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From kbaker@UMD5.UMD.EDUTue Oct 10 14:52:41 1995
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 07:33:47 -0400
From: Ken Baker <kbaker@UMD5.UMD.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list LM_NET <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Subject: SEC: MATH RESEARCH IDEAS

I am looking for ideas to spark an interest in my math teachers to get
them to bring students into the library media center.

Any ideas will be appreciated.

Thanks

Ken Baker

From marla.j.hall@uwrf.eduTue Oct 10 14:53:57 1995
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 08:55:53 -0500
From: Marla Hall <marla.j.hall@uwrf.edu>
To: Ken Baker <kbaker@UMD5.UMD.EDU>
Subject: Re: SEC: MATH RESEARCH IDEAS

>I am looking for ideas to spark an interest in my math teachers to get
>them to bring students into the library media center.

Hi Ken!

I love the series The Brown Paper School Books where a couple of them
are math - _I Hate Mathematics_ and _Math for Smartypants_.
I will do some of the activities with my fifth grade to promote
the series, like have them make moebius (sp?) strips or figure
out on what day of the week they were born with a series of
simple math processes.  If you want more info on the series, let
me know - they are fabulous!!  I'd recommend the series for grades
3 through 8.

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Marla Hall -- Prescott Public Schools, WI -- marla.j.hall@uwrf.edu
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From sbaker@orca.esd114.wednet.eduTue Oct 10 14:54:09 1995
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 09:24:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: Susan Baker <sbaker@orca.esd114.wednet.edu>
To: Ken Baker <kbaker@UMD5.UMD.EDU>
Subject: Re: SEC: MATH RESEARCH IDEAS

One math teacher at my school has had students do quarterly projects.
Amongthe choices have been "report" on famous mathematicians and
create mathematical puzzles - both have required library research.
Susan Baker
Bremerton High School
Bremerton WA
sbaker@orca.esd114.wednet.edu

From MMALCOLM@mtabe.k12.uvm.eduTue Oct 10 14:54:19 1995
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 14:30:14 EDT
From: MELISSA MALCOLM <MMALCOLM@mtabe.k12.uvm.edu>
To: Ken Baker <kbaker@UMD5.UMD.EDU>
Subject: Re: SEC: MATH RESEARCH IDEAS

Ken:  Most of the fun stuff goes on with the junior high teachers and
their students, but typical library assignments for the older kids
include research on a mathematician or a theory.  Last year the
geometry teacher had his students looking for patterns and though it
was a noisy assignment it brought them in--first time this teacher
had given a library assignment and he retired!  One of the research
assignments that the junior high does relates to bridges.  They make
them, research them, see videos on the Tacoma Narrows bridge and
others--it's lots of fun.  Good luck!!      melissa

Melissa A.  Malcolm
Mt.  Abraham Union High School
7 Airport Drive
Bristol, Vermont  05443
802-453-2333

From rhiebert@cln.etc.bc.caTue Oct 10 14:54:28 1995
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 95 12:40:15 PDT
From: Robert Hiebert <rhiebert@cln.etc.bc.ca>
To: Ken Baker <kbaker@umd5.umd.edu>
Subject: Re: SEC: MATH RESEARCH IDEAS

>I am looking for ideas to spark an interest in my math teachers to get
>them to bring students into the library media center.
>
>
Hi Ken,

Have you checked out the MathMagic site:

http://forum.swarthmore.edu/mathmagic/

I haven't really got involved here, but it looks promising.

Rob H.
 Robert Hiebert, Librarian
 Golden Secondary School
 Box 1350
 Golden, BC, V0A 1H0  CANADA
 eMAIL: rhiebert@cln.etc.bc.ca   *  Phone: 604 344 2201
 #fax: 604 344 7116 #


From I991040@UNIVSCVM.CSD.SCAROLINA.EDUTue Oct 10 14:54:41 1995
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 95 18:13:43 EDT
From: Patricia Hill <I991040@UNIVSCVM.CSD.SCAROLINA.EDU>
To: Ken Baker <kbaker@UMD5.UMD.EDU>
Subject: Re: SEC: MATH RESEARCH IDEAS

  Please send me your responses.  I think the math department is the toughest t
o get involved in the media center.
                                 Patricia Hill

From CHOWNINP@TEN-NASH.TEN.K12.TN.USTue Oct 10 14:54:53 1995
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 1995 22:32:07 -0600 (CST)
From: CHOWNINP@TEN-NASH.TEN.K12.TN.US
To: kbaker@UMD5.UMD.EDU
Subject: Re: SEC: MATH RESEARCH IDEAS

Please post a hit or send me the info if you get any suggestions.
Pam Chowning                        chowninp@ten-nash.ten.k12.tn.us
Ezell-Harding Christian High School
P.O. Box 1209
Antioch,, TN  37011
TIA  Pam Chowning

From shbrown@primenet.comTue Oct 10 14:55:08 1995
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 21:00:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Sharon K. Brown" <shbrown@primenet.com>
To: Ken Baker <kbaker@UMD5.UMD.EDU>
Subject: Re: SEC: MATH RESEARCH IDEAS

We have a "consumer math class" at our high school and last year the
teacher brough his students to rate various items in the Consumer
Reports.  It showed the students where the library was, a bit about
research, and tied into their class topic, too.

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On Thu, 5 Oct 1995, Ken Baker wrote:

> I am looking for ideas to spark an interest in my math teachers to get
> them to bring students into the library media center.
>
> Any ideas will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ken Baker
>

From FUGATEE@TEN-NASH.TEN.K12.TN.USTue Oct 10 14:55:14 1995
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 1995 08:35:59 -0600 (CST)
From: EMMALY FUGATE <FUGATEE@TEN-NASH.TEN.K12.TN.US>
To: kbaker@UMD5.UMD.EDU
Subject: Re: SEC: MATH RESEARCH IDEAS

I do a project in which math students are assigned three careers in which
they would utilize math.  They must use our career materials to research
each profession, then they must write a short paper on which career they
would choose for themselves and why.  I also have a math scavenger hunt
which uses the reference books to find answers to math-related questions.

From lalibert@interaccess.comTue Oct 10 14:55:53 1995
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 1995 08:36:36 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Elizabeth A. Laliberte" <lalibert@interaccess.com>
To: Ken Baker <kbaker@UMD5.UMD.EDU>
Subject: Re: SEC: MATH RESEARCH IDEAS

Hi Ken,
The math kids come into the library to get visuals.... graphs and related
articles and then will analysis them the the math class.  The students
will then decide whether the visual is appropriate to the information or
has been manipulated to serve the purposes of attention-getting, or
propaganda...etc.
Once a geometry class came into the library to learn all about the Greeks
use of mathematics.  And there is a math question of the week on the
Internet that students can get to in the library.
Also, there are some wonderful questions that the math teachers have
asked the students.... how much drinkable water does each person on earth
have?  Students can use the same formula, but the answer is dependent on
the sources of information they use.... a 1995 World almanac will have a
different number of total world population than a 1992 World Almanac....
so suddenly, it is important to know the source of the information...and
the date of the information.... before you judge the accuracy of the answer.
There really aren't many classes from math coming into the library... but
some of these questions that the students seek independently are
spectularly way for us to reinforce information literacy.
Good luck, Betty

Betty Laliberte - Librarian             voice 708-617-2454
York Community High School              fax   708-617-2336
355 W. St. Charles Rd.                  email lalibert@interaccess.com
Elmhurst IL 60126  USA


From srogers@nylink.orgTue Oct 10 14:55:58 1995
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 08:03:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: srogers@nylink.org
To: kbaker@UMD5.UMD.EDU
Subject: Re: SEC: MATH RESEARCH IDEAS

Ken,
I, too am very interested in encouraging math teachers to bring  students to
the  LMC.  Therefore, if possible please forward   responses to your
query to me.  It would be very much appreciated.
Thanks so much,
Shirley
srogers@nylink.org

From moeshs@coop.crn.orgTue Oct 10 14:56:07 1995
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 12:04:26 -0600 (CDT)
From: Holly Tesar <moeshs@coop.crn.org>
To: kbaker@UMD5.UMD.EDU
Subject: Re: SEC: MATH RESEARCH IDEAS

Ken, did you receive any responses on math ideas?  If so, please share
them with the rest of us...Our math teachers are willing to come to
the library with their classes if I can come up with something
interesting with them to do.  Thanks.

Holly Tesar
Excelsior Springs High School (MO)
moeshs@coop.crn.org

From CKJL@aol.comTue Oct 10 14:56:30 1995
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 07:26:55 -0400
From: CKJL@aol.com
To: kbaker@umd5.umd.edu
Subject: Re: SEC: MATH RESEARCH IDEAS

Hi:
If you subscribe to the SIRS Researchers, there are plenty of articles that
are Math related on it, for students to use for short research reports.  We
tried this with a few of our Math classes and it was pretty successful.  Two
areas to consider: 1.  students aren't used to reading for Math, so you have
that hurdle to overcome, and 2.  the teachers don't have  any idea of how to
grade a research project.  This would be a golden opportunity for them to
team with English teachers.  When we did our projects, one group of students
really got into the whole gender bias thing.  It was interesting.  Good
luck!.

Carolyn Gierke
Sweet Home HS
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