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From: Debra Stoleroff <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [ra-equity] Online Math Challenge
Date: Mon, Apr 10, 2000, 1:03 PM

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>ONLINE MATH CHALLENGE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS
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>Do bigger hands have larger angles between the fingers?  Have your students
>use math to figure it out.
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>The *Figure This! Math Challenge for Families* is a series of real-world
>questions aimed at middle school students, who will need to use math to find
>the solutions.  The program is designed to introduce students earlier to
>higher-level math operations involving angles, volumes, number patterns, and
>finding the surface areas of irregular shapes.
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>The questions are presented within the context of everyday subjects that
>interest students, so they will be motivated to find the answer, and at the
>same time become aware of how useful math is to them outside the classroom
>(an example--Mark McGuire's 70th home run ball sold for $3 million in 1999.
>If Babe Ruth's 60th home run ball was worth $3,000 in 1927, and doubles its
>value every 7 years, which would be worth more today?).
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>The first 15 challenges are available online now at
>http://www.figurethis.org . A total of 80 challenges will be posted over the
>next two years.
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>*Figure This* is a joint project of the National Council of Teachers of
>Mathematics, the National Action Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the
>National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, the Widmeyer-Baker
>Group, and the Learning First Alliance (of which ASCD is a member), with
>support from the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of
>Education.
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