Gisele Glosser

Volume 12, No. 3 - February 1, 2009

World Math Day is March 4, 2009

Join the celebration of numbers as students from around the globe unite in their quest to set a world record in answering mental arithmetic questions! Students can participate from school or from home. School registrations close Sunday, March 1, 2009. Register now for this historical online math event!

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New WebQuest

There are many connections between integers and science. The boiling and freezing point of liquids, the melting and freezing points of solids, and the temperature of p***ts, are all expressed as integers. In this WebQuest, students will:

browse our lessons on integers
complete our worksheet on integers and scientific facts
research the web to gather more scientific facts
use the facts gathered to create original problems

You have been selected to explore these connections!

Site Updates

We have updated the links on both sides of each horseshoe page.
View the Webquest on Math and Scientific Notation here.
Read Stories About Famous Mathematicians.
We have created an index page for our Webquests.

Teaching Tips and Ideas

Do you want to motivate your students when presenting a new topic? Just present a problem that requires a new skill or procedure in order to solve it. Thus, you have facilitated the need to learn that topic. This technique is used in the following lessons:

Featured Article

We have revamped our article entitled Connecting Math To Other Subjects (formerly Integrating Math With Other Subjects). Get ideas for connecting math to social studies, writing, and even sports!

News and Events

The Kids' Science Challenge is a nationwide competition for third to sixth graders to submit experiments and problems for scientists and engineers to solve. Kids whose ideas are chosen get to collaborate with the scientists to see their ideas become realities.

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