Math supports science!!!

One reader brought this link to our attention...Strengthening math helps science...http://mathcollege.tripod.com/ Take a look by clicking the link and then hitting cancel. See if it is helpful to you.

Please post comments here. Thanks. J

Math Challenge

Try this:
http://nct.meeker.k12.co.us/highschool/Math/TierraS.htm

Hints from Bob Dorsett, MD

New Math ...Reflection...

Many people make fun of the, "new math," lots of baby boomers were taught in the USA. Here is an example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a81YvrV7Vv8 and another version of the same song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAm3KWiDPKU&NR=1

I studied the New Math. It meant I did Boolean algebra in 4th grade (age 8 and 9). I loved it. It also helped me a great deal when I did my doctorate and when I used engineering skills at work. I get tired of hearing people bad-mouthing New Math because I believe it helped give me a basis for understanding all sorts of computerized lab equipment and also wave and tide recorders used in the field to predict tsunamis.

We did not memorize the (base ten) times tables, however we could multiply and divide in bases 2, 8, 10, and, 16. We could readily set up and solve problems. And, we could do all these things without a calculator and even without a slide rule. I do feel memorizing the times tables for base ten would have been useful and therefore, taught them to myself so I could do freshman chemistry problems quickly. That helped with rapid responses in physics, too. But, engineering courses and logic were much easier having had the bases and the Boolean algebra background in grade school.

So, based on my own experience, I suggest adding times tables and also radians to the, "New Math," but, I would not trade my, "New Math," experience. I loved it and found it very helpful toward my science career and to every day life in a computerized world. I understand the 1's and 0's so prevalent today.

I have come across a way of teaching math that I like that uses languages. More on that another day.

(c) 2008 J S Shipman

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What mathematician did the calculus of variations, the theory of point set measure, and the theory of functions of a real variable?

What mathematician did the calculus of variations, the theory of point set measure, and the theory of functions of a real variable?

http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Caratheodory.html

http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/new/Caratheodory.htm

Other references:

1. http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/~ablass/set.html
2. http://www.irazoo.com/ViewSite.aspx?q=Caratheodory+measure&Page=1&irp=1&Site=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.validclick.com%2Fgen.php%3...www.probability.net
   
3. http://www.springerlink.com/content/fm7x5k6470g10418/
4. http://www.lavoisier.fr/notice/gb064075.html
5. http://www.jstor.org/pss/748463
6. http://www.todayinsci.com/9/9_13.htm
7. http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110003852223/
8. http://www.springerlink.com/content/r5775n4l55621330/
   

Sometimes we use math!!!

I thought you would enjoy this math video. It is well done and the lyrics are available. It is an excellent example of putting math standards into an audible form, very artistic. Smile.


Congratulations, Drew D'Amelia!

It is a wonderful example. Can you do a creative video on science standards that you are studying? Just trying will help to expand your mental brain capabilities. Whole brain development is encouraged by such creativity. Enjoy and share your results.

Dr. J

Differentiating "Primary Sources" from "Stories about Science"

Here's a link to an article on fat genes.

Can you tell if it is a "primary source" or not?

Who did the research? Did the person or people who did the research write this article?

How can you find primary source articles?

Where can you find them?

What format do they typically follow?

Is any of your work generating primary source information? Which work?

(c) 2008 J S Shipman

Happy Pi Day!

Happy Pi Day!
Pi... Pi is...http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Pi_through_the_ages.html
Pi is a mathematical concept....http://www.piday.org/about.php

Pie Day, Oh, Pi Day.... Pi Day's coming!

Are you ready for Pi Day? ...Haven't heard of it? What?

pi = 3.14159265.....

Pi day is a day to celebrate pi and to encourage students in learning math. Now, math is important to scientists, among others, so I encourage you to get involved in Pi Day. When? March 14th of course (3/14).

Here's the official Pi Day site: http://www.piday.org/

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