Describes data exploration and graphing based on data in the story "Ten for Dinner" by Jo Ellen Bogart. (MKR)

Suggests using the holes in the tear-strip edges of continuous-feed computer paper to convey the magnitude of one million. (MKR)

Describes the use of graph theory and game theory to deepen students' appreciation of Ferdinand Magellan's story and his magnificent contributions as an explorer. (MKR)

This book is designed to be a quick and easy resource for anyone teaching physics for the first time. Written after extensive research, this book is filled with reliable labs, demos and activities that work well in the classroom. Also included are lesson plans, diagrams, and teacher notes for every activity. The book is not the end--it is just a…

The integration of history into educational practice can lead to the development of activities through the use of genetic "moments" in the history of mathematics. In the present paper, we utilize Oresme's genetic ideas--developed during the fourteenth century, including ideas on the velocity-time graphical representation as well as geometric…

Curve stitching activities can be used to motivate calculus students. The problem described here involves showing that a given envelope of a curve is parabolic. (SD)

Equations or systems of equations can be associated with letters of the alphabet printed in the coordinate plane. Messages can be coded and decoded with a computer or by hand. (SD)

This discussion of the mathematical potential of classroom events gives many examples of incidents that can be used for learning about topics such as one-to-one correspondence, counting, sets, ordering, time, fractions, money, shape, estimation, measuring, volume, area, number operations, and graphs. (MP)

Using data about companies with which children have first-hand experience (such as McDonald's or Mattel Toys) piques interest in graphing activities. How the project is developed, with group and individual activities, is described. (MNS)

Included in this department are brief articles on generating primitive Pythagorean triples with a computer program; using pictographs or pictures on graph paper to teach general graphing concepts; a method for factoring trinomials; and summing the harmonic series. (MNS)

A function-graphing program is given, plus a series of experiments that students can carry out using the program. (MNS)

Two posters are presented that emphasize graphing in a Halloween setting. Both provide practice in reading and interpreting bar graphs. (MNS)

The two-hour learning activity described here is designed to interest students in graphing by having them use data about themselves. Students compete in physical and mental activities, then record and graph their scores. (SJL)

Graphing activities appropriate for grade levels K-8 are outlined and worksheets given. Topics involved include classifying, bar graphs, remainders from a series of divisions, and the greatest common factor of two numbers. (MP)

Suggests ways to translate ideas in the book, "The Story of Z," into data analysis activities in kindergarten and second-grade classrooms. (MKR)