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Nights of Halloween |
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Capitalizing
on holiday fun, local middle grades students joined with preservice and in-service
middle grades mathematics teachers at Armstrong Atlantic State
University for some mathematics madness: activities centered around the
book "The Thirteen Nights of Halloween." Both the young and
restless as well as the more mature of the participants enjoyed making
origami boxes and pinwheels, worm eating (do you know how many flat-tail
worms are in a pound? how many gummi worms in a pound? how far 1,000,000
flat-tails put end-to-end would stretch?). Also included was a
little number theory and problem solving together with lots of fun and
laughs. All the activities centered around mathematics and its
inescapable links to the world around us. Participants agreed that
enjoyable, hands-on activities go a long way toward building positive
attitudes about mathematics and the critical reasoning skills essential
in a problem-solving environment.
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