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| Sept.
23, 2002 |
The
Powers of Energy
Do the numbers add up for the President's national energy policy?
Your students can see one math professor's view in this article for
the classroom. Related
Riverdeep activities: Working with Powers, Calculating Simple
Interest |
| Sept.
16, 2002 |
All Tied Up In Knots
They're intricate, puzzling, beautiful, and often surprising. Explore
why mathematicians are so fascinated with knots. Related
Riverdeep activities: DNA & Replication |
| Sept.
2, 2002 |
Gearing
Up
As school supply costs spiral upward, both schools and students are
getting the financial squeeze. Related
Riverdeep activity: Calculating Percent Increases
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| June
18, 2002 |
Wildfires
This year's wildfire season has started aggressively with fierce blazes
forcing thousands to evacuate their homes. Related
Riverdeep activities: Energy Directions, Graphing Ordered
Pairs, Health and the Respiratory System |
| June
3, 2002 |
Floating to
Space
This article is designed for teachers to use in the classroom. This
summer, two Britons plan to use the biggest helium balloon ever made
to float to the edge of Earth's atmosphere. Investigate the math and
science of the journey with your students. Related
Riverdeep activities: Analyzing Properties of Parabolas, The
Quadratic Formula, Function Investigator, Weather Balloons |
| April
22, 2002 |
Relative Speeds
This article is designed for teachers to use in the classroom. Objects
in orbit above Earth travel at phenomenal speeds. But did you know
that you're a rapid space traveler too? Related
Riverdeep activity: Speed and Velocity |
| April
22, 2002 |
Hide and Seek
Letterboxes and geocaches aren't exactly buried treasures, but looking
for them just might bring out the adventurer in you. Related
Riverdeep activity: The Coordinate Plane |
| April
15, 2002 |
On the Run
 It
takes training and endurance to cross the finish line of the Boston
Marathon. Find out more from four-time winner Bill Rodgers. Related
Riverdeep activities: The Circulatory System and Health: The
Effect of Exercise, Fitness and the Heart |
| April
15, 2002 |
Hole in One
This article is designed for teachers to use in the classroom. Following
Tiger Woods's US Masters win, you can teach your students some golf
math. Related
Riverdeep activities: Adding with Absolute Value, Solving
Quadratic Equations by Graphing |
| April
8, 2002 |
Wave Wattage
Out at sea, there is vast natural energy waiting to be harnessed.
Find out about the science of wind and wave power in this article
designed for teachers to use in the classroom. Related
Riverdeep activities: Boyle's Law, Electric Power, Energy
in the String |
| April
8, 2002 |
Play Ball!
Baseball season is in full swing — and you can use math to analyze
past performances and predict future results. Related
Riverdeep activity: Dividing Decimals |
| Mar.
18, 2002 |
All About Oscar
This article is designed for teachers to use in the classroom. Find
out how those coveted golden statuettes, the Oscars, can be used to
teach math and chemistry. Related
Riverdeep activities: Calculating Products, Finding the Volume
of a Prism, Calculating Volume and Surface Area of a Right Cylinder,
Defining Ratio, Electrolytic Cells, Electroplating, Electroplating
with Copper |
| Mar.
11, 2002 |
Racing to the
Extreme
With grit and determination, the crews in the Volvo Ocean Race brave
fierce weather and high seas as they race around the world. |
| Feb.
25, 2002 |
The Great Race
Move over Olympians — it's time for the canine athletes to strut
their stuff. We look at the great dog sled race known as the Iditarod.
Related Riverdeep activity: Percents,
Order of Operations |
| Feb.
18, 2002 |
Ideals and Dollars:
Selling the Olympics
The Olympics represent age-old ideals of sportsmanship and excellence.
But there's a commercial side to the Games, too. Related
Riverdeep activities: Writer's Resource Library, Editor's Desk
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| Jan.
14, 2002 |
Bridging the Digital
Divide
There's been progress in providing greater Internet access to
all Americans. But gaps remain. With this article, designed for use
in the classroom, teachers can help their students find meaning in
the numbers. Related
Riverdeep activities: Expressing Ratios as Percents, Exploring
Bar Graphs, Interpreting Pie Charts, Defining a Histogram, Exploring
Cumulative Frequency Tables |
| Nov.
26, 2001 |
Flu Season Is Coming
Flu season has arrived, and once again there is a shortage of
vaccines. This article is designed for teachers to use in the classroom.
Related
Riverdeep activities: Catching the Flu, Matrix Multiplication
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| Nov.
26, 2001 |
Quilted Math
Quilts often mark a special occasion and their patterns tell a mathematical
story. Related
Riverdeep activities:
Applying Properties
of Real Numbers, Tessellating Regular Polygons
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| Nov.
12, 2001 |
Bestseller Math
This feature is designed for teachers for classroom use. Look at the
math behind bestsellers such as the Harry Potter and Series of Unfortunate
Events series. Related
Riverdeep activities: Exploring Bar Graphs, Interpreting Pie
Charts, Defining the Mean, Median, & Mode |
| Nov.
5, 2001 |
America's Pastime
The World Series offers an opportunity to learn about baseball statistics,
resonant frequency, and sportswriting. Related
Riverdeep activities: Transforming Linear Equations |
| Oct.
29, 2001 |
Mars,
Ho! The Odyssey Arrives
What do scientists hope to learn from the Mars Odyssey mission? Related
Riverdeep activities:
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation |
| Oct.
29, 2001 |
The
World Wide Rumor Web
With this article designed for the classroom, teachers can guide their
students in an investigation of the mathematics of Internet hoaxes.
Related
Riverdeep activities:
Working with Powers, Function Investigator |
| Oct.
22, 2001 |
Great Pumpkins
Your students can learn a lot of math from a giant pumpkin in this
article for the classroom. Related
Riverdeep activities: Destination Math, Circles and Pi, What
is a Trait? |
| July
16, 2001 |
The
Price of AIDS
Learn how AIDS is going to effect our global future in many ways.
Related
Riverdeep activities: Essentials of Percents, Factors Affecting
Population Growth, Introducing a Virus |
| June
25 , 2001 |
Dreams
of Flying Machines
Meet two women pilots who started flying when the skies were not so
friendly for females. Related
Riverdeep activities:
Speed and Velocity,
Force, Newton's Second Law of Motion, Solving Missing Value Problems
When Adding Fractions, Applying Inverse Operations
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| Apr
30, 2001 |
The Music of
Youth
A talented youth orchestra and their remarkable conductor make some
amazing music. |
| Apr
26, 2001 |
Marrying Math and
Art
A sculptor with a math Ph.D brings unusual dimensions to his art work.
Related
Riverdeep activities:
Calculating the Volume
and Surface Area of a Right Cylinder, Tessellating Regular Polygons
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| Apr
25, 2001 |
The Art Angle
Paintings and sculptures can provide amazing illustrations of mathematics
in action. That's the message students and teachers are getting from
an innovative program at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Related
Riverdeep activity:
Identifying Equivalent
Ratios
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| Apr
2, 2001 |
Aquarium Architecture
Aquarium architect Peter Chermayeff incorporates elements from mathematics,
engineering, and the environment into his designs. |
| Mar
15, 2001 |
Megamerger Mania
Megamergers are becoming more and more common. But what do they mean
for the average teen? Related
Riverdeep activity:
Whole Numbers to
One Million
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| Jan.
23, 2001 |
Common Cents Charity
Charity events raise extraordinary amounts of money thanks to the
efforts of ordinary people. |
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Jan
. 18, 2001
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Picking Responsible
Stocks
Investors are finding that socially responsible stocks can be financially
rewarding. Related Riverdeep activities:
Calculating Percent Increases, Calculating Percent Decreases, Exploring
Line Graphs |
| Jan.
8, 2001 |
Green Bananas
Bananas can be certified by the Better Banana Project, an environment
certification program monitored by the Rainforest Alliance.
Related
Riverdeep activities:
Pricing Bananas, Exploring Line Graphs, Exploring Bar Charts, Interpreting
Pie Charts. Related Riverdeep event:
Into the Brazilian Rainforest |
| Jan.
4, 2001 |
Crossword Constructor
If you think working a crossword is hard, read what's involved
in building one. Related Riverdeep activities:
Line Symmetry, Rotational Symmetry
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| Dec.
19, 2000 |
Holiday Charity
The holiday season is a critical time for charitable organizations.
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| Dec.
15, 2000 |
Looking for Lobsters
Environmental groups throughout New England are working together to
collect data about the area's lobster population. Related
Riverdeep activity: Factors Affecting Population Growth
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| Dec.
14, 2000 |
Growing Green
Buildings
The green approach to building may solve the problem of saving money
vs. saving the environment. Related
Riverdeep activities: Solving Missing Value Problems when
Dividing Fractions, Identifying the Variables in a Given Formula,
Defining Similarity |
| Dec.
12, 2000 |
The Home Field
Advantage
The public funding of new sports stadiums raises the question of who
should pay and how much. Related
Riverdeep activity: Finding Percents of a Whole |
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| Dec.
11, 2000 |
A House on the Moon
Plots of land are for sale on the Moon. Students calculate how much
the entrepreneur stands to profit. Related
Riverdeep activities: Calculating
the Volume & Surface Area of a Right Cylinder. mywave:
Life without the Moon
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| Dec.
8, 2000 |
Water Woes at the
Panama Canal
The future of the Panama Canal is troubled as the lake that stands
at the center of the lock-and-lake system is short of water.
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| Dec.
7, 2000 |
Moon Dance
The Moon has powerful effects here on Earth. Related
Riverdeep activity: Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
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| Nov.
30, 2000 |
What's the Time?
Civilization's quest for ever more precise timekeeping has led to
redefinition of the second and to the atomic clock, accurate to one-millionth
of a second per year. Related
Riverdeep activities: Pendulum: Potential and Kinetic Energy,
Harmonic Motion in One Dimension, Emission Spectra and the Bohr Atom
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| Nov.
27, 2000 |
Aquarium Architecture
Aquarium
architect Peter Chermayeff incorporates elements from mathematics,
engineering, and the environment into his designs. |
| Nov.
22, 2000 |
Emerging Energy
Trends
The Worldwatch Institute issues revealing facts about coal, nuclear,
wind, and solar power. Related
Riverdeep
activities :
Where to Buy a Lightbulb, Endangered and Threatened Species, Exploring
Line Graphs, Graphing Parallel & Perpendicular Lines. Related
Riverdeep event: Going Solar |
| Nov.
16, 2000 |
Election 2000:
Too Close to Call
The numbers for the 2000 presidential election tell an amazing story.
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| Nov.
10, 2000 |
Marrying Math
and Art
A sculptor with a math Ph.D. brings unusual dimensions to his artwork.
Related
Riverdeep activities: Calculating the Volume and Surface Area
of a Right Cylinder, Tessellating Regular Polygons |
| Oct.
24, 2000 |
The Art Angle
An exhibit at Baltimore's Museum of Art connects math and real life.
Related
Riverdeep activity: Identifying Equivalent Ratios
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| Sept.
18, 2000 |
The Year of
the Wildfires
The wildland acres
going up in flames across America endanger communities and ecosystems.
Related
Riverdeep activities: Energy Directions, Health and the Respiratory
System: Asthma, Health and the Respiratory System: Emphysema, Graphing
Ordered Pairs |
| Sept.
12, 2000 |
Election 2000:
Looking for Voters
The Vanishing Voter project at Harvard's Kennedy School explores the
decline in American voter interest and participation, especially among
young people. |
| Sept.
8, 2000 |
By Leaps and Bounds
From birth through adolescence, the body grows remarkably. Related
Riverdeep activity: Spurting Up |
| Aug.
23, 2000 |
Olympic Swimmers
Well-Suited
High-tech swimwear speeds competition and controversy. Related
Riverdeep activities: Effect of Exercise, Fitness and the
Heart, Highly Damped Fall, Force |
| Aug.
22, 2000 |
Along the Food
Chain
The length of the food chain is a function of the amount of food energy
in the ecosystem. Related
Riverdeep activities: Exploring Food Chains and Food Webs,
Predator-Prey Relationships, Competition between Two Species, Maintaining
a Balance, Design an Ecosystem |
| Aug.
7, 2000 |
Election 2000:
The Public Speaks, in Numbers
Public opinion polls and the numbers they present have come to play
an important part in presidential elections. Related
Riverdeep activities: Defining the Mean and Media, Solving
Absolute Value Inequalities |
| June
12, 2000 |
Election
2000: Philadelphia Story
A national political convention brings more than a presidential nomination
to a city. Related
Riverdeep activity: Calculating Percent Increases
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| May
23, 2000 |
The Art
of Fly-Fishing
This sport earns a reputation as an art form, too. Related
Riverdeep activities: Parabolic Motion of Animals, Graphing
Parabolas, Analyzing Properties of Parabolas |
| May
15, 2000 |
A Home
for Math Problems
The
Math Forum provides an online community for anyone interested in math.
Related
Riverdeep activities: Expressing Ratios as Equivalent Fractions
& Decimals, Forming Ratios between Unlike Quantities, Finding
the Volume of a Prism, Calculating the Volume of a Right Triangular
Prism, Solving a Variable in a Proportion |
| May
10, 2000 |
Shrinking
Ice, Rising Seas
Melting polar ice and rising sea level give rise to interesting predictions. |
| May
9, 2000 |
Election
2000: Doing the Science and Math
Mathematician John Allen Paulos proves why the candidates need to
understand basic math and science concepts. Related
Riverdeep activities: Defining the Mean and Median, The Genetic
Code. Related
Riverdeep event: Speaking of Numbers |
| Apr.
28, 2000 |
Recycling
in Action
Recycled materials conserve our natural resources and energy. Related
Riverdeep activity: The Cost of Electricity |
| Apr.
25, 2000 |
The State
of the World's Children 2000
UNICEF's annual report examines the lives of children around the world.
Related
Riverdeep activities: Expressing Ratios as Percents, Exploring
Bar Graphs, Interpreting Pie Charts, Defining a Histogram, Exploring
Cumulative Frequency Graphs |
| Apr.
14, 2000 |
All Tied Up
in Knots
Untangle the language, math, and science of knots. Related
Riverdeep activity: DNA & Replication |
| Apr.
10, 2000 |
Perspective
on the Stock Market
The stock market's "roller coaster" day sends buyers, sellers, experts,
and analysts into speculation and comparison. Related
Riverdeep activities: Calculating Percent Increases, Calculating
Percent Decreases, Exploring Line Graphs |
| Mar.
15, 2000 |
Women in Sports:
The Struggle for Equality
Tackling stereotypes—and some old-fashioned beliefs—women
compete in strenuous sports. Related
Riverdeep activity: Stem-and-Leaf Plots and Box Plots
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| Mar.
14, 2000 |
This Is Your
Future. Don't Leave It Blank
Census data helps students explore relationships among income, education
level, race, and gender. Related
Riverdeep activities: Enrollment in School, Demographics by
Country, Stem-and-Leaf Plots and Box Plots, Scatter Plots and Linear
Best-fit Graphs |
| Feb.
23, 2000 |
A Mission to
Map the World
Data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission makes a 3-D map of
the world. Related
Riverdeep activities: Square Grids, Defining Ratios, Expression
Ratios as Equivalent Fractions & Decimals |
| Feb.
23, 2000 |
The 42nd
GRAMMY® Awards
Science and math principles strike chords at the musical awards ceremony.
Related
Riverdeep activities: Making Music, Mutant Music, A Plucked
String, Tuning a Guitar, Resonance, Adding with Like Denominators,
Adding with Unlike Denominators |
| Feb.
16, 2000 |
A Jazz Lesson
Big band to bebop, fusion to progressive: it's all that jazz. Related
Riverdeep event: Celebrating Black History |
| Feb.
11, 2000 |
Pet Owner Survey
Results of a survey indicate our feelings about our pets.
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| Jan.
21, 2000 |
Beyond
the Lemonade Stand
Middle schoolers learn business basics and principles with the help
of the BizWorld program. Related
Riverdeep activities: Fundamental Statistics, Pricing Bananas
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| Jan.
12, 2000 |
Happy Anniversary,
NOAA
Agencies of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
monitor weather, assess climate changes, and study the environment.
Related
Riverdeep activities: Fueling Photosynthesis with Carbon
Dioxide and Water, Carbon Dioxide, Defining Mean & Median,
Calculating the Mean, Median & Mode
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| Jan.
11, 2000 |
Election
2000: What the Polls Say
Examining the numbers aids candidates in analyzing voter opinion.
Related
Riverdeep activities: Defining the Mean and Median, Solving
Absolute Value Inequalities |
| Jan.
7, 2000 |
The
World at Six Billion
Rising populations make their mark around the world. Related
Riverdeep activity: Population Growth Curves |
| Jan.
5, 2000 |
Connecting
with Electric Cars
Not quite in the mainstream, electric cars provide a savings at the
gas pump and protect the environment. Related
Riverdeep activities: The Best Car-Appetizer, The Best Car
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| Jan.
3, 2000 |
Is It
Really the New Millennium?
Not everyone counts the start of the millennium from January 1, 2000.
Related
Riverdeep activity: Exploring the Number Line and Absolute
Value |
| Oct.
26, 1999 |
Music and Math—A
Successful Combination
Students make beautiful music on math tests by studying an instrument.
Related
Riverdeep activities: Making Music, Mutant Music, A Plucked
String, Tuning a Guitar, Resonance, Adding Fractions |
| July
27, 1999 |
Spurs 1999 NBA Champs
The San Antonio Spurs prove why they're the best on the basketball
court. Related
Riverdeep activities: Throwing a Basketball Straight Upward,
The Trajectory of a Ball, Playing Ball, Labor vs. Management
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| July
24, 1999 |
The "Banana Wars"
The United States goes up against the European Union's banana import
rules. Related
Riverdeep activities: Pricing Bananas |
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