Pri. Jr.Math The Abacus Web Page

[Pat Elliott <pat.elliott@sympatico.ca>]

The Abacas webpage

>  As you probably know, the Abacus (Soroban) is an ancient
>  counting machine or calculator. The Abacus web page provides
>  links to information about and pictures of several types of
>  Abacus. Here you can learn how to use one of these wonderful
>  inventions and even find a link to a set of instructions for
>  building an Abacus from Lego. There's a virtual Abacus museum,
>  and, if your browser can run Java applications, you can use
>  an Abacus online from this site.
>
>  The Abacus:
>  http://www.ee.ryerson.ca:8080/~elf/abacus/
>
>  Note than an interesting application of the Abacus in present
>  times has been to teach mathematics to blind children, allowing
>  them to compute in situations where a sighted person would use
>  pencil and paper.

--
Pat Elliott
Teacher/Librarian
Ferndale Woods Elementary School
Barrie, Ontario Canada
mailto:pat.elliott@sympatico.ca

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