Melissa A. Stoner, Kristin T. Stuby and Susan Szczepanski
By implementing high-impact activities, such as designing a school and a skate park, mathematical thinking can be linked to the engineering design process.
Kasi C. Allen
A compelling contest motivates students and makes mathematics and STEM relevant.
Marta T. Magiera
An aluminum bat activity supports goals of STEM learning by engaging students in resourceful problem solving.
Sharie R. Kranz, Carlo A, Amato, and Eric A. Freudenthal
Graphing tasks emphasize the necessity of learning the coordinate system.
Mary C. Enderson and Melva R. Grant
The engineering design process challenges students to work together and communicate as they construct learning.
Toni M. Smith, Padmanabhan Seshaiyer, Nathalia Peixoto, Jennifer M. Suh, Graham Bagshaw, and Laurena K. Collins
These STEM-inspired activities elicit the intellectual need to learn about rate
of change and slope.
solutions to palette (Alternative approaches to those suggested here are encouraged.) MATHEMATICS TEACHING IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL Vol. 18, No. 6, February 2013 (Continued from pages 330-31) ANSWERS 1. 15 students 2. 223 3. 419 pages 4. 8 mph 5. C 6. 25 or 85 7. 1/8 and 1/9 8. 7 9. Any amount greater than $4000 10. 48 11.
math for real "when will I ever use this?" MatheMatics teaching in the Middle school ● Vol. 18, No. 6, February 2013 solUtions 1. Paying cash, a truck driver pays $61.00/242.1 mi. = $0.25196 per mi. Using an E-ZPass, a driver pays $35.00/242.1 mi. = $0.144568 per mi. The difference is $0.10739 per mile, or $0.11 per mi
mathematical explorations classroom-ready activities MATHEMATICS TEACHING IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL Vol. 18, No. 6, February 2013 Sheet 1 1. Answers will vary. 2. Triangle: 1, 180, 180/3 = 60, yes, yes, 6 Square: 2, 2 180 = 360, 360/4 = 90, yes, yes, 4 Pentagon: 3, 3 180 = 540, 540/5 = 108, no, no Hexagon: 4, 4 180 = 720
Paper table investigation.