathforum.org/mathtools/discuss.html?&do=m&thread=a_____g-4
Hugh writes, "I am completely lost when it comes to 'slope of
a line.' Can anybody help?"
***FEATURED ACTIVITY
Activity: Probability and Relative Frequency
eNLVM (Utah State University)
http://mathforum.org/mathtools/activity/23361/
Online unit that uses spinners, dice, box models, and
scenarios to introduce and give students experience with
probability. Covered concepts include outcome space, event,
relative frequency, relative frequency, and the long run
definition of probability.
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The Math Forum @ Drexel -- 4 March 2006