Math Themes
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(Site designed by Charyl Kerns Hills & supported by Council Rock's Math Specialists)
2/4/17
| Themes | |
| A Day in Life of the US | Explore Time magazine for info Nov 26, 2007. |
| America by the Numbers | Explore Time magazine for info Oct. 30, 2006. |
| Where We Live? | Interactive map of USA |
| Who We Are? | Interact with changing face of USA's population. |
| Art | |
| Haring Kids | Explore the art of Keith Haring. |
| Museum of Modern Art | Check out the museum's collection. |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | Visit the Institute's collection. |
| Baseball/ Softball | PBS source: Lessons baseball statistics, batting average. |
| Baseball statistics | Great reference baseball statistics [players, teams]. |
| Business of Baseball | Baseball Hall of Fame economics lesson. |
| Math: Batter Up | Baseball Hall of Fame stat & geometry lessons. |
| Candy | |
| Chocolate | Courtesy of Cadbury Chocolate- interactive chocolate place value & fractions |
| Peeps | Courtesy of Just Born Candy- Find the math behind these treats. |
| Peep Quiz | A Family Education Peep test. |
| Peep Tour | Chicago Tribune photo tour of Peep manufacturing. |
| U.S. Census 2010 | |
| It's All About Us | Scholastic offers Census resources & activities. |
| Census in Schools | Resources, student activities from the Census Bureau. |
| Population Clock* | Current population numbers. |
| Cryptology | |
| Cryptogram Corner | Decode the message. |
| Secret Messages | Create secret messages at thunk.com. |
| Economics | |
| PNC Xmas Price Index | Cost of 12 Days for 2009. |
| Price Index Games | Try Pin the Price & Economics Trivia. |
| Einstein's Big Idea | Explore E=mc2 |
| Neil de Grasse Tyson | Explains E=mc2 to non-physicists. |
| More Neil de Grasse Tyson | Another interview from the director of the Hayden Planetarium. |
| The Great Relativity Show | Animated feature. |
| Einstein -Image & Impact | Learn about Einstein's life from American Institute of Physics. |
| Einstein's Legacy | Discover discoveries/inventions made. |
| Heart | NCTM Primary lesson- heart size. |
| iPod Math | K. Cronin's iPod math challenges. |
| Locales | |
| Atlanta | |
| Georgia Aquarium | Visit the world's largest. |
| King Center | Visit the Martin Luther King Center. |
| Grand Canyon | |
| Canyon Info | PBS Nature info. |
| Canyon Explorer | More Canyon facts. |
| Grand Canyon Brain Teaser | Teaser from N. Geographic. |
| Mount Rushmore | |
| Mount Rushmore Info | PBS info with time line & polls. |
| Egypt | |
| Pyramid | Travel to Giza to build a pyramid. |
| Pi Resources | |
| Joy of Pi | Links for a variety of Pi pages. |
| Million Digits * | View a million digits of Pi. |
| Music of Pi | Create Pi music. |
| Pi Across America | Celebrate Pi here. |
| Pi Art | Use this PiNation Tool to see Pi in color. |
| Pi Day Activities | Ideas to celebrate from Math Forum. |
| Pi Day | New link countdown, millions of Pi digits, etc. |
| Pi Day Resources | Everything you need from Math Educators Greater St. Louis. |
| Pi Remote | Pi Day countdown & a interactive Pi remote. |
| Pi Search Tool | Find your favorite strings of numbers. |
| Pi Trainer | Train with Eve Andersson. |
| Pi Trivia * | Eve Andersson challenges your knowledge of Pi. |
| Sound of Pi | Listen to the bells of Pi. |
| Teach Pi | One stop for Pi activities. |
| Quilting | |
| Quilting Bee | Learn about quilting thanks to the Mint Museum & Charlotte Public Library. |
| Quiltmaker's Gift | Find quilt activities at J. Brumbeau's site. |
| Special Events | |
| Eric Carle Video | NEA video honors The Very Hungry Caterpillar. |
| We Choose the Moon | Celebrate the 40th of Apollo 11. |
| John Glenn Lecture 40th of Apollo 11 | Hear the crew of Apollo 11. |
| Structures | |
| Buildings of the World | Print and create the great buildings of the world. |
| St. Louis Gateway Arch | Kid friendly info about the Arch. |
| Gateway Arch Structural Facts | Do the math with these Arch facts from the National Park Service. |
| Frank Lloyd Wright | Explore architecture of Wright, including Taliesin West. |
| Wright Structures | Archive of Wright's work from Boston College. |
| The Wright 3 | Great activities for The Wright 3. |
| Thomas Friedman | Meet Friedman & listen to audio clips. |
| T. Friedman Video | View this video from MITOpenCourseWare. |