The Math Forum - Enhancing Instruction with Technology Delco CFF Math Collaoration Day Steve Risberg, The Math Forum @ Drexel Thursday, October 15, 2009 http://mathforum.org/workshops/delcocff2009/technology.html We'll look at how using Math Forum resources can help bring math topics alive for your students, using topics in probablility as a focus. We'll feature resources from our Math Tools, Ask Dr. Math, and Problem of the Week services.   Math Tools Ask Dr. Math PoW Library Spinners The Problems of the Week [members only] Math Tools Handout in PDF Handout in Word The Birthday Problem The Problems of the Week [members only] Math Tools Ask Dr. Math The Monty Hall Problem Math Tools Ask Dr. Math Random Walks Math Tools Ask Dr. Math Treasure Hunt Take some time and explore Math Tools and Doctor Math. You can browse on your own, or you might try to find the answers to these questions: What happened when Johnny Carson tried the birthday problem with the Tonight Show audience? Can you find a simulation of the famous needle experiment by Buffon? How about an explanation of how it's used to estimate the value of pi? Why do we use the letter m to represent slope in the linear equation y = mx + b?