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Understanding Temperatures - These were the low temperatures recorded for January 15 in these cities: Minneapolis: - 6 degrees; Cleveland: 5 degrees; Fargo: -11 degrees; Chicago: 2 degrees; Milwaukee: -3 degrees; Detroit: -1 degree. Which city had the low temperature closest to 0 degrees? NASA 9th Grade Math Proficiency Test. A detailed answer is provided.
Units of Measurement - NASA 9th Grade Math Proficiency Test. Which object is matched with its appropriate unit of measurement, Milligrams for the weight of a textbook; Kilometers for the length of a sailboat; Grams for the weight of a needle; or Kiloliters for the capacity of a reservoir? A detailed answer is provided.
Using Computers in Mathematics Instruction - Essay Ideas - Gingerbread Man (a Microsoft Excel file to illustrate integration of a seed point); Napoleon's Triangle (a GSP sketch); Bullseye; Bisecting the area of a triangle. Course taught by Jim Wilson, Univ. of Georgia.
Using Computers in Mathematics Instruction - Examples of Essays - Extended Concurrencies of the Triangle, J. Wilson; Parabolas Inscribed in a Triangle, G. Giddings; Polygonal Spirals, L. Shook and M. Callinan; Roots 2 and 5, J. Wilson; Those Amazing Palindromes, Shareef Bacchus; Tangrams, Greg Huberty; Phi: That Golden Number, Mark Freitag. Course taught by Jim Wilson, Univ. of Georgia.
Using Internet Resources For High School Mathematics Instruction - A course module designed for teachers who are beginners or near beginners on the Internet. Beginners will learn to access, evaluate, and download Internet resources for high school mathematics instruction, and will create a classroom unit based on these resources for use in one of their classes. Teachers with prior experience on the Internet can go on to learn about creating and posting World Wide Web documents, including home pages for their schools. Sponsored by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Center.
Web Sites and Resources for Teachers - Dr. Vicki F. Sharp and Dr. Richard M. Sharp, Professors of Elementary Education at California State University, Northridge, have collected sites and resources from the Internet for teachers to use in their classrooms. These sites are entertaining, useful, informative, and fun. They range from lesson plans, creative classroom projects, interactive activities, visits to museums, trips around the U.S.A. and other countries, and "Just for Kids" sites.
What is Algebra? How Many Miles Per Gallon of Gas? - Math objectives: 1. Define algebraic terms. 2. Accurately write a variety of algebraic expressions and formulas. 3. Derive and solve algebraic formulas from word problems. Energy objectives: 1. Calculate the fuel miles-per-gallon (MPG) of an automobile. 2. State ways to improve MPG and thus save fuel. An activity guide from the Energy Conservation Enhancement Project, created for the vocational technical schools in Louisiana, USA.
World Lecture Hall: Math - Links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver math class materials - course syllabi, assignments, lecture notes, exams, class calendars, multimedia textbooks, etc. Advanced Linear Programming, Calculus I, Interactive Graph Theory Tutorials, Linear Programming, Math Foundations of Artificial Intelligence, Mathematical Analysis I, Nonlinear Optimization, Senior Seminar (problem-solving), Studies in Mathematics.
World Wide Mathematics Tutor - Contains a student entry in the 1996 ThinkQuest competition for creating educational tools on the Internet. The project's main focus is on fractions, with a bit about decimals, vocabulary, problems and solutions, adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers.