MATH TOOLS NEWSLETTER - November 23, 2011 - No. 103 ***Apply for IAS/PCMI Summer 2012 http://pcmi.ias.edu/application-sstp/ The Park City Mathematics Institute (PCMI) of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) has begun accepting applications for the 2012 Summer Session of IAS/PCMI, a three-week residential program taking place in Park City, Utah, from July 1 - July 21, 2012. Teachers receive full support and a stipend during the Summer Session. In addition, 6 quarter-credits of 400-level mathematics are available from the University of Washington. To learn more about the Secondary School Teachers Program (SSTP), visit: http://pcmi.ias.edu/program-sstp/ The Math Forum hosts information on PCMI's K-12 programs here, including SSTP working sites dating back to 2001: http://mathforum.org/pcmi/ \|/ 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 DISCUSSION Math Tools Orientation Session - help, please http://mathforum.org/mathtools/discuss.html?&do=m&thread=_____g-173 Suzanne announces, "I'm in the process of moving all three of the orientation sessions (for Math Tools and also the Problems of the Week and also tPoWs).... What might I include to make the session most useful?" ***FEATURED TOOL Tool: Parachute Drag http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/23644/ Maryland Virtual High School Explore the effects of mass, displacement, and drag on the functioning of a parachute in this simulation. ***FEATURED TOOL Tool: Common Core Look-fors (Mathematics) for iPad http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/144757/ Splaysoft This is an observation tool for the Standards for Mathematical Practice and Standards of Mathematical Content of the Common Core State Standards (CCSSO, 2010). ***FEATURED TOOL Tool: Fun Fraction Game for Kids http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/146349/ Kids Math Games Online Move between the gallery and testing room, dragging fractions into the correct order and cutting pipes into different lengths. ***FEATURED TOOL Tool: Tailgating Model http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/23646/ Maryland Virtual High School Explore how reaction time and following distance affect stopping times for two cars in this simulation. Questions prompt students to understand the graphs of results. ***FEATURED TOOL Tool: Angle Game for Kids http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/146352/ Kids Math Games Online Users follow the instructions and try to squirt a number of different objects on the screen. They are asked to determine how far to rotate the water hose to hit their targets. ***FEATURED TECHNOLOGY POW Technology PoW: A Million Penny Project http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tpow/18198/ Cynthia Lanius Students use a spreadsheet to show when they will have collected their million pennies. 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 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 -- 23 November 2011