Archive for January, 2012

IntMath Newsletter: Google Science Fair, e Day, math products

31 January 2012

In this Newsletter:

1. Google International Science Fair
2. "e" day next week (2/7)
3. The Versa Ruler
4. Answerify – a new forum
5. AutoGraph software review
6. Friday math movies
7. Final thought – make it creative

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Friday math movie: Carlo Ratti Architecture that senses and responds

27 January 2012

data feedback
This video shows how we can improve our lives using sensing data.

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Autograph 2-D and 3-D graph plotter: a review

23 January 2012

Autograph plotter
Autograph is a well-designed 2-D and 3-D plotting application for education. Here’s my review.

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Friday math movie: Spirals, Fibonacci, and Being a Plant

21 January 2012

spirals Fibonacci
Vi Hart presents an enthusiastic rendering of spirals and Fibonacci, as relating to plants.

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IntMath Newsletter: Biorhythm and parabola graphs

17 January 2012

In this Newsletter:

1. Biorhythm graphs
2. Interactive parabola graphs
3. Space scientist turns math teacher
4. Latest IntMath Poll – individual study
5. Friday Math Movies
6. Final thought – Sharpen your math tools

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Biorhythm Graphs

16 January 2012

Biorhythm graphs are an interesting - but unscientific - application of sine curves
Biorhythm graphs are an interesting – but unscientific – application of sine curves.

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Space scientist turns math teacher

15 January 2012

Dave's story
Dave tells us about his interesting working career that often involved math, and how he recently became a math teacher.

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Friday math movie: Using slope to bust a magic trick

13 January 2012

Using slope of a line to solve a magic trick
Where did the missing square go? We can use slopes of lines to solve this puzzle.

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Friday math movie: The Studio School

6 January 2012

Studio School
Is this a viable answer to the many problems experienced by mainstream schools?

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