MATH TOOLS NEWSLETTER - February 26, 2013 - No. 117 ***T^3 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE http://mathforum.org/workshops/t3/philly/ Philadelphia, March 8-10, 2013 Visit with us in the Exhibit Hallway at Booth No. 5: 10:00 to 6:00, Friday, March 8, 2013 8:00 to 5:30, Saturday, March 9, 2013 Attend our presentations: Saturday, 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM Session 271 Match the Graph (Now in Living Color) Saturday, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Session 322 Rich Tasks for the TI-Nspire \|/ ***FEATURED SUPPORT MATERIAL Support Material: Printable Graph Paper http://mathforum.org/mathtools/support/194792/ Luis Perez Print log, isometric, polar, or 5mm grid graph paper in these sizes: letter, legal, 11x17, poster, and movie poster. ***FEATURED TOOL Tool: Integer Bars http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/196074/ Jacobo Bulaevsky Compare, rotate, and combine Integer Bars, which come in different colors and lengths -- from 1 unit to 10 units. NOTE: Jill Britton discovered that a zipped version of this applet by Jacobo Bulaevsky had been stored on-line in 2006. She was able to download it using web archive, reconstruct it, and now provides access through her College's server. ***FEATURED ACTIVITY Activity: Short vs. Tall Activity http://mathforum.org/mathtools/activity/715/ Varnelle Moore Students compare the attributes of integer bars using the Integer Bar applet by Jacobo Bulaevsky. ***FEATURED LESSON PLAN Lesson Plan: Building Houses http://mathforum.org/mathtools/lesson/711/ Varnelle Moore Students count, order, and compare the different sizes of integer bars as they make house designs. ***FEATURED TOOL Tool: CurvFit http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/195867/ Optimal Designs Enterprise CurvFit is a curve fitting program for Windows. Fit your data with Sine, Exponential, Power, or -- for the multiple peaks and valleys often found in real data -- Lorentzian series. ***FEATURED TOOL Tool: Math Water Table http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/195790/ Maurici Carbo Math Water Table is an online liquid simulator that models the flow of water through triangular and rectangular shapes. \|/ 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! 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 Community http://mathforum.org/community/ \`. .--------------.___________) \ |//////////////|___________[ ] `--------------' ) ( '-' The Math Forum @ Drexel -- 26 February 2013