MATH TOOLS NEWSLETTER - July 29, 2011 - No. 99 We have recently added Android, iPad, and iPhone sub-categories to the Mobile Device category of Technology Types. If you have a favorite app that you suggest to your mathematics students, please share it with us: http://mathforum.org/mathtools/util/resource_submit.html ***Apply for a Travel Grant http://mathforum.org/pcmi/icme12.html Applications are now available for travel grants to attend the Twelfth International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-12) to be held in Seoul, Korea, from July 8-15, 2012. Application deadline is September 30, 2011. Notifications will be made by January 16, 2012. The grants are open to the broader mathematics education community of U.S. citizens and permanent resident aliens. Elementary, middle, and high school teachers and graduate students are strongly encouraged to apply. ***Math Forum Special Offer http://mathforum.org/pd/summer.html Get a class account to the Problems of the Week for only $25 when you purchase and complete any Summer Online Professional Development course. That's a 42% savings! Upcoming courses include * PoW Class Membership: Resources & Strategies for Effective Implementation * Moving Students from Arithmetic to Algebra...one step at a time * Learning from Student Work: Make the Most of Your PoW Membership * Differentiated Math Instruction: Using Rich Problems to Reach All Learners Your PoW class membership will begin when the course starts and it won't expire until June 30, 2012. http://mathforum.org/renewal.html \|/ As you browse the catalog, please take a moment to rate a resource, comment on it, review it -- join an existing conversation, or start a new discussion! ***FEATURED TOOL Tool: Rush Hour Free http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/133343/ ThinkFun, Inc. This is the original sliding block Traffic Jam puzzle, brought to you by the company who created it - ThinkFun. Rush Hour comes with 35 challenges, ranging from Beginner to high Expert. This app is designed for both iPhone and iPad. ***FEATURED TOOL Tool: Rush Hour http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/133347/ ThinkFun, Inc. This is the original sliding block Traffic Jam puzzle, brought to you by the company who created it - ThinkFun. This Rush Hour game comes with 2500 challenges, ranging from Beginner to high Expert. This app is designed for both iPhone and iPad. ***FEATURED TOOL Tool: Math Cats Balance http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/131505/ Wendy Petti - Maurici Carbo You can choose from a wide range of objects to place on this scale - from electrons to galaxies! Click the arrow next to "thin cat" and scroll up and down the object lists to see all the choices. ***FEATURED TOOL Tool: Percentage Calculator http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/133331/ miniwebtool The online percentage calculator will allow you to calculate the percentage in 3 different ways. You can calculate the value of a percentage of a number or you can calculate the percentage of a number to another number. ***FEATURED TOOL Tool: Slow & Fast Math Cats http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/131506/ Wendy Petti - Maurici Carbo - Boni Cordoba Choose the speed at which two cats catch mice, and the time until the faster mousecatcher catches up to the slower one; then predict when the two will have the same number of mice. This tool offers a template to chart the results of your simulation, as well as a button to request hints. ***FEATURED TOOL Tool: Payday http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/133251/ Mathalicious How much do a school teacher & LeBron James make in a year? Explore not only how much people earn each year, but also each day, hour and minute. How long would a teacher have to work to earn what LeBron James does in a year, and is there a difference between how much someone makes and how much they're worth? ***FEATURED TECHNOLOGY POW Technology PoW: Munching Bugs http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tpow/24046/ Max Ray Help Sam the Chameleon use a special rule to find the bugs he can eat. A link to a Java applet written by Pavel Safronov from MSTE is provided to help students think about this problem. NOTE: A free login is required. Sign up using the link on the login page, or use your existing KenKen or Problems of the Week login--see this page for details: http://mathforum.org/tpow/ 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/ Twitter Feed http://mathforum.org/pd/twitter.html Blogs http://mathforum.org/blogs/ Facebook http://www.facebook.com/themathforumatdrexel \`. .--------------.___________) \ |//////////////|___________[ ] `--------------' ) ( '-' The Math Forum @ Drexel -- 29 July 2011