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AUTHOR Harris, Julia L., Ed. TITLE Family Involvement in Education. INSTITUTION Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education, Columbus, OH. SPONS AGENCY Eisenhower Program for Mathematics and Science Education (ED), Washington, DC.; Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. Office of Reform Assistance and Dissemination. REPORT NO ENC-98-006 PUB DATE 1998-00-00 NOTE 65p. CONTRACT RJ97071001 AVAILABLE FROM Eisenhower National Clearinghouse, The Ohio State University, 1929 Kenny Road, Columbus, OH 43210-1079. PUB TYPE Collected Works Serials (022) Reference Materials Bibliographies (131) JOURNAL CIT ENC Focus; v5 n3 1998 EDRS PRICE MF01/PC03 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Educational Resources; Elementary Secondary Education; *Family Involvement; *Mathematics Education; *Parent Participation; Parent Role; Resource Materials; *Science Education
ABSTRACT The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (ENC) helps teachers by offering a broad assortment of services to enable them to quickly locate educational resources. This document is designed to give educators information about curriculum resources available for teaching math and science in K-12 classrooms. Each issue of ENC Focus presents a selection from the Clearinghouse collection focused on a topic of particular interest to math and science teachers. In addition to meeting general requirements for inclusion in the ENC collection, curriculum materials listed in the Focus series are appropriate to the specific topic of the issue; support hands-on, active, inquiry-based methods of instruction; and are readily available. This issue offers a sampling of useful materials and other resources on family involvement in mathematics and science education. A one-page description of each resource provides an abstract of the contents, subjects addressed, grade level, publication date, ordering information, price, authors, and related resources.(ASK)
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Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy 2 BEST COPY AVAILAR1 F Using ENC to learn more about family involvement in education The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education was established to help K-12 teachers locate useful teaching materials. The Clearinghouse collects all types of materials at the National Repository in Columbus, Ohio, at The Ohio State University. ENC makes information available about all of these resources in several ways. For example, this print catalog is one of a series that highlights specific topics and resources in math and science. All of ENC's resources in combination will provide comprehensive information for teachers, parents, and students on a variety of topics, including family involvement in education.
ENC Online ENC Online has links to exemplary science and math Internet sites through the Digital Dozen, selected monthly, classroom links, and other educational resources. Some Internet sites are available with information about involving families in educa- tion. You can find them in two ways: search Resource Finder, or browse through the links on ENC Online. If you have time to browse, you will find all kinds of things you might be able to use in your classroom. ENC Online also links to some ofthe full-text articles featured on ENC CDs.
ENC CD-ROMs - ENC's CD-ROMs have a variety of previously published documents in electronic format about curricUlurri issues in math and science education, as well as resources developed by ENC to meet educators' needs. These documents cover curriculum standards and implementation, and include the complete 1989 NCTM Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics. TIMSS (Third International Math and Science Study) and Equity are the topics of the two newest ENC CDs. The content of these discs is available online; for the TIMSS materials, go to http://timss.enc.org/, and you can go to http://equity.enc.org/ for the equity resources.
ENC Demonstration Sites and Access Centers Located throughout the country are 12 Demonstration Sites that can be found at, or work in conjunction with, the 10 Eisenhower Regional Consortia, at the Capital Collection & Demonstration Site at The George Washington University in Washington, DC, and at ENC. Teachers and other educators can visit or contact the Site in their area for a complete demonstration of ENC's services as well as assistance in locating educational materials and using new technologies. ENC Access Centers spread the work of ENC and the Demonstration Sites even further. These Centers volunteer to teach local educators about ENC and to disseminate ENC's products. Often they are located at schools, universities, museums, or professional development centers. Contact your Regional Consortia to learn about Access Centers in your area. For a directory of the Consortia and Demo Sites, see page 59.
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The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement.
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ENC Focus ENC Math and Science staff Advisory Boards Editor Julia L. Harris Contributing EditorsTerese A. Herrera, Kimberly S. Roempler Charles Allan Mathematics Consultant to the Michigan Senior Abstractors Judith R. Spicer, Lynda C.Titterington State Department of Education Catalogers Karen Plummer, Jean Ross, Marie Erma Anderson National Science Teachers Association Shuttleworth Acquisitions Denis Baker, Kelvin Trefz Ronald Anderson Researcher and Teacher Educator, University Graphics Marla Mayerson, Zil Lilas, Zaki Tahir of Colorado Jerry Becker Researcher and Teacher Educator, Southern Address comments to: Illinois University
ENC Focus Editor Jo Ann Carr Director, Instructional Materials Center at Eisenhower National Clearinghouse the University of Wisconsin, Madison 1929 Kenny Road Joan Countryman Head of Lincoln School in Providence, Columbus, OH 43210-1079 Rhode Island Telephone: (614) 292-7784 Toll-free: (800) 621-5785 Shirley DeLaney Coordinator at the ENC Capital Collection Fax: (614) 292-2066 & Demonstration Site at The George E-mail: [email protected] Washington University Susan Friel Researcher and Teacher Educator, University For help with ENC's online services, call the technical help desk at of North Carolina (614) 292-9590 or send e-mail to [email protected]. Arlene Hambrick Program Associate, Midwest Consortium for Mathematics and Science Education Past issues of ENC Focus include Integrating Math and Science, New Presidential Awardee Teacher in High School Approaches to Assessment in Science and Mathematics, Calculator-Active Elizabeth Horsch Materials, CD-ROMs and Laserdiscs for Science, Professional Development Science from Wyoming for Math and Science, Using Children's Literature in Math and Science, Patricia Hosken Director of the Futures Academy in Multicultural Approaches in Math and Science, and Informal Mathematics Redondo Beach, California and Science Education. Carlo Parravano Director of Merck Institute for Science Education While some back issues are out of print, most are available online at http://www.enc.org/ or on CD-ROM. Vasha Rosenblum Presidential Awardee Teacher in Elementary Mathematics from Alabama Harry Tunis National Council of Teachers of Mathematics About ENC Focus This project has been funded at least in part with federal funds from the U.S. Department of Education under Contract No. RJ97071001. The contents of this publication do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Education nor does the men- tion of trade name, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse http://wwwencorg/ 4 INTRODUCTION Family Involygnignitak t..10110041012
"I see parents as the first teacher that children have, the most consistent teacher they have, and the most influential teacher they have." Sandy Parker, fifth grade teacher
That quote states better than I wrote an article about the importance of Often they don't know how. Encourage could our rationale for this issue promoting gender equity in science expe- students not to give up, says Suzanne of Focus. Parentsand we riences for children. In addition, author Sutton, but rather to accept that learning extend the meaning to include and math educator, Suzanne Sutton, wrote means struggle and to believe they have grandparents, older brothers and sisters, her own article in answer to our questions. what it takes to learn. From another all caretakers who make up the child's angle, Bill Nye emphasizes the fun poten- nurturing unitplay an indispensable While each professional spoke from a tial in learning and the value of play: role in math and science education. It is unique perspective, some common themes "There is just no substitute for letting in the home that children first see them- appear in their answers, such as the people dink around, letting them dig selves as explorers of science and as unquestioned value of family involvement. holes in the backyard or make mud pies." investigators of numbers and shapes. Virginia Thompson points out that just as we expect reading to go on outside the Several of these educators make the point But once the children are in school, isn't classroom, so too mathematics needs to be that although parents may feel uneasy all that math and science the teacher's taken beyond the classroom and into the about their own ability to answer ques- job? And how can parents, many facing family circle. To Janet Stein and Karen tions about math and science, what chil- their own discomfort/anxiety with these DeCoster, the key is engaging parents and dren need more than direct answers is subjects, help their school-age children? children in science activities, turning them good questioning. In fact, the answer The homework isn't even the same as it on to science and to their natural curiosity they consider most helpful is, "Let's find was when they were in school. about nature. What follows, they hope, is out together." new confidence, a conviction that "I can The homework issue brings up the need do this." In addition to these articles, we have seen by both teachers and parents for a highlighted resources that generally fit line of communication between school Another theme is the importance of fami- into one of two categories: building and home. How can that school/home ly-school collaboration; above all, as school/home connections or materials for connection be made and maintained? Ginny Markell put it, the need to create parents and children to work on together. mechanisms for teachers to communicate In the first section, School/Home These are questions we brought to a vari- with parents. Both Sandy Parker and Connection, some of the selections ety of experts on family involvement, Virginia Thompson suggest ways for attempt to answer parents' and teachers' each of whom is concerned with how schools to open to parents, to welcome concerns about why and how to become parents can influence their children's and include them in the discussion loop collaborators in children's education. learning. Staff interviewed the host of a on such topics as class goals, homework Examples of this type of resource are television science show (Bill Nye the help, and the consequences of their chil- Parents as Leaders in Science and Math Science Guy); an author of the FAMILY dren's choices in taking MATH program (Virginia Thompson); one math course rather two coordinators of a statewide science than another. program for parents (Karen DeCoster and Janet Stein); the president-elect of A third theme is actu- the National PTA (Ginny Markell); and a ally a premise: parents veteran elementary school teacher (Sandy do want to help their Parker). Kimberly Roempler, an children succeed in Associate Director of ENC and a parent, math and science.
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Reform (p. 21) and Building Parent Partnerships (p. 23). Other Interactive in nature, most of these resources engage children materials speak directly to parents about nurturing their chil- in games or investigations that require mathematical and scien- dren's abilities. For instance, Math Power: How to Help Your tific problem solving. Around the Workbench presents materi- Child Love Math, Even if You Don't (p. 25) offers strategies for als for assembling and disassembling, for getting hands dirty in teaching math concepts to children from pre-kindergarten real science. In the final section, Around the Backyard & through fifth grade, including activities and games. The sec- Beyond, you will find activity books, Web sites, magazines, tion ends with general guides to the Internet and Web sites children's literature, and other resources that lead children to selected especially for parents. explore the outdoors with scientific eyes. For example, through experiments presented in Backyard Scientist: Exploring The next sections grew out of the idea of enabling parents and Earthworms with Me (p. 51), elementary school children can children to use math and science in everyday living. With that do hands-on investigations to learn about earthworms and in mind, we grouped exemplary resources under five areas of what they mean to the environment. home activity. Around the Kitchen Table contains math games for all ages and science experiments for the kitchen. Around We hope you find the articles and resources in this issue help- the Television offers videotapes on such topics as nutrition, ful. The influence of family is, without doubt, a significant positive exponents, oceans, shadows, and mysteries that require power in nurturing future mathematicians and scientists. And mathematical reasoning to solve. A special note on videotapes: not only is it worthwhile to open a child's eyes to the wonder of Because of space, we could offer only samples of entire series. earthworms or kitchen chemistry or numbers, the potential for family fun is unlimited! Around the Computer contains our software and CD-ROM selections as well as Web sites recommended for students. Terese Herrera, Ph.D.
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you can get to Resource Finder, Wide Web (WWW) resource. A sample You can also search by ENC number (i.e., ENC's online database of educa- search using No Frames Enhanced could ENC-011880), a designation we assign to tional materials, at have Parental Involvement (if you use each resource to indicate where it is http://www.enc.org/. Four search shelved in our repository. This number engines are available for use: Simple appears at the end of the abstract in Focus. 3.11 'Wog Search, No Frames Enhanced, Enhanced tinder You can search for specific records in Search, and Browse/Search. ENC Resource Finder Resource Finder by typing in the ENC num- Search ENC's catalog &I malh and scknce curriculum remora's. ber in the Search Words blank. For exam- The Simple Search allows you to What's new with Resource Finder ple, typing in ENC-010948 brings up the Rimini, Record] No frames Enhented Ephencrd (north Dhowsr/Seort,R search using words, as well as grade kwwwid .ns Ms ran* wt.. or. any Nem Opt., Wm. Caboo.s. record for Family Math for Young Children ch0.0.gra* or cost. latowear.. Oa, 3.0 brota00.0 snd above. level and cost. A sample Simple (1997), published by Lawrence Hall of Search could include Homework Science, University of California. (See page AND Parents as Search Words, Grade 7, more than one subject, the terms need to 20.) When contacting ENC about a par- and any cost. The list of search results be separated by a comma) as Subject; 4 as ticular resource, be sure to refer to the includes resources with both "homework" Grade; and Web as Resource Type. One of ENC number. and "parents" in the catalog records. the resources in the listof results for this search is the Web site Surfing the Net With For each item in a list of search results, an The No Frames Enhanced search allows you Kids [ENC-011880]. (See page 28.) icon lets you know what kind of resource to better limit and define your search. In it is (for example, videotape, kit, or Web addition to word search, grade level, and The Enhanced Search, which uses frames, site). Each icon is followed by descriptive cost, limiters such as Resource Type, features pop-up vocabulary lists. The text that contains its title, grade range, Subject, and Standards are available. Lists Browse/Search feature allows you to cost range, and the beginning of the of ENC's controlled vocabulary are pro- browse large categories based on ENC's abstract. Clicking on the title brings up vided. For instance, Resource Type subject lists. the entire record, including the complete includes words such as Children's abstract, the table of contents, any evalua- Literature, Games, Software, and World tions, and availability information.
Eisenhower National Clearinghousehttp:11wwwenc.orgl BEST COPY AVAILABLE 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS
AROUND THE PERSPECTIVES XITCHENTABLE
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Bill Nye's Advice to Parents 6 Gobble up Science (Grades 1-4) 29 Beyond Homework Help 8 Gobble up Math (Grades K-3) 29 The Massachusetts Parent Involvement Project 12 The Math Chef (Grades 3-8) 29 The Changing Role of Parental Involvement 14 Cooking Art (Grades pre-K-3) 29 Giving Our Daughters Every Opportunity 16 Fun with Kitchen Chemistry_(Grades 4-8) 30 Involving Families by Exciting Kids 17 Little Critters Secret Swam(Grades pre-K-2) 30 Creating True Collaborations 18 Sharks! (Grades pre-K-2) 30 The Magic School Bus Gets Baked in a Cake (Grades K-6) 30 Newton on Slime (Grades 3-12) 30 SCHOOL / HOME Constellation Station (Grades 5-8) 30 _CONNECTION True Science (Grades 4-12) 31
<:::=> CURRICULUM RESOURCES MATHEMATICS GAMES & MANIPULATIVES
Family Math for Young Children (Grades pre-K-3) 20 Game Mats (Grades 4-6) 31 Family Math (Grades K-8) 20 Dice & Card Games (Grades 4-6) 31 Generational ly Gooey (Grades K-8) 20 Decimal Squares Games (Grades 3-9) 31 Playtime Is Science (Grades pre-K-3) 21 Mathos (Grades 5-9) 31
Parents as Leaders in Science and Mathematics .. . (Grades K-12) 21 Match Linear Graphs (Grades 8-11) 32 Involving Parents in Education (Grades K-12) 21 Math Wizardry for Kids (Grades 4-7) 32 Math for All (Grades K-3) 22 Rolling and Learning with Tri-Square Dice (Grades K-8) 32 Science at Home (Grades 4-8) 22 Exponent War (Grades 6-9) 32 Every Child a Scientist (Grades K-12) 22 Math Chase (Grades 6-9) 32 Science Simply Amazing Kit (Grades K-8) 23 Discriminant War (Grades 8-10) 33 Parental Involvement (Grades K-12) 23 FraCard (Grades 3-8) 33 Parents as Partners (Grades K-12) 23 Equate (Grades 3-12) 33 Building Parent Partnerships (Grades pre-K-12) 23 Witzzle Pro Game (Grades 1-8) 33 Math in a Bag (Grades K-4) 24 Mugqins (Grades 1-10) 33 Expanding Your Child's Math Ability (Grades 1-4) 24 True Math (Grades 5-12) 34 Math on Call (Grades 6-8) 24 Every Day Counts Partner Games, Level 1 (Grade 1) 34 Beyond Facts and Flashcards (Grades K-6) 25 Fudge fandl Knock-out (Grades 3-12) 34 Math: Facing an American Phobia (Grade K and upj 25 Tabby Cats (Grades 3-4) 34 Math Power (Grades pre-K-5) 25 Rio; Reverse Rio; Multiplication Bingo (Grades 3-5) 35 Exploring Everyday Math (Grades K-6) 25 Salute; Salute with l's, 10's and 100's (Grades 3-5) 35 Beyond the Classroom (Grades pre-K-6) 26 Tabby Cats (Grades 3,4) 35 Family Internet Companion (Grades K-12) 26 Doubles + 1 Cover-Up (Grades 1,23 35 Internet Homework Helper (Grades K-12) 26 Just Cards (Grades K-4) 35
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Helping Your Child Learn Science (Grades pre-K-6) 27 c CURRICULUM RESOURCES Helping Your Child Learn Math (Grades pre-K-7) 27 ERIC Resources (Grades pre-K-12) 27 Nutrition (Grades 4-8) 36 Parents' Guide to the Internet (Grades K-12) 27 Wetlands (Grades 4-8) 36 The Children's Partnership (Grades pre-K-12) 27 The Case of the Dirty Money (Grades 3-6) 36 National Association for the Education of Young .. .(Grades pre-K-1)27 The Case of the Missing Air (Grades 3-6) 36 Surfing the Net with Kids (Grades K-12) 28 Square One Television Fun (Grades 3-6) 37
National Parent Information Network Resources ... (Grades K-12) 28 Why Do Golf Balls Have Dimples? (Grades 9-12) 37 America Links Up (Grades K-12) 28 Better Tennis Through Geometry (Grades 9-12) 37 Education Central (Grades K-12) 28 Ocean (Grades K-12) 37 Family Involvement in Children's Education (Grades K-12) 28 Amazing Animal Colors (Grades K-8) 37
Eisenhower National Clearinghousehttpl/wwwenc.orgl Using Positive Exponents (Grades 8,9) 38 What If? (Grades 3-7) 49 Basic Properties (Grades 8,9) 38 Zap Science (Grades K-12) 49 Order of Operations (Grades 8,9) 38 Science in Seconds with Toys (Grades 3-6) 50 My Shadow (Grades Pre-K-3) 38 Spy Science (Grades 5-8) 50 Math Is Everywhere (Grades 3-6) 39 Newton's Apple Program # 1303 (Grades K-12) 39 AROUND THE Surface Tension (Grades 3-7) 39 BACKYARD Bc_BEY ORD Electromagnetism (Grades 3-6) 39 cm CURRICULUM RESOURCES Optics (Grades 3-6) 40
AROUND THE Container Gardening for Kids (Grades pre-K-8) _CO M PUTE R 50 The Children's Kitchen Garden (Grades K-6) 50 c==> CURRICULUM RESOURCES Slugs, Bugs, and Salamanders (Grades K-8) 51 The Garden Explored (Grades K-12) 51 The Factory Deluxe (Grades 4-8) 40 Math in the Garden (Grades K, 1) 51 The Graph Club with Fizz & Martina (Grades K-4) 40 Backyard Scientist (Grades pre-K-6) 51 Disney's MathQuest with Aladdin (Grades 1-3) 41 Janice VanCleaves' Insects and Spiders (Grades 3-6) 52 Number Heroes (Grades 3-5) 41 Sport Fishing and Aquatic Resources Handbook (Grade K and up) 52 Boxer Introductory Algebra (Grades 5-12) 41 Parent's Guide to Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs (Grades 5-12) 52 Math Blaster Mystery (Grades 5-9) 42 Everybody's Everywhere Backyard Bird Book (Grades K-12) 52 Shape Up! (Grades K-8) 42 Tabletop Jr. (Grades 3-6) 42 (.---) INTERNET SITES FOR FAMILIES The Logic Box (Grade K and upj 42 Thinkin' Science (Grades 1,2) 43 National Geographic Society (Grades K-12) 53 Trudy's Time & Place House (Grades pre-K-12) 43 The Garden Gate (Grades K-12) 53 What's the Secret? Volume 1 (Grades 3-12) 43 Choosing a Low Cost Telescope (Grades K-12) 53 What's the Secret? Volume 2 (Grades 3-12) 44 OneWorld Magazine (Grade 9 and up) 53 Eyewitness Children's Encyclopedia (Grades 2-7) 44 Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Nature (Grades K-12) 44 (--) CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Space and the Universe (Grades K-12) 44 Dinosaur Hunter (Grades K-12) 45 The Victory Garden Vegetable Alphabet Book (Grades pre-K-3) 54 Earth Quest (Grade 4 and up) 45 The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds (Grades K-6) 54 The Archaeological Detective (Grades 8-12) 45 It's Pumpkin Time! (Grades pre-K-1) 54 SimEarth (Grade 5 and up) 45 Do Bees Sneeze? (Grades K-8) 54 Math Rock (Grades 1-5) 46 The Color of Nature (Grade K and up) 54 Ughtning_(Grades 3-7) 54 <=:; INTERNET SITES FOR STUDENTS What Makes the Grand Canyon Grand? (Grades 3-6) 55 A Drop of Water (Grades K-8) 55 Kids Food Cyberclub (Grades 3-5) 46 The Dark Zone (Grades 3-7) 55 KIDLINK (Grades 1-9) 46 The World in One Day (Grades 4-9) 55 Funbrain.com (Grades K-4) 46 The Black Hole Gang (Grades K-8) 47 Mancala (Grades 5-12) 47 CHILDREN'S MAGAZINES Manipula Math with JAVA (Grades 5-12) 47 Ranger Rick (Grades 2-7) 56 Your Big Backyard (Grades pre-K-1) 56 AROUND THE Dolphin Log (Grade pre-K and upj 56 WOR KB EN CH National Wildlife (Grade 8 and up) 56 Dragonfly (Grades pre-K-4) 56 < CURRICULUM RESOURCES World (Grades 5-8) 56
Electric Bell (Grades 4-8) 47 ENC Solar Power 10 Model Set (Grades K-12) 48 PROD ("CLEM QUE ST_IE0 RM Simple Machines (Grades 3-8) 48 57 Early Simple Machines Set (Grades K-2) 48 EISENHOWER The Science Explorer Out and About (Grades 1-9) 49 _CONS_ORTIA_AND_ENSA) E M 0._s ETES The Science Explorer (Grades 1-9) 49 59
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Bill Nye's better decisions as voters. You know, the United States, or the Middle East. everything you can think of is a world- The moon goes around the ending problem: we have global climate Earth once a monthend of change, we have AIDS, we have drug- story. Who made that up? ADVICE resistant strains of salmonellathese are Nobody knows. Same thing all science problems. They are also politi- with plants: you plant the cal and economic problems, but they are seed, you put water on it, TO fundamentally science problems, so and it grows. Thus, for we need scientifically literate girls and for people of eth- people to deal with them. nic minorities, science is empowering. Anybody can PARENTSThere are a lot of do this stuff!Really, most parents who were people who are exposed to Straight Talk from uncomfortable science think it's coolthe America's Science Guy with science in trick is just to get them school and aren't exposed to it. The following article is based on an exclusive comfortable with ENC interview with Bill Nye. science as grown- In my experience, you never have to ask kids For information about his television show, Bill if they want to try Nye the Science Guy, see box on pg. 7. something. They always do. You just suppose you went to a party and need to hang out said "Well, I never learned to with them while read, so I really don't read any- they're doing it, thing." That would be shock- help out with the ing, right? whole thing and then help them Well, to me and to us in the science com- clean up, the .111.11"1"" munity, it is equally shocking to hear peo- same way you ple say "I never learned anything about would do a craft math and scienceit doesn't really grab with them. Get books me that much." You operate your car full of demonstrations and you don't know how it works, and and experiments and do that doesn't bother you? You operate ups. And people say this the experimentsmake a your coffee maker and you don't have any all the time"Kids do what messbut then clean it up. idea how it works? their parents do "I know Just fool around; you don't what you're thinking "Hey, have to have the answers. You have to be math and science literate thanks Bill! You're a genius." Just let it happen. You to be a person these days. Look Seriously, though, parents play never know what's going to aroundeverybody has a computer. a huge role in any educa- happen, and you will proba- There are even computers in shoes now, tional activity. The big bly be surprised a few times, microprocessors to run those little blink- thing to realize is that you which is charming. ing red lights. Your wristwatch is more don't have to have all the accurate than any clock made up until answers. And don't be afraid to not after World War II. All those millennia know. You'll be surprised to of human history and they couldn't get a The beauty, passion, and joy of sci- find that for most of the watch as accurate as you can get for free ence is that it exists for everyone questions you will have a at a fast food place with your kid's meal. It is true for everyone. What pretty good handle on the you learn exists outside of answer. Sometimes The more scientifically literate our popu- you: the Earth goes around you'll get asked a ques- lace, the better everyone's quality of life the sun whether you live tion you can't will be because we will be able to make in the city or the country, answerlike "Why 9 MOMEisenhower National Clearinghouse http:I/wwwenc.orgl PERSPECTIVES
is the grass green?" I am pretty sure you The real question behind all of these And don't blow off parent-teacher night. could safely say that no one knows. kinds of things is, "How would you figure Show up! Take it seriously. The teacher Maybe you'll be the one who figures that it out?" You would look it up. Get on is aching for you to show up and partici- out! Now how it worksthe mechanismthe Web and look it up, or get a set of pate. If the teacher has an assignment for of chlorophyll and stuff is pretty well encyclopedias and look it up. Every fami- the class and asks parents to bring in milk understood, but why plants chose to be ly should have a set of encyclopedias, and cartons, you have to help out there. green after all these centuries of evolutionevery household should have an Think of it as an opportunity. It's all is not obvious. unabridged dictionary. There is so much about attitude. Don't be too busy to help information in a dictionary, science nouns out. I know there are a lot of people who Everyone's probably heard of the red and.great pictures, that I really recom- have very serious job obligations, but tide, which is a certain kind of algae, and mend it. there is nothing more important than it's a very efficient form of photosynthe- education. sis. So why aren't all plants red? That is The other thing I like to tell parents is a pretty good question. don't hover over your kids when they're Education is the key to survival. There is doing homework. Frankly, to me the best nothing more important, really, in the Another good one is "Why is the sky thing is not to help them. Have an inter- raising of your kids than education. Why blue?" There is a great demonstration est in it, but I wouldn't help them, in my does anyone become a parent?If you that you can do with milk and a glass of opinion. Now, if they ask you a ques- are an oyster, an oak tree, or a human water and a flashlight. If you put a little tionwell, that's different. Then jump being, what you're essentially trying to do bit of milk in a glass of water and shine a right ingo nutsgo wild. What I'm is pass your genes on and make sure your bright flashlight into it, you will get saying is you don't need to feel like you offspring are successful.You want them orange and blue colors, just like a sunset. have to come home with a lot of prepared to be able to compete, and education is materials and have all the answers at your the key. fingertips.
"I started doing standup comedy in physical science (physics and chem- Not only does the show concentrate on 1979 after I won the Steve Martin look- istry). Episodes that deal with life sci-keeping the science straightfor- alike contest," Nye reveals. He's quick ences often deal with the human body,ward, it also works diligently to to add: "Not the national onejust the because of the tremendous fascination make sure it gives equal represen- local one." children have with their own bodies. tation to both genders and people of color."It's unfortunate that Nye is not just your average Steve The show's philosophy is to keep thewe're starting with the dorkiest Martin impersonator. For the last four vocabulary simple and straightforward white guy going," he admits, but years, he has been the title player in and to only focus on two or three learn-adds that he has been surprised to the popular syndicated television pro- ing objectives. Sample learning objec- see just how well his viewers have gram Bill Nye the Science Guy. He has tives from a show on dinosaurs mightresponded to seeing girls and stu- also become an outspoken advocate be that fossilized bones prove the exis- dents of different ethnicities on for improved science literacy in the tence of dinosaurs and that dinosaurs his show. nation. In his own words, he has grad- and humans did not live at the same uated from being a stand-up comic to a time.The episodes cover additionalNye's show has enjoyed enor- "stand-up scientist."His show com- information, such as techniques used mous success, winning a number bines humor, flashy graphics, and to determine the age of the fossils and of daytime Emmy awards and catchy "Sounds of Science" to interest the approximate timeline of dinosaursother recognition. It is watched by childrenprimarily 10-year-oldsin versus humans, but essentially thethousands of children across the scienCe. goal is to communicate and reinforce a nation, carried by public television few fundamental science concepts. stations as well as commercial To ,capture the attention of his young networks.And Nye shows no audience, Nye makes sure his show is "We conduct focus group research tosigns of slowing down: when asked faSt--pacd and entertaining without test how well people have retained the why he does what he does, he Viatenrig:clown 'the real science con- learning objectives, and the retention responds, "I'm trying to change the teht.,: The shows alternate between is often over 90 percent," Nye notes.world. That's my little goal." planetary science (Earth science and "The real test, however, is that it's still astronomy), life science (biology), and 90 percent months after seeing the show."
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As Kevin passes through the kitchen, his mother ventures a cautious, two-year period, com- hate it, but all of us, "Did you do your homework?" Kevin grunts. Unsure whether this paring students in whichever camp we fall is a yes or a no, anxious over his slipping math performance, and fourth, eighth, and in, are humbled by it. unable to do the math herself she hesitates, surveying her options. twelfth grades. They are "Don't fret over your Does she threaten, cajole, hire a tutor, or pray? With her ability to very disturbing.(To see troubles in mathemat- help with homework long passed, her options seem limited. the results, visit ics," Albert Einstein said, http://timss.enc.org/). "I assure you, mine are After his next test, she calls me. "I'm worried. My son is sinking in still greater." math, and I can't help him. Even if I understood it, which I don't, The message is clear: he won't listen to me. Is there anything I can do?" American students are Parents of young chil- not learning math as dren begin mathematics This mother's well as students in with great enthusiasm, lament is a almost every other coun- helping them discover common one, try.Parents and educa- numbers and shapes in and her concern tors are understandably all corners of their world. is justified. Our nation concerned, believing Resources are plentiful: is reeling from recent with certainty that the books and games and reports of the poor per- absence of math compe- toys and software that formance of American tency will handicap our promise to turn math students in mathematics. young people as they into pleasure and get These latest results dis- attempt to make their children started into a pelled any doubts and way in a complex and world of math success. showed us the depth of competitive world. Parents' unease over the problem. TIMSS their own abilities in (Third International But read on. Yes, the math are kept at bay Mathematics and Science picture TIMSS illustrates while their children are Study) was massive and is accurate and disturb- young, and they can thorough; the largest ing.But the answer to understand the math and most comprehensive Kevin's mother is also their children are doing. study of its kind ever ' yes: there is much fami- But sooner or laterand Suzanne Sutton undertaken, TIMSS com- lies can do to develop these days it is much pared students from 41 strong mathematical Suzanne Sutton is a math educator and lec- soonertheir children countries, in depth. learning, competencies, encounter mathematics turer offering workshops for parents, teach- More than a mere test of and attitudes within our that their parents don't ers and students on math learning. She has performance, it looked children. And the news understand. The anxi- recently completed a book for parents, closely at many facets of is even better: parents eties begin to build. Through Newton's Window: Guiding learning and many do not need to know or Your Children to Math Success. She hosts issues surrounding even like math to do it. Students' math anxiety Newton's Window: Online, a resource for instruction, teacher begins with a faulty math learning at http://www.suzannesut- training, and student Dispelling a premise: "They get it, ton.com. Readers can continue the dialog lifestyle, as well as a Disabling Myth but I don't, and the at [email protected]. detailed look at under- Mathematics is a glori- struggle is evidence that standing. The results ous and troubling sub- I don't belong, evidence were released over a ject. Some love it, more that I'm not mathemati-
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cally inclined." The undermines students to teach our children the premise is wrong. Math whom the struggle math, we can teach is a struggle for every- comes early. They are them how to struggle. one. The struggle is evi- convinced their brains dence that we're in the are flawed, convinced A New Role for "good stuff." they don't belong in Parents math. They don't join Most parents assume Ultimately, math comes the struggle with enthu- that helping means easily to no one. But it siasm; they feel as if homework helpexplain- seems to. We all know they're hanging by a ing procedures or con- others who don't seem thread. Their anxiety cepts. Their ability to do to struggle, who just limits their understand- this lasts only a short "get it."Certainly, apti- ing and their choices. time. With changing curricula, different kinds of assign- ments and more difficult mathemat- I ics, many parents feel at a loss to do more than ask if the homework's been They hate every done, and monitor tests minute, and they flee and grades. But parents too soon. can play a far more valuable role, for they But the high-perform- are in the best position ing, quick, and intu- to influence their chil- itive student suffers dren's math success. from this myth as Long-term math success well.Believing that is not determined by a math success is a good teacher, or a function of aptitude, revamped curriculum, or she doesn't learn how mathematical prowess in to struggle; in fact, the parentor the child. she's proud that she Learning math ultimately doesn't seem to need comes down to one ge copyright 0 1998 Photo Due, Inc. to. She doesn't learn thing: the ability, and how to dig, how to choice, to put one's tudes vary; some con- probe for understanding. brain around a prob- cepts come more easily Sailing through, she lemto stare past the than others, and at doesn't reinforce the confusion, and struggle varying speeds. But foundation. When the forward rather than flee. don't be fooled. Event- content gets more diffi- ually every student cult, she misinterprets For all of us, learning reaches a point where her confusion, and fig- math involves struggling. she doesn't understand, ures, wrongly, that she's When we help our chil- and what she does at not as good at it as she dren see this, and guide that point will determine thought. and encourage them her successnot any along the way, we'll be innate aptitude or bril- One of the most signifi- teaching the most fun- liance. cant things parents can damental piece in the do is to help their chil- vast and controversial This belief in mathemati- dren understand the picture: how to learn. cal inclination and disin- normalcy and the value clination undermines all of struggle in mathemat- One week, several years students. Clearly, it ics.While we cannot ago, I received phone
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calls from the mothers of It was more difficult for sign of a problem. We two girls, at two different her than for any student accept struggle in sport schools, in very similar I have ever taught, and when a young athlete situations. Both girls yet when she left for her practices lay-ups for were struggling in geom- final exam I observed hours, or drops a sweat- etry, each had mild that of all my students insoaked jersey in the learning disabilities, and that subject, most with washer after a hard each brought a warmth aptitudes far greater gameour response is and energy to our ses- than hers, she knew it usually pride, and "good sions.I began working best of all. When she job." But we seldom with both girls, and each graduated this year, she respond similarly to one progressed. But had successfully complet-struggle in mathematics. while both of them ed one of the most diffi- "I was never very good brought similar aptitudes cult math courses offeredat math either," we might and difficulties to the in high schoolwith little say, observing our child subject, and each one innate mathematical abil-encounter difficulties. was affable and engaged ity and processing diffi- Even the way we ask in our sessions, they dif- culties that made it even about the homework can fered sharply in attitude more of a challenge. Yet imply an expectation that and approach. Anna she came equipped with it will, or should, be retreated from the diffi- the most important easy. Instead, we can culties, relying on the attribute: an acceptance askconversationally teacher's performance or of the difficulty, and a rather than authoritative- my explanations. She quiet inner commitment lyhow they're doing it, merely went through the to take it on. what they're struggling motions, never pushing with, and offer sugges- past her own confusion. How Can We Help? tions of how to master it. Bridget, however, expect- Bridget's parents did not ed it to be difficult and help her with her math Encourage Mastery. struggled with itgen- could not help her with The students who suc- uinely struggled. She did it, in fact. Few parents ceed in high school have not wait to be led to the can. But in the mes- mastered the material answer; she entered it sages they sent, the that came before. There without me, brought her responsibility they is no escaping this. confusion to me, stuck encouraged, the support Many of the students with it again and again, they offered, and the who sit at my table were and continued to work at absence of excuses, they the elementary school understanding between created a learner. stars to whom it came our sessions. easilyfor a while. They We can do the same. sailed through the mate- And parents can rial in the early grades, unclench their teeth, able to remember and for math success does reproduce procedures, not rely on aptitude or but never really master- luck or our ability to ing them. The 10-year- explain it to them, but old practicing lay-ups on things we can do in knows a fundamental the normal course of fact: it's not enough to raising our children. be able to do one good lay-up now and then. To Accept the be in the game, mastery Struggle. requires more. We pass Too often in math, par-this truth onto our chil- ents send a message dren easily in sport; we that the struggle is a can do the same in
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math. Encourage mas- the controversy and sim-the text for explanations tery, not as a chore or ply encourage and assist of what they don't punishment, but with the in mastery of the funda- understand. You can do same pride and enthusi- mentals. The more solidthis with them; as you asm we encourage mas- this learning is, the morestruggle with a problem tery in sport. successful the student or a question, read the will be. The arithmetic text with them, ponder Look Beyond the facts, mastery of the it, and try examples. "If Grade. operations, a solid and you can teach your chil- Grades in mathematics ready ability to manipu- dren to read mathemat- can be deceptive. late fractionsthese are ics," a professor once Usually they are simply not mere elementary observed, "we can teach a percentage of right school units to pass them mathematics." answers; often they through, but essential don't accurately reflect components of work Enjoy the Journey. understanding. Many of done in each course in When we accept the my students received high school. Bridget wasstruggle as a good and plenty of A's and B's and one of the few students normal part of learning were unaware of their I have worked with who math, we can change weak foundation. did not need to reach forthe way we talk about a calculator to do the it, the way we feel Teachers give frequent simple arithmetic about it, and the way tests to enable them to involved again and again we learn it.Parents are compile a composite in complex problems. understandably con- grade at the end of the Unlike most students, cerned about their chil- term. Many "A students" she also was readily abledren's math perfor- are very good at remem- to work with fractions mance. But this con- bering procedures long and factoring, essential cern need not be trans- enough for the test, but parts of higher mathe- mitted through tension, are unable to make the matics. anxiety, or frustration. connections with the When parents see that material that will be Discover the the struggle is normal required as they Textbook. and valued, they can advance. Their high Math textbooks are gold encouragecomfortably grades deceive them into mines. Though few stu- and even joyfullythe thinking their learning is dents use them as more skills and attitudes that deep. Similarly, many of than a repository of can enable their children my students who are homework problems, to discover its glories well on their way to textbooks offer much and their own compe- deeper understanding more. The text sur- tence in it.Success will score low at the time of rounding the problems follow. 4. the test, but their under- connects the material standing is solid later in and offers students a the term. Focusing only chance to place the on a student's grades information in a frame- can give an incomplete work they can under- picture and lead to stand. Like the shelves unnecessary discourage- on a book shelf, they ment or complacency. give the student a way to organize the material Fundamentals Are for greater understand- Fundamental. ing and greater retrieval. There is much controver- But reading math is sy these days over difficult. En- teaching the "basics," courage your chil- but parents can avoid dren to look to
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"Many of today's parents grew up doing mathemat- be found with children in tow. The Over the course of its five-year grant, ics and science in isolation. Their learning experi- activities are being developed by the PIP plans to reach more than 20,000 ence was made up of sitting quietly in neat rows Museum Institute for Teaching Science parents. Joel Nitzberg, PIP director, facing the teacher at the chalkboard or their text- (MITS) in Boston, a nonprofit organiza- explains, "We are still in the early book day after day. One goal of our project is to tion that promotes the teaching of sci- stages. This year we have 11 coalitions give parents a chance to do math and science with ence, math, and technology in a hands- in place. Next year we will be bringing their children in a cooperative way. When this hap- on inquiry method. (See box for sample on board 10 more, and hope to increase pens well, parents get excited and discover many activities.) that number until there are 145 districts things about math, science, and technologyas in the project by the end of the fifth well as about their children and themselves." PIP builds on the work done through year." Karen DeCoster, Statewide Parent Coordinator of Massachusetts' State Systemic Initiative, the Massachusetts Parent Involvement Project PALMS (Partnerships Advancing the Training for Success Learning of Mathematics and Science), During its first year, PIP worked to help by supporting the development of local- districts establish coalitions, build team level coalitions of parents, school staff, skills, and field test the hands-on activi- Fostering this excitement and and community members to develop ties. Four training sessions were held to thereby making education, par- outreach plans and activities for parents answer such fundamental questions as ticularly mathematics and sci- to do with their children. According to "How can we build a coalition?"; "How ence education, a priority with Janet Stein, the Parent Project Coord- can schools reach more parents?"; and parents are among the goals of the Massachusetts Parent Involvement Project (PIP), a five-year project Parents and teachers are both interested in the well-bein funded by the National Science of their childrenthey just have very different roles. Foundation and the state depart- ment of education. Just completing its first year, the project works to involve inator at MITS, the ideal PIP coalition "How do we engage the community in school districts, parents, and community includes at least two parents, a museum support of science, mathematics, and members in supporting student success and library partner, a community and technology training?" in science, mathematics, and technology business partner, and representatives education. from the district's PALMS leadership. One of the biggest challenges revealed during the first training session, One central parent engagement strategy The project has identified three parent DeCoster notes, is bringing school and is to take hands-on activities out into groups it wants to reach: parents who community together as educational part- community settings where parents can are traditionally uninvolved or underin- ners. "Education has been seen exclu- volved; parents who are already Imap.,fwcopyrIght 0 1998 Pholoatc, Inc. sively as the schools' business for so
7111111111, in leadership positions on PTAs, long that it can be a little unsettling for PTOs, or school councils; and parents and educators to envision it as a parents who have a vested inter- shared enterprise," she says. est in math and science but may not know how to become Stein agrees: "We're trying to develop involved in a community leader- the understanding that schools don't ship role. Examples of this lat- have to do it on their own, that there are ter group, DeCoster suggests, real partners out in the community who might be scientists, engineers, or could be helpful." She points out that math/science educators who parents and teachers are both interested have knowledge, expertise, and in the well-being of their childrenthey interest in science, math, and just have very different roles. Parents 004",technology education. can help teachers do their job more
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effectively by communicating about their that have been developed. The session thought. Stein explains, "We want the children's interests, learning styles, and gave people the chance to interact with facilitator of the activity to stay in the unique personalities. Teachers, in turn, the activities and experience the math and background so the interaction is really can help empower parents by conveying science for themselves. In one of the between the parent and the child. We to them how important they are in their activities, participants rolled cans down a want people to walk away saying 'I did children's learning. wooden ramp, exploring how the incline that' as opposed to 'That person taught of the slope affected the distance the can my child something." In addition, par- At the second training session, the focus traveled. Stein was pleased by the ents with an interest in math/science find was on defining what constitutes high response she noticed from the coalition that there are several ways to get involved quality math and science. The critical role members: "I heard people say, 'The next and become a leader in their child's that parents play in children's education time we have a rainy day, I could do this school or district. As one example, they was again emphasized. with my kids." She adds, laughing, "It may choose to participate on a PALMS was a great activity, except all that stuff leadership team helping to review curricu- At the third session, PIP staff helped the weighs a lot when you bring enough for lum or develop an after-school enrichment coalitions identify a particular group of 100 people!" program. parents they wanted to reach and begin to gather baseline data about that population Everyone Is a Scientist One way to give parents the freedom to so that expectations and benchmarks MITS is working on seven different kits explore and experiment with their chil- could be set. "For example, a district in with activities that focus on topics such as dren is to take the activities into informal Springfield wanted to target parents of lenses and magnifiers, surface tension, and settings. Stepping outside of school middle school girls. They saw that the musical instruments. The activities are boundaries, Stein notes, helps parents enrollment of girls at the science and tech- designed to get parents to develop confi- understand that the kinds of things they nology school was low, so they decided dence in asking questions and exploring can do with their kids are not necessarily their goal would be to increase the num- science concepts with their children. things that have to happen in schools. ber of girls who enrolled at that school," The idea is to get to the parents where De Coster explains. "Then they realized De Coster notes, "The goal is not to fill they are, whether that is standing in line at that if they were going to be working with parents with some new knowledge about the grocery store, sitting in a clinic waiting sixth grade girls, they were going to have math and science; it's to encourage them room, or browsing through the communi- to wait three years to see any change in to do math and science with their kids ty library on a Saturday afternoon. high school enrollment patterns." back at home. By stimulating parent interest in inquiry and exploration, PIP Making learning a valuable part of every- Other schools mindful of the need to can begin to erode some of the math and day life, De Coster and Stein both agree, is measure outcomes chose to track the science phobias that many parents have what the Massachusetts Parent completion of math homework, setting and can inadvertently pass along to their Involvement Project is all about. "In goals of increased completion over time; children. It's also about helping parents today's world, the pace of science and increased participation in math or science understand standards-based education technology calls for kids to do more and events was also identified as a possible and encouraging them to show an interest think more critically, and those skills are outcome of greater and promote student aspirations." honed in math and science," De Coster parental involvement. says. "Our project hopes to change peo- When parents see themselves as being ple's attitudes and help us produce a At the fourth and final successful at the kinds of activities the group of kids who see themselves as prob- training session, PIP project introduces, they feel empowered lem solvers and mathematical thinkers." staff showcased some of and begin to realize that they are capable the hands-on activities of doing more than they might have
In "Hanger Chimes," participants attach string to the ends of questionI ask them is, how is doing something like this some- a.wire hanger, suspending it upside-down, and then tie the thing a scientist might do?" ends of the string to their middle fingers and place their fin- gers lightly in their ears. When they bang the hanger, the In "Shake, Rattle, and Roll," participants determine an unknown Sample vibration travels to their ears through the string."Once peo- object that has been sealed into metal cans. By shaking the ple hear the sound, they start thinking about what would can and asking a series of questions, participants try to ascer- Activities happen if they changed the kind of string, or the length of the tain the contents. They have the opportunity to place sample string, or used plastic hangers instead of wire ones," Stein objects into an open can and experiment with shaking it to Developed observes. "Some observations can lead to pretty intuitive compare the sound and feel with the mystery object in the by NITS answers about how vibration is necessary for sound. The sealed can.
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as writing materials and access to dictionaries and other I aChanging reference materials. Such things might seem too obvious to mention, but Markell is amazed at the number of Role homes she has seen where students don't have that kind of environment available at the close of a school day. "It would be like us coming in to work in the mornings and of Parental not having a desk or a computer," she laughs. Involvement Expanding the Boundaries An area of growth that Markell finds particularly encour- Julia Harris, ENC Publisbing Group aging is in the involvement of people other than the par- ents themselves. The education process is now being seen as a partnership not only between parents and Nineteen years ago, Ginny Markell sent her oldest son off teachers, but also including the community. In many to kindergarten. She probably experienced some pangs of school districts across the country, senior citizens have sadness at letting him go, along with the other anxieties started helping in classrooms and school media centers, many parents feel on their child's first day of school: Will even acting as reading tutors. Many businesses are now my child make friends? Will he do well in school? One letting parents have flex time so they can sit in on their of the questions she asked that day, however, is one that child's class, give career presentations, or have their child shadow them at work. Some businesses in Markell's area Ginny Markell she has spent the rest of her life answering: How can I as a parent help my child succeed in school? have even instituted a family resource center where par- ents can do research or discuss issues with other parents over their lunch breaks. As President-Elect of the National PTA, Markell is uniquely qualified to offer guidance Along these same lines, the National PTA has established to the millions of American parents who are a network of Family Information and Resource Centers working to ensure their children's educational that are located in schools, community centers, even success. Not only is she the parent of two sons, but she churches. The services these centers offer vary depend- also has been teaching high school health science at the ing upon the needs of the community; those that are North Clackamas School District near Portland, Oregon, located in preschools can have resources on parenting or since 1985, and has been active in the National PTA interactive toys that parents can check out, while those long before that. During her years with the organiza- in community centers or high schools may offer tion, she has seen a number of changes in the roles and resources on career planning, drug and alcohol aware- expectations of parents in education. ness, or college preparation. There are now approxi- mately 13,000 of these centers across the country, with One of the biggest changes she has noted is the rise of more planned. two-income families. "With both parents in the work force, it is not realistic to think that they Marken attributes the popu- are going to have hours and hours to larity of these programs and give." To accommodate the demands on others like it to the growing parents' schedules, she suggests that teach- sense of urgency felt around ers and PTAs find short-term projects for the nation for a return to parents to do, such as being an initial family values. When this reader of a curriculum or staffing the con- urgency was articulated by cession stand at a high school football such visible figures as Colin game. Powell and President Clinton, people began to Some of the most important contributions mobilize. "We began hearing parents can make are even more simple: from virtually everyone about turning off the television and instituting a a decrease in family values; regular quiet or study time, and making we saw the crime rates go up, sure their children have a place at home the teen pregnancies, and we where they can study, do homework, or began to realize that we were just read. Kids need to have a desk or a losing the next generation," table where they can do their work, as well Marken says. "And it seemed
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that one solution to a very sys- "When am I ever going to temic problem was just to con- use this stuff?" As Markell nect kids with adults." explains with a rueful laugh, "Parents work in the Research does show that stu- real world; teachers work dents perform better in school n schools. That's how stu- if parents and other caring dents see it." Bringing a community members are parent into the classroom involved. Students feel a can help bridge that per- sense of pride at being able to ceived gap between the show their parents where they esoteric and the exciting. work and the kinds of things And for parents, coming they are doing. It might seem into the classroom gives that such a desire to impress parents wears off after ele- them firsthand knowledge of what is happening with mentary school, but Markell urges parents to remain their children. involved through middle and high school. The level of interaction can be as nonthreatening as going to ball Markell cites an example from her own experience: a games or choir concerts, to picking up the child after parent who was an obstetrical nurse came into class to school and encouraging him or her to bring home do a presentation during their OB unit. Before standing friends. And even in secondary school, parent participa- up in front of the kids, this mother had worked with her tion in classrooms can make a significant difference: the daughter on the kinds of things it was "cool" to say and larger class sizes make it harder for teachers to give stu- expressions she should avoid. Her daughter also told dents the sort of individualized attention that makes her what to expect and what kinds of questions she them feel unique, so the presence of another adult can might receive. "This student had set her mother up to help students feel connected. be very successful," Markell notes. "And you know, she just beamed the whole time her mother was presenting. An Open-Door Policy Her mother knew things that other parents didn't, and Markell has seen an increasing willingness on the part of the class was just in awe. Now that's a positive connec- school administrators to welcome parents and other vol- tion for a parent and child to have!" unteers into the school buildings. "We used to see signs at schools saying 'All visitors must report to the office," Because of the vital role that parental involvement plays Markell muses. "Now, I see more signs that say in raising student achievement, the National PTA devel- 'Welcome to our school. If you are visiting please go to oped a set of National Standards for Parent/Family the office to check in.'It's subtle, but it's definitely a Involvement Programs. These six standards were creat- more welcoming tone." Administrators have begun to ed, in part, to promote family involvement in schools realize the importance of sharing and receiving news of and to provide guidance for schools as to how to do that. student successes, of inviting people into the school The standards address the importance of open, regular building so they can see the good things that are going communication between home and school, the promo- on there. tion and support of parenting skills by schools, and the integral role that parents play in helping their children In her own classes, where parents are always welcome learn. The standards also stipulate that parents are wel- even without advance warningMarkell observes how come and encouraged to volunteer their time in schools, her students enjoy sharing their knowledge with another that they should be involved as full partners in decision adult. "Because of what I teach and the amount of med- making that affects their children, and that collabora- ical terminology that we use on a regular basis, the stu- tions with the community are essential to strengthen the dents can say things that the average parent doesn't learning of parents, families, and schools. (See know," she explains. "It is a great self-esteem builder for http://www.pta.org/programs/invstand.htm for more com- them. They don't do it to show offthey just suddenly plete information on these standards.) realize how much they know." "The most important thing to realize, I think, is that Students can also feel proud to realize how much their when parents and teachers and community can work parents know. Markell recommends that teachers invite together, we are going to see a real change in what is parents to give presentations about careers and what going on in public schools," Markell asserts. "People employers are looking for in new hires. Such a level of need to realize that whether or not they have kids in involvement can help students answer those perennial, school, we all have a stake in how well our students are troubling questions of "Why do I have to know this?" or doing in school."
Eisenhower National Clearinghousehttp://wwwenc.org/ BEST COPY AVAILABLE 18 PERSPECTIVES Giving Our Daughters Every Opportunity Kimberly S. Roempler, Associate Director, ENC Instructional Resources y daughter, Kelly, got a purple five-speed Leveling the Playing Field trail bike for her seventh birthday. When Once girls are encouraged to move beyond their initial resis- we got home one day, the bike had a flat tance, many find science fascinating. For that to happen, girls tire.I told her to get the toolbox and need more opportunities and more adult support in exploring take off the tire so we could take it to the bike shop. science, technology, and mathematics (Marriott, 1991). A She looked at me and with her eyes wide, said "Can I?" study by Girls, Inc. says girls need to be urged to take reason- able risks before adults rush to help them, and that girls need My heart sank when she said that. I had always tried to to make mistakes and get dirtyas boys tend to doto mas- assure her that she could do absolutely anything. ter the kind of problem solving science demands. Maybe I had inadvertently given her the idea that she couldn't do that kind of task, or maybe it was just part Girls need motors, magnets, and model kits; they need to be of her environmentthe toys I and others had given asked to take the wheels off their bicycles. Providing oppor- her or maybe the way I had played with hereven tunities for girls to explore roles, experiences, and activities though I had tried to be aware of what I was doing. that are generally reserved for boys allows them the opportu- nity to become anything they want. Girls may not ask for the The research in this areagender equityis immense. opportunity to hold a snake, learn carpentry, or construct an It shows that parents not only buy different toys for electrical circuit, but they participate eagerly when given the their sons and daughters, but they also play with their chance to do so. As a parent or teacher, refuse to accept "I children differently. When playing with objects, girls won't" or "I can't" in place of "I don't know how." Instead, use them to explore emotions and relationships. They help girls develop the skills and confidence to say, "I'll try" rarely take them apart or try to figure out the relation- (Girls, Inc., 1992). ship between them. Most boys, on the other hand, find the relationship of one object to another, take things Since the bicycle incident, I have been to garage sales and apart and fit them back together, and manipulate bought a hand-held vacuum cleaner, toaster, and anything else objects in space. These skills are a major part of activi- that looks like it can be taken apart and put back together. ties such as constructing model cars and planes, repair- Kelly and I have learned a great deal by doing just that. I also ing bicycles, and constructing with Legos and K'NEX know that her confidence in doing these kinds of tasks has kits. improved tremendously. I want my daughter to be successful in math and science all the way through her public school In terms of science and math, girls get very little practice or education so that she will have the opportunity to choose a exposure to concepts in these fields. The toys they play with, career affiliated with these fields. I don't know how every- the tools they use, the stories they read, the types of encour- thing will play outa few years ago, she wanted to be a agement they receiveall affect girls' perceptions about, princessbut I do want her to be in the position to become familiarity with, and confidence in their ability to do math and an astronaut on the space shuttle or a mechanical engineer if science. By manipulating objects, taking things apart, and that is her choice. putting them back together, girls can develop skills such as recognizing shapes and their relationships to each other; imag- ining what objects would look like rotated or sliced through References the middle; identifying planes of symmetry; and making and interpreting modelsskills that increase their familiarity with Girls, Inc. (August, 1992). Past the pink and blue predicament: Freeing and achievement in math and science and decrease their anxi- the next generation from sex stereotypes. New York, NY: Author. eties about the subjects. Kober, N. (1993). What special problems do girls face in science? What can schools and teachers do? In EDTALK: What we know about science In high school, a fair share of girls take biology, but when teaching and learning? (pp 26-28). Washington, DC: Council for compared with boys, fewer girls (even highly talented ones) Educational Development and Research. (Online version available at http://equity.enc.org/equity/eqtyres/erg/111315/1315.html) take chemistry, physics, or advanced math (Kober, 1993). National exams indicate that females have significantly less Marriott, M. (August 21,1991). Beyond Yuck for girls in science. New science experiences than boys of comparable ages. This dis- York, NY: New York Times. parity in use of scientific equipment (scales, telescopes, and Rosser, S. (1993). Female friendly science: Including women in curricu- compasses) and work with experimental materials (magnets, lar content and pedagogy in science. The Journal of General Education, electricity) is at least partially due to sex-role stereotyping of 42(3), 191-220. (Online version available at http://www.enc.org/ toys and extracurricular activities for boys and girls in our reform/journals/ENC2289/2289.htm) society (Rosser, 1993). BEST COPY AVAILABLE 1 6 Eisenhower National Clearinghousehttp:11wwwenc.orgl 19 demonstrate his or her understanding of INVOLVING what is going on in school.
Another tool she uses to keep parents FAMILIES apprised of classroom events is a weekly newsletter. Some of the things she BY includes are key words that parents can ask their children about to help them prepare for their weekly math quiz. She believes that if parents know what to ask their children, they will hear details about what is going on in school. At the same time, children are learning that they can Tracy Crow, ENC Pub &thing Group talk to their parents about their education KIDS and ask them questions.
Sandy Parker has learned that if children are enthusiastic about what they are learning then Special events like family math or science parents are going to be enthusiastic too. Parker has been teaching for 17 years and recently night or an invention convention are an won the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. She teach- additional avenue for family/school inter- es fifth grade at Flint Hill School in Oakton, Virginia, and has made family involvement a action. Parker says invention conventions high priority in her work with students. interest children in science and involve parents in what their kids are doing. They are also designed to get parents arker has found that parents solvers. First, says Parker, parents should comfortable with what she is doing in the respond very well to new ways of realize they don't have to be the expert in classroom and help them understand teaching and learning in math and everything their children ask them about. what children are experiencing. "These science if their kids are excited and "It's okay to say to your kids that you events are totally children-oriented," she demonstrating that they are gaining don't know how to do something, but explains. "The kids are showing off what math and science skills. When Parker that you are willing to sit down with them they have done and demonstrating some- teaches students a new way of doing and help figure it out." That may mean thing that they have learned, so that they somethingfor example, she has taught talking to the teacher about what she or are teaching their parents. It is always them a new multiplication algorithmthe he is teaching in class, taking a trip to the amazing to the parents and very impres- students will go home and teach the new library, or calling up a friend who knows sive to siblings." method to their parents. Not only does more about the subject. Once parents this involve families in what the kids are take on the attitude that they are learning One way to really understand what is learning, but it also reinforces to the stu- along with their children, any fears or going on in the school, Parker suggests, is dents what they have learned. long-held anxieties about how poorly to volunteer regularly. For parents whose they did in math or science are no longer work schedules permit, volunteering "I see parents as the first teachers chil- a barrier. makes them a real presence in the class- dren have, the most consistent teachers room and in the teacher's mind. It is also they have, and the most influential teach- BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS a great help to the teachers: Parker has ers they have," Parker asserts. The mes- THROUGH COMMUNICATION had her volunteers do everything from sages kids get from their parents about "I have found that the more communica- working on math problems one-on-one math and science education are always tion there is, the more comfortable par- with students to helping children publish with them and influence what they want ents are and the more comfortable kids books they have written. to learn. Thus, it is essential for parents are," says Parker. One way she commu- to support their children's learning. If nicates with parents and encourages par- In whatever way parents choose to be parents are watching what their kids are ent/child interaction is through a daily involved, they will have a positive impact doing for school, they can spot problems assignment notebook that parents must on what happens in the classroom. right away and let teachers know where sign. Parents often write in questions Parker says that such involvement their children are struggling. Familial about assignments or how their child is "always increases the kids' participation support also gives students the motiva- doing in a particular area. Parker will and understanding of what they are doing tion and confidence to achieve at high talk about the parent's question with the because they feel more comfortable and levels. child; she then writes to the parents and because their parents are more comfort- tells them to discuss their question with able with what they are doing.". Parents can also model for their children the child. Usually the child can both how to become investigative problem answer the question for the parent and
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Virginia Thompson, founder and director of FAMILY MATH at the University of California, Berkeley, offers a staggering observation:"I would say that 80 to 90 percent of us have had disabling mathematics experiences," she says. With such an overwhelmingly negative attitude toward mathematics, is it any wonder that parents or caregivers oftenhowever unwittinglycommunicate to their children a sense of frustration with math? While they may realize the necessity of mathematics creden- tials in today's marketplace, it is difficult to see past the filter of their own experi- ence. As a result, students must negotiate a disabling incongruity: mathematics is Virginia Thompson so difficult that even their parents cringe at the thought, yet it is essential to their future and so they must find some way to surmount their difficulties and succeed.
The single most important thing schools. Mathematics workshops could home and school by making sure that par- we can do to enact reform is be offered during those times when par- ents understand the assignments their chil- change negative messages about ents are already at the school building, dren are being asked to do and why. They mathematics," Thompson asserts. such as during PTA meetings or open can tell parents what the goals are for the "Children need to practice, think about, houses. To increase attendance at other class, what the school's homework policy and do mathematics outside the class- meetings, Thompson suggests that orga- is, and what kinds of books or activities room to really learn and understand nizers provide food so that parents don't the parents can use to help their child at mathematics concepts, ideas, and applica- have to stop at home. She recommends home. tions." An analogy Thompson uses to offering programs that appeal to parents, drive this point home is reading: if the on topics such as "How to help your child By the same token, parents need to be will- only exposure to books and reading a with homework" or "What you can do to ing to ask teachers for written suggestions child received was in the classroom, how make sure your child is ready for alge- and sample homework assignments; when would he or she ever come to compre- bra." Other ways to draw parents in they don't understand something, they hend and appreciate literature? Just as might be to hold meetings away from the need to be able to ask for examples or fur- reading is an activity that transcends class- school grounds, in environments such as a ther explanations. Dynamic and effective room barriers, so too is mathematics. The community recreation center or a local communication is particularly dining room table and the desk in the library. necessary as the traditional bedroom are crucial sites where percep- mathematics curricu- tions are changed and reinforced. The most important com- lum is undergoing Because of this, it is essential that families ponent of effective col- dramatic reform. be empowered to extend mathematics laboration, Thompson Teachers can help learning into the world beyond the school stresses, is communica- parents under- building. tion. "Parents do want stand and to help their children support Bring Home the Math with math and science," the Administrators and teachers need to col- she reminds "Often laborate with parents, becoming partners they just don't know with them in the work of bridging the gap where to begm " between home and school. School Teachers can administrators can lay the foundation for help establish effective collaboration by developing ways open dialog to make parents more welcome in the between
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For those parents who struggled with mathematics during their own schooling, the prospect of helping their children with their math homework can be a daunting one. "You see your child strug- tell their children the right answers or do school collaborations to create informal, gling, and you don't want her to feel bad," difficult problems for them, they prevent nonthreatening environments where fami- Thompson suggests. "So you tell her, them from becoming active investigators. lies can come learn together. 'Well, dear, don't worry; you're just like They rob their children of a vital learning me and you'll never need it.' Without tool." FAMILY MATH classes are often held in meaning it, you've given your child the community recreation centers, churches, message that she doesn't have to try In contrast, effective questioning draws libraries, and museums by teachers, par- because she's not smart enough to figure it upon established knowledge and encour- ents, and other community members. out." These kinds of subtle discourage- ages exploration, developing skills that are They offer parents and students fun, non- ments stem from parents' own anxiety applicable to a range of real-world situa- threatening ways of approaching mathe- about math and can exert a real influence tions. Parents can help their children rea- matics and learning through problem solv- over a child's perception of his or her own son through their challenges by asking ing and word play. A class of approxi- ability or need to do mathematics. questions such as: What have you tried? mately 25 people participates in small- Would drawing a picture help? Can you group exercises where instructors demon- Setting the Stage for Success make a chart? Is there a pattern? Have strate mathematical games that parents To help parents overcome their math anx- you done a similar problem? By asking and their children can play together. The iety, educators can identify for them the these kinds of questions and participating activities are curriculum-based and creat- vast mathematics knowledge they already with their children in the discovery ed from low-cost materials so that they possessknowledge essential to reading a process, parents are released from the can be readily duplicated in the home. map, following a recipe, budgeting, or need to have all the answers and instead remodeling. Even deciding how to pack- become co-learners. The key to the program's success, age leftovers requires an understanding of Thompson believes, is the fact that par- spatial reasoning and estimation, skills Bringing Families ents and children come into it together. that are key to geometry. "Parents know into the Equation The parents gain insights about them- more than they think they do," Thompson This is the model of learning that informs selves and about how their children think. says. the work Thompson and her colleagues "When parents sit down with their child do with FAMILY MATH, an international and learn together, they get to see their Another way caregivers can help their program that has already reached more child thinking," Thompson explains. children is to model explorative learning, than two million families. Developed by "Their attitude changes from 'I don't acknowledging that answers are not EQUALS at the Lawrence Hall of know anything about math and I can't always immediately apparent. Thompson Science, FAMILY MATH targets popula- help my child' to realizing that they can cautions that parents often "tell" their tions that are traditionally underrepresent- play a very important role in reinforcing children too fast, rather than allowing ed in mathematics careers. Working to their children's mathematics education." them time to work through the material. change people's attitudes toward math, "Parents must understand that when they the program relies on community and
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FA MIL Y M AT HSeries Ordering Information: appropriate grade level, lists needed materials, and FAMILY MATH for Young Children: University of California, provides a rationale for doing the activity or Berkeley describes its connection to the mathematics cur- Comparing Lawrence Hall of Science riculum. Directions are included for preparing and Grades pre-K-3 The explorations in this book are designed for par- Berkeley, CA 94720 carrying out the activity, and all needed game Telephone: (510) 642-1910 1997 ents of young children. Activities center around boards or worksheets are provided. In addition, Toll-free: (800) 897-5036 Author: Grace Davila the theme of comparing as applied to numbers and each activity includes suggestions for extension or Fax: (510) 643-5757 Coates, Jean Kerr Stenmark measurements. Parents also learn how to be more http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/ adaptation of the exercise. The book contains involved at school and how to help children at ideas for creating an environment that makes math- Ordering Information: home. The program uses games, activities, and $18.95 per book ematics attractive and interesting for children and University of California, explorations that integrate logical reasoning, mea- includes ideas for parents to consider as they do Berkeley Funding: U.S. Department EQUALS Publications surement, geometry, and spatial thinking. These mathematics at home. Sample activities include of Education; Fund for the Lawrence Hall of Science activities also develop such important mathematical games that provide practice in arithmetic skills and Improvement of Postsecond- Berkeley, CA 94720-5200 skills as probability, estimation, and arithmetic. mental arithmetic; word problems and strategies to ary Education; Carnegie Telephone: (510) 642-1910 The book incorporates beans, buttons, pennies, solve them; and activities that develop understand- Corporation of New York Toll-free: (800) 897-5036 and toys in solving math problems. These objects ing of concepts such as factors, prime numbers, Fax: (510) 643-5757 may be used to explore shapes and geometry, esti- fractions, place value, and proportion. The book http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/ mate numbers and sizes, and complete activities also includes hands-on experiments that develop and play games. Such corn- an intuitive understanding of probability theory, as $18.95 per book mon household objects also well as calculator activities that develop pattern help students and parents recognition and understanding of number relation- connect math with real life. ships. An appendix discusses how to organize a One possibility for exploring FAMILY MATH class, including suggestions for estimation, for example, is to grade levels, scheduling, location, and recruiting. fill a small jar with about ten Other helpful tips include obtaining financial sup- large marshmallows, then fill port, welcoming families, setting up learning sta- the same size jar with smaller tions, and designing lesson plans. Assessment and marshmallows and compare evaluation suggestions are also included. A second the different amounts. This appendix lists the mathematics topics generally book contains material adapt- covered in grades K-8. Also provided are address- ed from the EQUALS program. (Author/LDR) es of publishers and a list of 37 resources for par- ENC-010948 ents and teachers. (AM) ENC-000589 Generationally Gooey: A Science FAMILY MATH Program for Jr. Einsteins Grades1(4 The activities in this book come from the FAMILY Grades11(-48 Developed as part of a family science program, this 1986 MATH program and are designed to be used both 1998 book contains instructions, demonstrations, and Author: Jean Kerr Stenmark, in a FAMILY MATH class and independently by a Author: The Wild Goose activities designed to teach and entertain students, Virginia Thompson, and Ruth parent at home. These activities involve experi- Company teachers, and other guests such as parents, local Cossey menting, discovering, mathematical reasoning, and leaders, and school business partners. The pro- problem solving. Many of them develop under- gram is based on a three-step learning model of standing with hands-on materials. Topics include explore, explain, and apply. It consists of four pre- arithmetic, geometry, probability, and statistics. senter-led demonstrations and five different partici- Other subjects covered include measurement, pation stations. The demonstrations present scien- logic, and calculators. Each activity page gives the
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They also to inform parents about what they can do at home experiment with acids and bases and explore some to help their child succeed in these subjects; and to Ordering information: $29.95 per activity guide common genetic traits, such as the ability to taste help parents locate resources. This outreach kit Corporation for Public PTC paper. For each activity, the book provides a Broadcasting (CPB) contains program materials in English and Spanish Note: Materials kit is also list of required materials, an illustrated procedure, PO Box 2345 for three workshops It includes a sourcebook for available for $129.00. and a scientific explanation. It also provides sug- South Burlington, VT 05407 parent and community leaders with instructions for Please contact vendor for fur- gestions for organizing the family science program, Toll-free: (800) 965-7373 ther information. using the kit materials. Overviews are provided of a sample flyer, and safety considerations. 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It takes a Math and families, schools, and programs Barbara Sprung, Merle process-oriented approach to create a partnership Science Project from around the country that Froschl, Linda Colon; video between school, home, and community. The kit are helping children excel in produced, written, and direct- includes a facilitator's notebook, three videos, a math and science. The Spanish ed by Jamil Simon leader's guide, and a poster. The facilitator's note- video, designed especially for Spanish-speaking parents, Ordering information: book discusses the program's science equity philos- explains the elements of good Educational Equity Concepts, ophy and features activities for teacher and parent Inc. (EEC) training workshops. Workshop materials include science education. All the 114 East 32nd Street training tips and outreach tools. The activities use materials emphasize the central New York, NY 10016 inexpensive and recyclable items such as cooking role parents play in forming Telephone: (212) 725-1803 oil, plastic bottles, and old socks. Each activity positive attitudes toward math and science. Fax: (212) 725-0947 card provides a step-by-step procedure, lists time (Author/JRS) ENC-011769 [email protected] and material requirements, and summarizes learn- ing objectives, skills development and equity goals, $249.00 per kit and career connections. It also provides ideas for Involving Parents in Education Funding: Dewitt home connections, integra- Grades K-12 This video-based staff development program exam- Wallace Reader's tion of the activity into other 1992 ines how two schools, one rural and one urban, Digest Fund; Toyota subject areas, and grade-spe- Author: producer, John M. involve parents in their operation. The guide is USA Foundation; cific modifications. In a Check ley; director/writer, Jim National Science based on two assumptions: all parents want their sample activity, participants Oppenheimer Foundation read Bartholomew and the children to succeed in school and want to help if they can; and schools must take the lead in sup- Oobleck by Dr. Seuss, then Ordering Information: porting parents. The video focuses on five areas of explore the properties of liq- Association for Supervision uids and solids as they make and Curriculum Develop- school-parent interaction: parenting skills, com- their own oobleck. The ment (ASCD) munication, volunteering, learning at home, and videos, filmed in schools, 1703 North Beauregard Streetparents representing other parents. The program homes, and communities Alexandria, VA 22311-1714 emphasizes the reality that there is no single across the country, feature interviews with parents, Telephone: (703) 578-9600 "right" way to involve parents but, rather, several Toll-free: (800) 933-2723 teachers, and students. The leader's guide provides ways. Suggestions range from in-home preschool http://www.ascd.org/ materials for training teachers to implement the education, to use of a cable television show, Homework Hot Line, where elementary students program, including equity and hands-on science $290.00 per set (members) and parents can phone in to ask a math teacher activities, planning and self-assessment tools, orga- $340.00 (non-members) homework questions. The accompanying guide nizing tips, and training agendas. (Author/LCT) Order # 614235 ENC-011185 includes leader's notes and blackline masters of handouts. (Author/JRS) ENC-011922
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Annenberg/CPB Math and Science Collection Ordering Information: hands-on learning, and authentic assessment of Math for All Curriculum Associates, Inc. learners. Adult participants can also develop their PO Box 2001 own scientific literacy as they promote and sup- Grades K-3 Operating from the premise that parents are a North Billerica, MA 01862 port scientific curiosity and understanding in chil- Telephone: (978) 667-8000 1993 child's first and most important teachers, these dren. The activity book contains 26 science activi- Toll-free: (800) 225-0248 Author: Executive producer, videos show adults how to do fun, hands-on activi- ties related to forces, energy, and chemical and Fax: (800) 366-1158 Patricia Cabrera; producer, ties with young children to help them develop physical properties. In a sample activity, students http://www.curriculumassoci- Hanne Bauer; director/editor, basic mathematical skills. Emphasis is on the many ates.com/ raid the kitchen cupboards to find out why the Pablo Heiman everyday opportunities parents have to help their chocolate in a glass of chocolate milk always set- children understand mathematical ideas, because $21.95 per teacher's tles to the bottom. They also make a simple Ordering Information: resource book Corporation for Public mathematics is found everywhere, not only in the periscope and design a greenhouse for the garage Order # YH7124 Broadcasting (CPB) classroom. Led by a friendly teacher and student window using old plastic soda bottles. Each activ- $2.98 per workshop training PO Box 2345 assistants, the lessons use common items such as ity includes a list of required household materials, manual South Burlington, VT 05407 beans, string, buttons, and spoons to demonstrate scientific explanations, and an illustrated proce- Order # YH7630 Toll-free: (800) 965-7373 the fun and practical side of math. Each of the dure. Some activities include data charts and Fax: (802) 864-9846 two 30-minute tapes contains four lessons, with extension activities. A glossary and bibliographic http://www.leamer.org/ three or four activities each. In a sample activity, references are provided. The training manual for Number Neighbors, children practice ordering Science at Home workshops provides an overview $69.95 per set numbers from one to 20 and using left and right of the program, guidelines for planning and con- directions as they arrange numbered clothespins on ducting the workshop, and suggestions for evalu- Funding: Annenberg Foundation/Corporation a wire coat hanger. Each ating and extending the program. An annotated for Public Broadcasting; lesson contains a short sample activity and a sample invitation are also Elementary and High home video clip showing included. (Author/LCT) ENC-013213 School Project for parent and child interac- Mathematics and ion during a lesson. The Science lesson ends with a brief reminder of what each Every Child a Scientist: Achieving activity will teach, along Scientific Literacy for All with an exercise for view-. Parents and all who want to improve the science ers to try, such as: If you Grades K-12 1998 program in their schools can read this booklet to have three types of crack- Author: Committee on learn why high-quality science education is impor- ers and three toppings, how many different snacks Science Education K-12 of tant for all children and young adults. The first can you make using one cracker and one topping? the Center for Science, section argues that science should be a part of all Included with the set is an activity guide that out- Mathematics, and students' education. In the second section, read- lines the activities on the tapes and gives directions Engineering Educafion ers will find a vision of the curriculum and teach- for making simple equipment such as a balance (CSMEE) ing in a classroom where students can gain the scale. Also provided in the guide are suggested understanding of science and technology that they extension activities for older children and further Ordering Information: need in today's society. Sections three and four reading for parents. The videos are available in National Academy Press outline how the National Science Education Spanish. (Author/JRS) ENC-011740 Lockbox 285 2101 Constitution Avenue NW Standards (1995) can help improve the quality of Washington, DC 20055 the science being taught and how it is assessed. Telephone: (202) 334-3313 The last section suggests what readers can do to Toll-free: (800) 624-6242 become partners in improving science teaching Fax: (202) 334-2451 and learning. (Author) ENC-012129 Science at Home http://www.nap.edu/
Grades 4-8 The Science tit Home program was designed to $10.00 per book (paper- Ever Child a Scientist 1998 demystify science and to involve scientists, teach- back) ers, parents, and children in the process of educa- Author: editors, Dale Lyle, tion. This activity book and companion training Standards: National Charles C. Poling manual provide activities and workshop materials Science Education Standards (NSES) to encourage families to do hands-on science at (December 1995) home. In addition to providing young students
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Science Simply Amazing Kit Teacher TV Parents asPartners Grades K-8 This video package was designed to help parents 1996 of elementary and middle school students become Grades K-12 The activities in this video demonstrate how to cre- Author: Executive producer, familiar with the National Science Education 1993 ate partnerships between parents and schools. The Sandra Sheppard; written and Standards and constructivist approaches to science Author: Connie Bottinelli, series documents innovative educational techniques Carolyn Weidman Dunlap, produced by Bob Morris teaching and learning. The video explores from educators around the country. The tape Stan Gibell, Eddy Gattis; changes in science education by taking viewers to begins by describing how approximately one-third Ordering Information: series producer, Warren a variety of formal and informal educational set- of the nation's preschoolers are inadequately pre- Corporation for Public Weidner tings. Viewers are also taken to the Children's pared for school. The tape goes on to document Broadcasting (CPB) two parent-education programs that make a differ- PO Box 2345 Museum of Indianapolis, where a single parent Ordering Information: ence in the lives and education of young children. South Burlington, VT 05407 and his daughter join other parents and children National Education The first is Parent University in Nevada, which Toll-free: (800) 965-7373 for a Family Science workshop. The video goes Association (NEA) Fax: (802) 864-9846 into the homes of parents who turn everyday PO Box 2035 offers parenting courses throughout the year. The http://www.leamer.org/ activitiessuch as taking a walk or playing with a Annapolis, MD 20701 value of the program to parents is shown through toy rocketinto opportunities to Telephone: (301) 61-77830 testimonials from parents about the improvement Toll-free: (800) 229-4200 $19.95 per video explore the world through sci- the courses have made in their family life. The sec- Fax: (301) 206-9789 and guide ence. The accompanying parent's ond highlighted program provides educational http://www.nea.org/ guide features informal articles home visits for parents of preschool students in Texas. The goal of this program is twofold: to that explain the new science edu- $19.95 per video (non-mem- help orient children to education early and to cation, as well as activities for fun ber price) science learning outside of Order # 7754-7-00-PL empower parents as the first teachers of their chil- school. It also offers practical dren. During week- suggestions for improving school ly home visits, the science programs. (Author/LCT) teacher instructs ENC-010683 parents about how to reinforce at home the concepts their children are learning Teacher TV at preschool. The Parental Involvement final segment describes a parent- Grades K-12 From the series Teacher TV comes this video that sponsored program 1993 highlights activities in two school districts with suc- from Washington state that provides enrichment Author: producer, writer, cessful programs designed to increase parents' classes for elementary students during their teach- Paulette Moore; series pro- involvement in their children's learning. The tape ers' weekly afternoon release time for planning and ducer, Phyllis Ward; pro- begins with a district in Virginia that has been suc- professional development. (JRS) ENC-012280 duced by Ward and cessful in increasing parental involvement by spon- Associates for The Learning soring a mobile Parent Resource Center (PRC). Channel The PRC, a converted 35-foot mobile home, is Teacher-to-Teacher Series Ordering Information: designed to bring the school into the community National Education and to meet parents when they are available; for Building Parent Partnerships Association (NEA) instance, during lunch breaks and after pick-up at Grades pre-K-12 The six programs profiled in this teacher resource PO Box 2035 day care. The success of the PRC has led to the 1996 book are given as successful examples of encourag- Annapolis, MD 20701 development at an elementary school of a walk-in Author: Karen Gutioff, editor ing parents to play an active role in their children's Telephone: (301) 617-7830 resource center, which offers everything from com- education. The Teacher-to-Teacher series presents Toll-free: (800) 229-4200 puters to study guides for the GED. The second Ordering Information: classroom teachers speaking to other teachers Fax: (301) 206-9789 segment of the video highlights a Nevada school National Education http://www.nea.org/ about education issues that include school change, district's four-year initiative to draw parents into Association (NEA) student assessment, and multiple intelligences. In PO Box 2035 schools in order to improve the child's education. this book, the six programs about parental involve- $19.95 per video (non-mem- Annapolis, MD 20701 ber price) Each school in the district designed its own Telephone: (301) 617-7830 ment show schools successfully overcoming obsta- Order # 7782-2-00-PL approach to involving parents; three successful Toll-free: (800) 229-4200 cles to involvement, which include lack of child approaches are shown on the video. Also included Fax: (301) 206-9789 care and transportation, language and cultural dif- is a discussion between parents and teachers about http://www.nea.org/ ferences, and mistrust of the education system. In the importance of parental involvement. (JRS) one example, a middle school created a day called ENC-012279 $12.95 per book (non-member "Manic Monday" in which parents and students price) exchange places for the day. As a result of this Order # 2911-9-00-P
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experience,parents reported feeling more connect- Bowdoin Method Series ed to their child's education. In another example, Expanding Your Child's Math Ability an elementary school con- ducted workshops to give Grades 1-4 Part of the Bowdoin Parent Education Program, this parents the tools they need 1993 kit suggests constructive ways parents can help to teach kids about respon- Author: Executive producer, their elementary school children become more suc- sibility, confidence, motiva- Robert N. Gleaves 1..K cessful in math. The kit contains materials for a tion, respect, and other life presentation to a parent group: a workbook, a 12- C) Ordering Information: skills. The goal was to minute video, and a lesson plan for the presenta- Webster's International, Inc. equip parents with skills tion. In this program, parents are urged to encour- that were complementary to 5729 Cloverland Place Brentwood, TN 37027 age their children by checking homework, using school initiatives in chang- Toll-free: (800) 727-6833 everyday situations to teach number facts and their ing attitudes and behaviors. Telephone: (615) 373-1723 applications, and playing math games together. Included at the end of each Fax: (615) 373-1030 The tape and workbook emphasize that under- story are lesson plans, checklists, and handouts to standing each child's needs and abilities is impor- use when implementing ideas from the story. At $55.00 per leader's guide tant in developing healthy attitudes toward math. the back of the book, a checklist is provided to $3.99 per parent's guide Also stressed is that teaching children to think is help evaluate how parent-friendly a school is. Also $54.60 per video the real goal of included is a list of selected resources with ideas education, not just for building strong partnerships with parents. giving the answer. (Author/JRS) ENC-012260 Another premise of the kit is that home motivation is the key to success Activities in a Bag for each student. Math in a Bag The workbook ends with sugges- Grades K-4 These intriguing, practical activities for the entire tions for math games using playing cards, domi- 1995 family are designed to reinforce basic skills and noes, and calendars. Users will find ideas for ways Author: Nancy A. Silva; illus- promote real-world problem solving. This book to encourage drill games for memorizing number trator, Keith Vasconcelles; edi- contains formatted scavenger hunt lists on repro- facts. In addition, parents can learn how to estab- tors, Evan D. Forbes, Walter ducible, perforated blackline pages as well as fol- lish positive communication with their child's math Kelly low-up activities for each hunt. Teachers are teacher and school. (Author/JRS) ENC-011410 advised to staple the lists on paper bags and hand Ordering Information: Teacher Created Materials, them out to students. Students then take their Inc. bags home and hunt with their families. When the 6421 Industry Way full bags come back to school, the class completes Math on Call: A Mathematics Westminster, CA 92683 follow-up activities intended to tie in homework, Toll-free: (800) 662-4321 stimulate math discussion, and bring math studies Handbook Fax: (800) 525-1254 to life. In one scavenger hunt, for example, fami- Grades 6-8 This handbook for middle school students pro- http://wm.teachercreated. lies search for items related to the number 100: 1998 vides detailed and illustrated mathematical expla- com/ the name of a town 100 miles away; an advertise- Author: Andrew Kaplan nations of topics from number theory, algebra, sta- ment for an item selling for $100; and a school tistics, and geometry. In the graphs and statistics $9.95 per book paper with a grade of 100 percent. In class, stu- Ordering Information: chapter, for example, a discussion of the mean Order # TCM199 Great Source Education dents do problems about driving to their towns; includes investigating the effect of a large data Group figure out sales tax and sale rates on their adver- entry on the mean and using this to lead into the 181 Ballardvale Street tised items; and classify and chart the graded Wilmington, MA 01887 concept of the median. This student reference also papers by subject. (Author/KFR) ENC-007801 Telephone: (508) 661-1511 includes an almanac section with math prefixes and Toll-free: (800) 289-4490 suffixes, problem-solving strategies, study tips, Fax: (800) 289-3994 guidelines for using spreadsheets and databases, http://www.greatsource.com/ and test-taking strategies. Included is a yellow pages section, which has glossaries of formulas and $10.75 per copy (when buyingmathematical terms with extensive cross-referenc- 25 or more) ing. The chapter pages have color-coded edges for Order # G5-045770 BEST COPY AVAILABLE ease of referencing. (Author/JRS) ENC-011854
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Beyond Facts and Flashcards: Math Power: How to Help Your Child Exploring Math with Your Kids Love Math, Even If You Don't Grades K-6 This book debunks the myth that there are those Grades pre-K-5 Written for parents who want to be involved in 1996 who learn to do math easily and those who are 1997 their child's mathematical development, this book Author: Jan Mokros and doomed never to experience success in math. It Author: Patricia Clark describes the realities of mathematics education TERC offers parents practical ways to provide children Kenschaft today and offers inspiration and suggestions. The with needed practice in math, along with a collec- book describes mathematics as the study of pat- Ordering Information: Ordering Information: tion of games and activities that encourage them to terns and explains what math ability is, how mathe- Heinemann Educational HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. become successful math learners. Parents learn matics works, and how math interest and ability Books, Inc. 1000 Keystone Industrial Park can be nurtured. The author offers strategies for 361 Hanover Street how the activities relate to mathematics, what they Scranton, PA 18512-4621 Portsmouth, NH 03801-3912 can reasonably expect a child to understand, and Toll-free: (800) 242-7737 understanding and teaching math concepts and for Toll-free: (800) 541-2086 how to ask questions that prompt and support Fax: (800) 822-4090 overcoming mediocre math teaching. She also Telephone: (603) 431-7894 mathematical learning. One chapter records a day [email protected] includes games and specific activities that can help Fax: (800) 847-0938 in the author's family, describing the varied oppor- http://www.harperchildrens.com/students develop their natural math ability. Some [email protected] tunities for integrating mathematics activities into examples include familiar games, such as domi- http://www.heinemann.com/ daily living. For example, a child cuts out coupons $15.00 per book (paperback) noes, Chutes and Ladders, and Concentration. A from the Sunday newspaper that match the grocery number of activities integrate math into everyday Standards: NCTM Curriculum $16.95 per book list items, then figures the total coupon savings. life, such as counting anything and everything and Order # 08375 and Evaluation Standards This collection of exercises is making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in geo- (1989) metric shapes. Also addressed are issues surround- Standards: NCTM intended to foster mathematical lit- Curriculum and eracy, including an understanding ing present-day mathematics education, including Evaluation that reasoning and using evidence the NCTM standards. A checklist describes what a Standards (1989); to prove a point are the basic stan- child should know mathematically for each grade NCTM Professional dards of truth in mathematics. The K-5, with a special discussion of the crisis often Standards (1991) book also develops'a feel for the faced in grade 5, where students may feel over- relative size of numbers and for whelmed or bored in math class. The appendices how numbers are put together. contain extensive references for parents, such as (Author/LDR) ENC-008967 organizations, free catalogs, and Internet resources. (Author/JRS) ENC-012256
Exploring Everyday Math: Ideas for Math: Facing an American Phobia Students, Teachers, and Parents Grade K and up Math has a bad reputation with the American pub- Grades K-6 The authors of this teacher's guide address two 1993 1998 lic, and this book for parents and teachers propos- themes: the problem of the isolation of mathemat- Author: Marilyn Bums es reasons why. It also discusses how adults can Author: Maja Apelman and ics learning from life experience, and the need for Julie King avoid having children adopt their own math-pho- parent involvement in children's mathematics Ordering Information: learning. Most of the activities in the book begin bic attitudes. The chapters trace the conflict Ordering Information: Cuisenaire in the classroom, where students are encouraged to between the public's assumption that mathematics Heinemann Educational PO Box 5026 means arithmetic and the belief of mathematics use their imagination, share ideas, and ask ques- White Plains, NY 10602-5026 Books, Inc. educators that classroom mathematics must foster 361 Hanover Street tions on topics from their daily lives. The premise Toll-free: (800) 237-0338 is that students will respond enthusiastically to the Fax: (800) 551-7637 reasoning, thinking, and problem-solving skills. Portsmouth, NH 03801-3912 activities and will be prepared to participate in the http://www.cuisenaire.com/ The book begins by outlining the mathematics Toll-free: (800) 541-2086 involved in preparing the Thanksgiving Day din- Telephone: (603) 431-7894 second phase, which takes place at home. Parents Fax: (800) 847-0938 $12.95 per book (paperback) ner: figuring the size of the turkey, the amount of and other family members are asked to join in the stuffing required, and the cooking time, and com- [email protected] process, contributing information, sharing their http://vAwtheinemann.com/ pares this practical mathematics to what is taught knowledge, and taking part in the investigations. in schools. Other topics include the value of timed With the completion of the home $25.00 per book phase, the program is wrapped up math tests, the use of expanded student answers in Order # 08341 Exploring student-teacher communication, and the appropri- Everyday Math in the classroom where students compile, organize, and interpret ate use of the calculator. The final chapters con- Students. Tbochers. tain practical suggestions to help children avoid &Parents the ideas and information they math phobias. An answer key contains solutions gathered at home. They then pre- and explanations for the problems found in the sent their findings through murals, book. (Author/JRS) ENC-012250 graphs, written descriptions,
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Standards: NCTM books, or displays. In addition to the activity Family Internet Companion Curriculum and Evaluation plans, the guide contains an extended discussion of Standards (1989) how children learn mathematics. A curriculum Grades K-12 This guidebook and accompanying CD-ROM are chart shows how the activities can be used to 1997 designed to help families get the most out of the address specific mathematical topics for different Author: staff writers, Internet. The book begins with a general descrip- grade levels. Also provided are sample letters to Christopher J. Mautner and tion of the Internet and the World Wide Web. Chris Noonan Sturm; editor, parents and book lists on specific topics. Additional topics include going online, solving Dorissa Bolinski (Author/GMM) ENC-006935 technical difficulties, and monitoring children's use
Ordering Information: of the Internet. The book also contains directions Classroom Connect, Inc. for building a family Web page and examples of 431 Madrid Avenue Web sites built by people of all ages, nationalities, Torrance, CA 90501 and races. As users read about each site, the book Teaching Children Mathematics Journal Toll-free: (800) 638-1639 guides them through navigation steps screen by Beyond the Classroom: Linking Fax: (888) 801-8299 screen so they can do the same while sitting at their Mathematics Learning with Parents, [email protected] computer. The guide also provides a directory of Communities, and Business and Industry http://www.classroom.com/ family-oriented Web sites. The CD-ROM provides a number of software tools, including free Internet $34.95 per book (with hybrid Grades pre-K-6 This issue of the journal explores ways to extend access software from a national provider; a copy of CD-ROM) February 1998 (Vol. 4, No. 6) mathematics education beyond the classroom and Order # HOM-1010-C181 the popular blocking soft- emphasizes the importance of involving parents ware programs CyberPatrol Ordering Information: and communities in the learning of mathematics. Note: Contact publisher and SurfWatch; and hot lists National Council of Teachers The publication is the official journal of the for system requirements. [Wen= with hyperlinked Internet of Mathematics, Inc. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and (NCTM) COMPANION sites. (Author/LCT) ENC- is intended to be a source of activities and peda- 1906 Association Drive 012328 1=2:1ct gogical strategies for pre-K-6 mathematics educa- Calana a Reston, VA 20191-1593 Ye* kiNtlway =MT Telephone: (703) 620-9840 tion. This focus issue provides examples of suc- 1111.1=11 LAN Toll-free: (800) 235-7566 cessfully implemented projects and activities that Fax: (703) 476-2970 encourage interaction between parents and [email protected] schools. It also gives resources for facilitating http://www.nctm.org/ learning at home. Two departments regularly fea- tured in this journal are Links to Literature and $57.00 per NCTM Math by the Month. In the Links to Literature membership article, an inservice teacher describes the creation of a mathematical lending library at her elementary Internet Homework Helper Note: One subscription comes school. With books and manipulatives for teaching with NCTM membership. Grades K-12 Students can use this guidebook and accompany- mathematical concepts, the library is designed to Additional subscriptions for 1997 ing CD-ROM to locate Internet sites with informa- individuals are $18.00 each. help strengthen the home-to-school connection. In Author: senior writer, Tm tion for specific homework assignments. The Math by the Month are weekly activities designed McLain; editor, Dorissa book begins with a general description of the to be open-ended, hands- Bolinski Internet, its history, and how to get connected. It on, and fun, in order to also describes how to use each of the Internet's develop problem-solving Ordering Information: seven main navigation tools: e-mail, the Web, skills. In one activity, stu- Classroom Connect, Inc. gopher, file transfer protocol (ftp), telnet, Usenet dents roll dice, find the sum 431 Madrid Avenue newsgroups, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC). or difference of the num- Torrance, CA 90501 Toll-free: (800) 638-1639 Students also learn how to create their own Web bers rolled, then cover that Fax: (888) 801-8299 number on a paper strip pages and how to download images and video for [email protected] numbered one to nine. In multimedia presentations. Throughout the book, http://www.classroom.com/ students find examples of Web sites built by peo- another, children play a ple of all ages, nationalities, and races from all over variation of Tic Tac Toe on $29.95 per book (with CD- the world. A resource section sends students to a 10-by-10 coordinate grid. ROM) the best homework helping sites and gives informa- Portfolios and parent net- Order # RES-1020 tion on citing electronic resources in bibliogra- working are also discussed in this journal. phies. The CD-ROM provides a number of soft- References are provided with each article. Note: Contact publisher for ware tools, including free Internet access software (Author/CMS/JRS) ENC-012322 system requirements. from a national provider; a copy of the popular blocking software programs, CyberPatrol and SurfWatch; and hot lists with hyperlinked Internet sites. (Author/LCT) ENC-012329
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Helping Your Child Learn Science Parents' Guide to the Internet http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Science/index.html http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/internet/index.html Grades pre-K-6 The U.S. Department of Education has provided Grades K-12 This Web site is the online version of a book this online edition of a booklet of ideas and activi- intended to help parentsregardless of their level ties that help parents do science with their children of technological expertisemake use of the at home. Included are basic information about sci- Internet as an educational tool. The guide gives ence and a sampling of activities for children to do parents an introduction to the Internet, including in both the home and the community. Children how to navigate. It also suggests how parents can learn about plants, animals, and the physical world allow their children to tap into the Internet while through these activities, many of which cost little safeguarding them from its potential hazards. or nothing and require no special equipment. Links are provided to some family-friendly Web Sample activities include using celery to demon- sites. Also included are a glossary of Web-related strate capillary action, sticking straws into potatoes terminology and a brief history of the Internet. to see the effects of inertia and momentum, and (Author/LCT) ENC-011882 growing crystals and examining them with a magni- fying glass. The section on using community resources features hints on trips to zoos and sci- The Children's Partnership ence museums and how to make the most out of a nature hike. Winner, ENC Digital Dozen, May http://www.childrenspartnership.org/ 1996. (Author/SSD/RA) ENC-011342 Grades pre-K-12 The Children's Partnership is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization whose mission is to inform leaders and the public about the needs of America's 70 million children. The partnership Helping Your Child Learn Math undertakes research and policy analysis, publishes http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Math/ reports and multimedia materials, and forges new Grades pre-K-7 Intended for parents of children in pre-K to grade alliances among parents, policy makers and the pri- 7, this online version of the same-titled book con- vate sector to achieve tangible gains for children. tains guidelines for parents who want to help their Some of its programs include America's Children children learn math. It explains that in addition to and the Information Superhighway, a multi-year basic computation, children need to learn to solve project exploring how the Internet and related problems, communicate mathematically, and rea- technologies can best serve children. Other pro- son. It features real-world activities designed to jects include Next-Generation Strategies to Build help children learn basic mathematical skills such an American Children's Movement, the mission of as sorting, classifying, comparing, working with which is to broaden the constituency for children money, and measuring. These activities are based and help design effective strategies to advance and in three locationshome, grocery store, and in sustain a children's social agenda. Winner, ENC transitand are arranged at increasingly harder Digital Dozen, November 1997. (Author) ENC- levels of difficulty. Winner, ENC Digital Dozen, 010899 April 1996. (DDD/JRS) ENC-011078 National Association for the ERIC Resources: Parent Brochures Education of Young Children (NAEYC) http://www.aspensys.com/eric/resources/parent/parent.html http://www.naeyc.org/ Grades pre-K-12 Maintained by the Educational Resources Grades pre-K-1 NAEYC developed this site as a source of informa- Information Center (ERIC), this Web site contains tion for parents and teachers of young children. online versions of more than 30 ERIC brochures Numerous articles discuss the growth and educa- developed to answer parents' questions about edu- tion of young children. A sample article is "Math cational issues. The pamphlets address such topics and the Myth of One, Two, Three," which stresses as parents as teachers, computer uses in education, the importance of hands-on counting and sorting early childhood development, and planning for col- activities for young children, in contrast to rote lege. Additional topics include study skills, safety memorization of numbers. For professionals in and self esteem issues, and subject and grade spe- early childhood education, the site has a separate cific content issues. Ordering information and section with information on accreditation of early links to additional ERIC information are also pro- childhood centers, conferences, published materi- vided. (Author/LCT) ENC-011881 als, and membership in NAEYC. Included is a searchable index. (JRS) ENC-011615
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Surfing the Net with Kids Education Central http://www.surfnetkids.com/ http://www.parentsoup.com/edcentral/ Grades K-12 At this award-winning site, users will find the Grades K-12 Maintained for parents with children in grades online version of Barbara Feldman's syndicated K-12, this site contains message boards, chat newspaper column, Surfing the Internet with Kids. rooms, and links to online resources that provide It contains links to kid-friendly, educational sites information about educational issues such as stan- and provides information about Internet safety and dardized testing, technology in the classroom, and guidelines for parents. Each week, this site fea- learning disabilities. Additional topics include tures five fun, educational Web sites on topics as home schooling and parent/teacher rela- diverse as gargoyles, inventors, or Apollo 11. Each tions. The site contains resources for site is reviewed, rated, and organized by topic. educationientralhelping students deal with school-relat- Additional topics include science and mathematics, ed social challenges, from biting and fighting in geography and social studies, language arts and preschool and elementary school to peer pressure creative arts, and holidays, games, and hobbies. and dating in middle and high school. Parents can (Author/LCT) ENC-011880 also find information about schools around the country through School Searchers. Additional fea- tures include resources for college planning and National Parent Information finding school supplies. (Author/LCT) ENC- Network Resources for Parents 012325 http://ericps.ed.uiuc.edu/npin/respar.html Grades K-12 Two ERIC Clearinghouses collaborate to produce this Web site, which provides information and fos- Family Involvement in Children's ters electronic communications among parents and those who work with them. Examples of science Education: Successful Local and math resources for parents include Science Approaches and Math Are for Girls, Science and Math at http://www.ed.gov/pubs/FamInvolve/ Home for Young Children, and Ten Characteristics Grades K-12 This Web site, provided by the U. S. Department of Good Science Programs. Other topics in sup- of Education, is designed to help school adminis- port of parent educators include early intervention, trators, K-12 teachers, policy makers, and parents multicultural education, collaboration, and parent build strong family-school partnerships. The site involvement. Some innovative programs are listed contains case studies of 20 successful education by state. Winner, ENC Digital Dozen, August programs that illustrate what can be done to help 1995. (Author/DEB) ENC-002376 increase the involvement of low- income families in education. The case studies are also designed to show how all families can become more active par- America Links Up ticipants in their children's education. Studies show that family involvement leads to better http://www.netparents.org/ grades, more positive student attitudes, higher Grades K-12 Designed for parents who want to protect their graduation rates, and increased enrollment in high- kids from inappropriate material online, er education. Ideas include school-based parent Netparents.org was developed by an ad hoc coali- education programs and parent resource centers. tion of Internet businesses, nonprofit groups, and Information on resources includes organizations public interest advocates to help educate the pub- and related publications. (Author/JRS) ENC- aloc, lic about the availability of user empowerment 011838 2:24".6. tools. The site includes a list of products e#1' fa, 11. ol designed to give parents the ability to ira\r° block their children'saccess to certain sites ,NEV't' as well as tips for managing children's use of the Web. Also listed are Internet Service Providers, state by state, that offer parents the abil- ity to configure accounts to control childrenis access to the Web. For parents interested in rating systems, this site offers links to information on four content rating systems for the Internet. (Author/RMK) ENC-012530 31
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Gobble up Science: Fun Activities The Math Chef: Over 60 Math to Complete and Eat Activities and Recipes for Kids Grades 1-4 This book contains activities and experiments that Grades 3-8 Children can use this book to learn about mathe- 1996 use food as catalysts for learning about science. 1997 matics and cooking and how the two are connect- Author: written by Carol A. Children learn basic science concepts as they Author: Joan D'Amico, ed. The book is full of activities and recipes that Johmann and Elizabeth J. Rieth; experiment with their sense of taste, mix solutions Karen Eich Drummond; illus- require only common ingredients and kitchen uten- illustrated by Kelly Kennedy to make a variety of colors, and grow rock candy trations by Tina Cash-Walsh sils. The first section covers the basics about crystals. They also predict whether salt will make kitchen tools, cooking skills, and safety rules. The Ordering Information: Ordering Information: something sweet taste even sweeter, interpret data rest of the book is divided into four parts, each on The Learning Works John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Dept NEIC as they try to keep fruit from turning brown, and One Wiley Drive a broad mathematics topic. Each chapter begins PO Box 6187 record data on the chemical reactions that occur in Somerset, NJ 08875-1272 with an introduction to a concept, followed by a Santa Barbara, CA 93160 their mouths. Each hands-on activity uses easy-to- Telephone: (908) 469-4400 related cooking activity. The last part of each Telephone: (805) 964-4220 prepare foods and equipment that can be found in Toll-free: (800) 225-5945 chapter provides several recipes that implement the Toll-free: (800) 235-5767 most kitchens. The activities that require adult Fax: (908) 302-2300 math skill of the chapter. *Each recipe is rated by Fax: (805) 964-1466 supervision for cutting fruits and vegetables and http://www.wiley.com/ level of difficulty. One geometry chapter, for [email protected] using the oven are indicated, as well as any inedible example, is on diameter. In the activity, children http:/Awm.thelearningworks.corn/parts of the experiment. Children can test their $12.95 per book trace a circular plate on a piece of knowledge with word finds, mazes, and cross-word paper, cut it out, and fold it in half $10.95 per activity book puzzles. Scientific explanations and extension to help measure the diameter. The activities are included. (Author/LCT) ENC- five recipes in the chapter all 011934 involve circles, and children are asked to find the diameter of these circles as they cook. The book also contains a glossary and sections on Gobble up Math: Fun Activities nutrition and food safety. to Complete and Eat (Author/KFR) ENC-004721 Grades K-3 These activities for parents and teachers encourage 1994 investigation of patterns, sets, fractions, and esti- Author: Sue Mogard and Ginny mations. Using foods as catalysts for learning math McDonnell; illustrated by Kelly concepts and good nutrition, children make cheese Cooking Art: Easy Edible Art Kennedy slices into fractions, feel the circumference of an apple, and see the varieties of patterns that can be for Young Children Ordering Information: created using pretzels. Each hands-on activity uses Grades pre-K-3 More than 100 recipes are provided in this chil- The Learning Works 1997 dren's cookbook, which is designed to incorporate Dept. NEIC accessible, healthy, and easy-to-prepare foods. Author: MaryAnn F. Kohl art and cooking. Organized by theme, such as PO Box 6187 Instructions are included for setting up a function- and Jean Potter Santa Barbara, CA 93160 al math center and helping parents work with their shapes and forms, animals and creatures, and Telephone: (805) 964-4220 children at home. Inone activity,a child forms a transportation and travel, the recipes include bev- Ordering Information: Toll-free: (800) 235-5767: erages, salads, sandwiches, entrees, and desserts. square with nine graham crackers and then counts Gryphon House, Inc. Fax: (805) 964-1466 In sample cooking activities, children practice writ- the number of squares and rectangles of any size PO Box 207 [email protected] that can be found. In another activity, a carrot is Beltsville, MD 20704-0207 ing their numbers as they decorate "Counting http://www.theleamingworks.com/ used to measure the height of the child, the length Toll-free: (800) 638-0928 Sugar Cookies." 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Fun with Kitchen Chemistry The Magic School Bus The Magic School Bus Gets Baked Grades 4-8 Fun with Kitchen Chemistry introduces children to 1996 chemistry through a series of fun, hands-on activi- in a Cake: A Book about Kitchen ties designed to stimulate students' interest and Chemistry Ordering Information: curiosity. Using materials in the kit, students make Grades K-6 This picture book, based on an episode from the Creativity for Kids rock candy, cheese, pretzels, and invisible ink. 1995 1802 Central Avenue animated television series, introduces readers to They also learn about fermentation, enzymes, mol- Author: TV fie-in book adap- Cleveland, OH 44115-2325 some of the chemical reactions that occur as a cake ecular motion, and chromatography. The kit pro- tation by Linda Beech; illus- Telephone: (216) 589-4800 is prepared. In the story, the students decide to vides the needed materials for the experiments, trated by Ted Enik Toll-free: (800) 642-2288 surprise Ms. Frizzle with a cake for her birthday. Fax: (216) 589-4803 including food coloring, yeast, gelatin, litmus On their field trip to the bakery, the magic school Ordering Information: http://www.creativityforkids. paper, and basic equipment. It also provides a set bus shrinks down to the size of a moth and falls Scholastic, Inc. com/ of illustrated experiment cards that give back- 2931 E McCarty Street into the cake batter. The students experience how ground information and Jefferson City, MO 65101 heat causes chemical reac- $22.00 per kit instructions. A glossary and a Toll-free: (800) 724-6527 tions when the cake is Order # 1104 bibliography are included. Kits Fax: (314) 635-5881 placed in the oven. The for ecology, photography, mag- [email protected] end of the book contains nets, and dinosaurs are avail- http://mw.scholastic.com/ additional facts about able. (Author/LCT) ENC- kitchen chemistry and an $2.99 per book (paperback) 008626 experiment that shows how the gas produced by mixing vinegar with bak- ing soda can make peanuts float. (Author/LCT) ENC-010795
Little Critters Secret Swamp Newton's Apple Grades pre-K-2 Developed as part of a series of floor puzzles, this Newton onSlime 1998 kit introduces children to the plants and animals that inhabit a swamp. In addition to the puzzle, Grades 3-12 The experiments in this science kitletstudents 1995 Ordering Information: the kit includes an activity guide, a magnifying make slime, goo, and foam. Using a mixture of two Learning Resources glass, and five colorful game pieces. The completed of the states of matter, including such combina- 380 North Fairway Drive Ordering Information: puzzle presents a watercolor picture of a swamp tions as a gas-in a solid or a liquid in a gas, children Vernon Hills, IL 60061 The Wild Goose Company study the chemical properties of polymers and col- with creatures such as turtles, frogs, and snakes, as 375 W. Whitney Avenue Telephone: (847) 573-8406 loids. In one activity, for example, glue, polyvinyl well as dragonflies and waterstriders. The activity Salt Lake City, UT 84115 Toll-free: (800) 222-3909 alcohol, and sodium tetraborate are mixed and stu- Fax: (800) 222-0249 guide contains a Swamp Story and ideas to help Telephone: (801) 466-1172 children interact with the puzzle, magnifier, and Toll-free: (800) 373-1498 dents are asked to describe some of the properties of the resulting polymer. The kit contains the $13.95 per puzzle game pieces. The game pieces can be used for Fax: (801) 466-1186 Order # LER 1256T counting, classifying, and comparing the animals. http://wildgoosescience.com/ materials and chemicals needed for the experi- Additional fun facts and discussion questions are ments and a manual to guide and explain the $17.99 per kit included. (Author/LCT) ENC-013067 experiments. Adult supervision is recommended Order # WG-5001 for most of the activities. (FEB) ENC-005826
Sharks! Grades pre-K-2 This puzzle kit, part of the series described above, Constellation Station: A NOVA 1998 introduces children to the undersea world of sharks. The completed puzzle presents a water- Science Game Ordering Information: color picture of six sharks: a hammerhead shark Grades 5-8 Using the lore, legend, and science behind the con- Learning Resources and a sawshark, a zebra shark and a whale shark, 1993 stellations, this board game introduces students to 380 North Fairway Drive and a tiger shark and a great white shark. The Author: game concept and Vernon Hills, IL 60061 the study of astronomy and space science. The activity guide contains ideas for role playing, guess- constellation illustration, Torn Telephone: (847) 573-8406 object is to score points by colonizing the constel- and Joan Booth; booklet Toll-free: (800) 222-3909 ing games, and fun facts. In a sample activity, chil- lationslanding on them and identifying or recall- design, Hugo Cruz Moro Fax: (800) 222-0249 dren use the shark figures to act out the events of a ing facts about them. Three levels of difficulty follow-along shark story. They also use the puzzle offer opportunities to master new information. $13.95 per puzzle to solve simple counting, addition, and subtraction The game is designed so that beginners and Order # LER 1257T problems and to compare sharks based on their advanced players canplayeach other ina competi- size andcolor.(Author/LCT) ENC-013068 tivegame by' following rules for their level of play. In level one, students colonize a constellation by recognizing the shape and pronouncing the name 30 Eisenhower National Clearinghousehttp://wwwenc.org/ BEST COPY AVAILABLE Around the KITCHENTABLE
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Match Linear Graphs: A New Math Games Series Multi-Level Experience in Algebra Rolling and Learning with Tri-Square Grades 8-11 These five decks of cards with teacher's manual Dice 1997 provide students with a visual association for alge- Grades K-8 This set of games consists of a 14-sided die and a Author: Catheryne Draper braic expressions and a structure for learning the 1992 book of 66 math and learning games designed components of linear functions in both the equa- Author: teacher's guide by around everyday activities. The uniquely shaped Ordering Information: tion and graphic forms. Each 60-card deck con- Thomas Silva die is made up of six equal squares and eight equal The Math Studio tains cards that feature important components of triangles. Players practice skills in geography, 81 Washington Street, Suite 3 linear equations, such as graphs or equations of Ordering Information: banking, telling time, and fractions. 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(Author/JRS) ENC-012306 Note: Add 10% for shipping equation cards and then with graph cards. After and handling. completing both activities, students answer questions concerning their observations about parallel and perpendicular lines. The Exponent War teacher's manual containsailprerequisite information, discusses the constructivist Grades 6-9 After dividing the deck of cards into two piles, approach to learning, and correlates activities 1997 each facing downward, players turn over and eval- with the NCTM standards. It also provides uate the top card on their piles. Each card shows Ordering Information: student activity sheets that can be used for an exponential expression, which the player simpli- Research Development whole classroom instruction, cooperative fies. 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(Author/LDR) ENC- Math Wizardry for Kids 009453 Grades 4-7 Students become "math wizards" to play this 1995 book's more than 200 math puzzles, games, dia- Author: Margaret Kenda and grams, and projects about numbers and number Math Chase:Advanced Edition Phyllis S. Williams; illustrated relationships. Teachers and parents are offered Grades 6-9 This colorful board game helps students master by Tim Robinson tips on how to encourage children to investigate 1995 basic mathematics concepts and grade-level mathematics concepts. Suggestions include mak- Author: Carol Marcotte requirements. The game cards contain questions Ordering Information: ing math hands-on, taking math on vacation, and Barron's Educational Series, Inc on computation, numeration, money, and measure- Ordering Information: 250 Wireless Boulevard promoting math activities without necessarily using ment. Each card provides three questions at differ- Scott Resources and Hauppauge, NY 11788 the word math. 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Discriminant War Ordering Information: large numbers can be formed by placing number Conceptual Math Media, Inc. tiles adjacent to one another. The rules booklet Grades 8-10 Algebra students can play this card game to deter- 236 W. Portal Avenue, Suite describes how to play at three different beginner 332 1997 mine the discriminants of quadratic expressions. levels, includes answers to frequently asked ques- San Francisco, CA 94127 After shuffling and dealing the deck into two piles, tions, and presents a review of fractions. The Telephone: (415) 665-6608 Ordering Information: both facing downward, the top card on each pile is booklet also contains the rules for the order in Fax: (415) 665-1412 Research Development turned over. Each card shows a quadratic equa- [email protected] which operations must be performed and gives Corporation tion. The player with the largest discriminant wins http://www.PlayEguate.com/ ideas for using the game in the classroom. The 2875 Towerview Road, both cards. The game continues until one player game is designed to improve thinking skills, devel- Suite A4 has won all of the cards. Included is an answer $34.00 per game op number sense, and build a foundation for suc- Hemdon, VA 22071 Telephone: (703) 904-1808 sheet that lists the discriminant's value for each cess in algebra. (Author/JRS) ENC-011323 Standards: NCTM Toll-free: (800) 583-2248 equation. This game contains 24 quadratic expres- Curriculum and Evaluation Fax: (703) 904-1812 sions printed on laminated cardstock. Standards (1989) http://www.rdcpublishing.com/ (Author/LDR) ENC-009455
$6.95 per game WitzzlePro Game Grades 1-8 The Witzzle Pro game, which can be played inde- FraConcepts Educational Tools 1997 pendently, in a group, or with the family, lets stu- FraCard dents practice number facts, problem solving, and Ordering Information: Grades 3-8 Part of the FraConcepts Educational Tools series, mental math. It comes with three number cubes Kaidy Educational Resources and 40 cards, each printed with a unique grid of 1993 this card game set of 59 cards provides five chal- 1323 Columbia, Suite 307 nine numbers. Each turn begins by rolling the lenging mathematical card games. The series con- Richardson, TX 75081 Ordering Information: number cubes and adding up the face values; this tains kits with a variety of instructional tools for Telephone: (972) 234-6161 Kaidy Educational Resources sum becomes the target number. Students then visually demonstrating computation facts for frac- Toll-free: (800) 365-2439: 1323 Columbia, Suite 307 tions. In this set, the cards picture both pie and Fax: (800) 425-2439 choose three numbers from any horizontal, verti- Richardson, TX 75081 bar units of fractional values to visually reinforce [email protected] cal, or diagonal row on their card. Using each Toll-free: (800) 365-2439 the meaning of fractions. The card games them- http://www.kaidy.com/ number once and any of the four arithmetic opera- Telephone: (972) 234-6161 tions, students try to combine the three numbers in Fax: (800) 425-2439 selves involve naming and recognizing equivalent $13.00 per game the row to obtain the target number. Points are [email protected] fractions, as well as adding and subtracting frac- Order # KDY747 scored for correct answers and for tallying the http://www.kaidy.com/ tions. In one game, for example, players add and subtract the values on the cards they were dealt to numbers used to reach the target. There are $5.00 per card game set reach zero; in another, they arrange their cards' instructions for seven levels of play and several Order # KDY311 numerical values in ascending order and then veri- game variations. (Author/JRS) ENC-012153 fy the order with the bar graphs on the cards. Standards: NCTM There is an instruction card and teacher handout Curriculum and Evaluation for each game. (Author/JRS) ENC-011466 Standards (1989) Muggins Grades 1-10 The square wooden board used in this game has 36 1990 numbered slots around it and a groove to hold each player's marbles. During each player's turn, Ordering Information: three dice are rolled and the face values are totaled Equate: The Equation Thinking Game Old Fashioned Products, Inc. using addition, subtraction, multiplication, or divi- Route 2 sion. The player's marble is placed on the board at Grades 3-12 Computing and strategic thinking skills are sharp- PO Box 2091 the slot with that total. Strategies include trying to 1996 ened in this board game, which can be played at Ellijay, GA 30540 prevent the opponent from creating runs, or rows Author: inventor and rules several skill levels. Working with an array of nine Toll-free: (800) 962-8849 of adjacent marbles, which are worth extra points booklet author, Mary Kay tiles that represent numbers and operations, play- Fax: (706) 635-7672 when scoring. Play continues until all places are Beavers ers form horizontal and [email protected] filled or a player runs out of marbles. Game varia- vertical equations by plac- $9.95 per individual wipe-off tions include Supermuggins, which uses three ing tiles on the board. board game twelve-sided dice, and Muggins, Jr. for young chil- Each successive play must $1.50 per overhead trans- dren, which uses only addition and subtraction connect with a previous parency operations. In one suggested classroom variation, play. Players take advan- Top Gun, a student tries to fill every slot on the tage of both individual board in the fewest rolls of the dice. (Author/JRS) score symbols on the tiles ENC-012234 and premium board posi- tions. Mixed numbers and
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Amuse! Grades 3-12 The Fudge side of this square wooden board has Grades 5-12 Based on more than 900 mathematically related 1997 24 spaces arranged in a circular pattern and uses 1995 questions from science, architecture, engineering, three eight-sided dice. During each turn, the play- and art, this game uses a geodesic patterned game Ordering Information: er rolls three dice and the face values are combined Ordering Information: board. Players move by rolling a die, and points Old Fashioned Products, Inc. using addition and/or subtraction. Several totals Route 2 Aristoplay, Ltd. are earned by landing on designated spaces and are possible with each roll; a player chooses the PO Box 2091 450 South Wagner Road correctly answering a question. The questions optimal result and places a marble at the corre- Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Ellijay, GA 30540 include concepts from such categories as geometry, sponding space on the board. Players try to occu- Telephone: (734) 995-4353 Toll-free: (800) 962-8849 size and scale, numbers, and logical thinking. One py three spaces in a row; this is called a piece of Toll-free: (800) 634-7738 Fax: (706) 635-7672 Fax: (734) 995-4611 example of a true/false question is the following: [email protected] fudge. Two pieces of fudge make a batch, and the http://www.aristoplay.com/ All of your best friends were born on the second first player with a day of November. They all have birthdays that are 69.95 per individual batch of fudge wins. 0,a9 9 p. E25.00 per game composite numberstrue or false? In another wipe-off board game On the reverse side is Order # 806A example, Frieda $1.50 per overhead the Knockout game, says to Rita: transparency which has two con- "The day before centric circles of slots yesterday I was (numbered one to 18) 15, but next year for placing marble I'll turn 18. What markers. During date is my birth- each turn, three dice day?" Suggested are rolled and the game variations face values are com- are included. bined using addition (Author/LDR) or subtraction. The ENC-010996 player's marble is then placed in the slot corre- sponding to that number, or marbles are placed in all the slots needed to add up to that number. A player can replace, or knock-out, an opponent's Every Day Counts Partner Games marble by occupying the same space. Every Day Counts Partner Games, (Author/JRS) ENC-012242 Level 1 Grade 1 This set of hands-on materials and teacher's guide 1996 for 20 math enrichment games, part of the Every The following games are prepared by Author: Patsy F. Kanter and Day Counts Partner Games series, develops number Vasha Rosenblum and.are available from: Janet G. Gillespie concepts that include recognizing patterns, match- ing quantities, and counting by twos. The series Math Games for KindergartenGrade 5 2690 Altadena Road Ordering Information: introduces numbers and math symbols as a way to Great Source Education Birmingham, AL 35243 record results of hands-on investigations. It also Group Telephone: (205) 969-2254 emphasizes the importance of manipulatives in A Houghton Mifflin Company E-mail: [email protected] 181 Ballardvale Street reinforcing number concepts. Materials in this kit Wilmington, MA 01887 include two-color counters, number cubes, dice, Note: To order any of the next five games, add $2.50 for postage (or 10% of the Toll-free: (800) 289-4490 and a deck of 40 cards illustrating numbers 1-10 total, whichever is greater) and make checks payable to Vasha Rosenbkim. Telephone: (508) 661-1511 with both dots and numerals. The guide gives Fax: (800) 289-3994 directions for introducing the games in the class- http://www.greatsource.com/ room, at home, or in a tutorial setting. Through these games, children practice ordering quantities, Tabby Cats 635.00 per game package creating and reading two-digit numbers, and using Order # C6-044377 The game board for Tabby Cats contains a trail of counting-on to find sums and differences. In a Grades 3, 4 1996 58 squares, each with a multiplication problem to sample game, "High-Low," number cubes are solve. Students take turns rolling a die and count- tossed to create two-digit numbers. The players $1.50 per game ing out the number rolled on the game board. compare their numbers and the player with the Students then do the multiplication problem in the greater number wins the round. Included in the square and the product is covered with a marker guide are game variations and informal assessment on the student's individual Tabby Cat score card. tips. (Author/JRS) ENC-012310 The set contains instructions and reproducible game boards. (Author/JRS) ENC-012274
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Rio; Reverse Rio; Multiplicatio Just Cards Bingo Grades K-4 Playing modified versions of familiar card games, Grades 3-5 Based on work done by Constance Kamii, these 1995 such as Concentration, Card Dominoes, and War 1996 games are designed to give children practice using Multiplication, students work on their computation multiplication tables. There are playing cards for $1.00 per game skills. The reproducible playing cards are num- $1.50 per game all numbers from zero to 100 that are products bered from one to 10 with countable squares, tri- found by using the one to 10 multiplication tables. angles, pentagons, and circles on the face of each In the game of Rio, players choose one multiplica- card, rather than the traditional four suits. In a tion table and scatter the 11 cards that are prod- sample game, "Fives," only the cards with numbers ucts of that multiplication table face up in the play- one to four are used; the object of the game is to ing area. Players take turns rolling a 12-sided die make a total of five with two cards. All cards are that has faces labeled with numerals zero to 10 and dealt and piled face down in front of each player. the letter R. The face value rolled is multiplied by The first player places his top card in the center, the multiplication table number and the player face up, forming the discard pile. Each player puts a chip on the card with that product number. turns over his top card and checks to see if his card The winner is the first player with no chips. Also plus the top discard will total five. If the two cards included are directions for Multiplication Bingo. total five, the player wins the pair. The person (Author/JRS) ENC-012272 with the most pairs wins the game. Also included in this set are games for evaluating more and less, sequencing numbers, and forming sets. The games Salute; Salute with l's, 10's and are from Constance Kamii class notes, 1990. 100's (Author/JRS) ENC-012271 Grades 3-5 This set contains instructions and reproducible 1994 playing cards for all the numbers.from one to 10,/ multiples of 10 to 100, and multiples of 100 to 900. DciUbtles C ver-Up $2.50 per game Cards are divided equally between two players. each round, a third student, designated the 7calce: Grades 1, 2 Children// practice doubling the numbers one to 10 lator," tells the other two players to salute each 1997 while/ developing number sense about odd num- other, military style, with a playing card. 'The cdl- bers./The reproducible board is numbered with culator announces the sum, difference, or proquet the,odd"../ numbers from three to 21. Players take of the two cards used in the salute, dependiii:g.On - turns rolling 'a 10-sided die, doubling the number, which arithmetic operation they arefactilcing. adding one, mid\ covering that numeral on their The two players look at each othei's,car/dsdirace side of the board:\ Play continues until a player has to guess the value of the number inhr;Or..11' cdvered all the numbers on her side of the board. hand. The first player to give the correct answer Instructions are ihcluded. The game appeared in takes both cards. Players rotate the roles of calcu- Young qildren Continue to Reinvent Arithmetic by lator and card holders. Teachers can regulate the-- \Constance Kama (Author/JRS) ENC-012269 level of the game by removing the tens and hun\\ dreds cards. (Author/JRS) ENC-012273
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Bill Nye the Science Guy Mathnet Nutrition The Case ofthe Dirty Money
Grades 4-8 This series of videotapes is designed to motivate Grades 3-6 There is a mystery that must be solved: three 1995 children to explore science in the world around 1991 dump trucks have a tendency to disappear and Author: Executive producers them. Each tape in the series focuses on a single Author: Square One then reappear without the dirt they were carrying. and directors, James science topic. In this episode, viewers go along Television and Children's Students learn why the dirt may be valuable and McKenna and Erren Gottlieb; with Bill Nye to learn about carbohydrates, pro- Television Workshop find the criminal using mathematical tools such as writers, Bill Nye, James teins, and fat and their importance in maintaining estimating, finding number patterns, and using McKenna, Erren Gottlieb, Ordering Information: good health and nutrition. Nye and his cohorts ratios. The video is part of the Mathnet series, Melissa Gould, Michael Great Plains National describe how food provides heat energy and talk which comprises five detective serials featuring two Gross, Mark Ashton Hunt, PO Box 80669 ace mathematicians who work with the police Jon Sherman, Amy Axt- about minerals, vitamins, fiber, and their impor- Lincoln, NE 68501-0669 Hanson, and Ian Saunders tance. Hands-on experiments demonstrate how to Telephone: (402) 472-2007 department to solve the mysteries using a variety of test for the presence of Toll-free: (800) 228-4630 problem-solving strategies. For each of the Ordering Information: starch. A teacher's Fax: (800) 306-2330 Mathnet mysteries, the teacher's guide contains a Disney Educational guide describes all the [email protected] plot summary and five related activities. Of these, Productions topics covered in the http://www.gpn.unl.edu/ two are class-length activities with step-by-step 105 Terry Drive, Suite 120 series and provides instructions, reproducible activity sheets, and fol- $19.95 per video (teacher's Newtown, PA 18940 related hands-on activi- low-up activities. Sample activities on this tape Toll-free: (800) 295-5010 guide included) ties that students can engage students in exploring volume and dimen- Order # 502 do in the classroom and sion by modeling the size of a $49.95 per video at home. The package dump truck and constructing also includes posters featuring Bill Nye. boxes, varying their dimensions (Author/RA) ENC-006115 and finding the volumes. In anoth- er activity, students make rubbings of the bottom of their shoes, com- pare prints, and make a scatter plot for the lengths of their shoes. An Bill Nye the Science Guy answer key to activities is included. Wetlands (IRS/Author) ENC-012286
Grades 4-8 Bill Nye the Science Guy shows encourage students 1995 to explore science in the world around them. This Author: Executive producers episode focuses on wetlands and teaches viewers and directors, James about all the different types of wetlands, such as Mathnet McKenna, Erren Gottlieb; swamps and marshes. Viewers also learn of the The Case ofthe Missing Air writers, Bill Nye, James importance of wetlands and the impact humans McKenna, Erren Gottlieb, have had on them. Additional subjects include the Grades 2-6 In this video, part of the series described above, Melissa Gould, Michael wildlife and vegetation that inhabit wetlands. The 1991 viewers follow a police case involving 22 robberies Gross, Mark Ashton Hunt, Author: Square One video describes how wetlands clean water, men- committed by someone talking like a duck. The Jon Sherman, Amy Axt- Television and Children's tions the effect of pollution on wetlands, and fea- two ace mathematicians in the series work with the Hanson, Ian Saunders Television Workshop tures hands-on experiments testing how wetlands police department to solve the serial mysteries using a variety of problem solving strategies. Ordering Information: protect areas from flooding. Related hands-on Ordering Information: Students learn why the robberies all occurred at Disney Educational activities can be done in the classroom and at Great Plains National the same time of day and find the robber by using Productions home. Bill Nye posters are also included in the PO Box 80669 105 Terry Drive, Suite 120 mathematical tools, including organizing data, teacher's guide. (Author/RA) ENC-006023 Lincoln, NE 68501-0669 Newtown, PA 18940 Telephone: (402) 472-2007 looking for patterns, and logical reasoning. The Toll-free: (800) 295-5010 Toll-free: (800) 228-4630 teacher's guide contains a plot summary and five Fax: (800) 306-2330 related activities. Of these, two are class-length $49.95 per video [email protected] activities with step-by-step instructions, repro- http://wNw.gpn.untedu/ ducible activity sheets, and follow-up activities.In sample activities, students explore possible number $19.95 per video (teacher's combinations for the bills taken from four busi- guide included) nesses during the robberies. Students also use Order # 502 grids to examine strategies cops and robbers can use to move stealthily on city streets. (JRS/Author) ENC-012441 3 9 maEisenhower National Clearinghouse http://wwwenc.org/ Around the
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Square One Television Fun SportsFigures Better Tennis Through Geometry Grades 3-6 This activity book provides students an opportuni- 1992 ty to experiment with the mathematical ideas pre- Grades 9-12 This video segment, part of the series described Author: Square One sented in the Square One television series. The 1995 earlier on this page, features tennis professional Television, Children's television series uses music videos, cartoons, and Author: crealive direction, John McEnroe demonstrating how the principles Television Workshop spoofs of TV shows to develop mathematical situa- Denise A. Baylis of trigonometry help him keep his rocket serves in tions that involve problem solving, geometric chal- Ordering Information: bounds. McEnroe shows students how they can lenges, and application of number sense. The Ordering Information: Great Plains National use similar triangles to calculate how high a racket ESPN/Cable in the PO Box 80669 activity book contains 20 colorful pages with a must be to hit a straight serve in bounds. Students Classroom Department Lincoln, NE 68501-0669 dozen or more activities including puzzles, myster- ESPN Plaza then use physics to factor gravity and speed into Telephone: (402) 472-2007 ies to solve, experiments, and games for two people Bristol, CT 06010 the problem to create an appropriate formula for Toll-free: (800) 228-4630 and for the entire class. For example, in the activi- Telephone: (860) 585-2000 tennis serves. Supporting graphics identify the tri- Fax: (800) 306-2330 ty called Math Magic, students practice four of (ask for Marsha angles of a tennis [email protected] Blackstone the Magician's magic tricks and investi- MacCatherine) court and slow httpwww.gpn.unLedu/ gate how mathematics is used to create the illusion motion sequences of magic. Some of the puzzles in the book have $40.00 per tape collec- illustrate how gravi- $15.95 per advity package answers on the inside back tion (includes all 7 Order # 552 ty causes the ball's tapes and curriculum cover, but there are more trajectory to arc. book) Note: Package includes puzzles that are open-ended Order # 44100 (Author/KFR/LCT) 30 student booklets and with answers not given. ENC-004818 1 teacher's guide. The accompanying teacher's guide expands on the themes from the TV show and contains background Eyewitness information on each activity. Ocean (Author/JRS) ENC-012412 STUENT CTIVITY DIMS Grades K-12 Part of a series based on the Eyewitness books, this 1997 video uses live-action photography and computer Author: director and writer, animations to introduce viewers to ocean ecosys- Ben Southwell tems. The program begins with a review of the his- SportsFigures tory of the Earth and the development of the Ordering Information: Why Do GolfBalls Have Dimples? oceans and land masses. It goes on to describe DK Publishing, Inc. advances in technology that enabled humans to Grades 9-12 This video and accompanying teacher's guide fea- 1224 Heil Quaker Boulevard explore progressively deeper regions of the ocean. 1995 ture golf professional Tiger Woods as he uses La Vergne, TN 37086-7001 Segments depict typical marine life at each ocean Author: creative direction, Newton's Third Law of Motion to explain the Toll-free: (888) 342-5357 depth, including corals, Denise A. Baytis effects of dimples and backspin on the flight of a Fax: (800) 774-6733 http://twnmdk.com/ fishes, crustaceans, and golf ball. The SportsFigures video series presents eintuncr Ordering Information: ced tube worms. (LCT) 19 lessons to stimulate students' interest in mathe- ESPN/Cable in the $12.95 per video ENC-011143 matics and physics by showing the connections of Classroom Department ESPN Plaza these subjects to sports. Each video contains three Birstol, CT 06010 lessons featuring professional athletes who demon- Telephone: (860) 585-2000 strate how mathematical and physical principles (ask for Marsha are used in sports. In this segment, Tiger Woods MacCatherine) shows how the grooves on the head of a golf club cause the ball to backspin, which increases lift and $40.00 per tape collection allows it to travel farther. As the ball spins, the Amazing Animals (includes all 7 tapes and dimples on its surface create turbulence, which curriculum book) Amazing Animal Colors decreases drag and increases lift. Supporting ani- Order # 44100 Grades K-8 Henry the Lizard, an animated tour guide, takes mations and computer graphics illustrate parabolic 1997 motion and the interactions between gravity, lift viewers on an exploration of the role of color as an Author: writer, Alastair and drag, and velocity and acceleration. The animal adaptation. As he redecorates his home, Swinnerton; director, Anne Henry is introduced to the variety of colors that teacher's guide provides a lesson plan and activity Neale sheet for each video lesson. Each lesson summa- occur naturally in the animal world and how color functions in camouflage, warning, and courtship. rizes the academic topics and provides background Live-action segments show how the frigate bird information and extension ideas. The activity sheet expands his red throat to attract a mate and how contains additional problems and discussion ques- tions. (Author/KFR/LCT) ENC-004809 poison dart frogs and skunks use color to warn off
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Ordering Information: predators. Also covered is how the symbiotic rela- Power of Algebra DK Publishing, Inc. tionship between a sloth and the algae living in its Order of Operations 1224 Heil Quaker Boulevard fur provides the green color that enables the sloth La Vergne, TN 37086-7001 to hide in the trees. The videos combine 3-D ani- Grades 8, 9 In this video, part of the same series described in Toll-free: (888) 342-5357 mation with film of the animals in their natural 1988 the preceding records, Sherlock Holmes correctly Fax: (800) 774-6733 habitats. (Author/LCT) ENC-011758 Author: producer/director, http://www.dk.com/ applies the order of operations to explain the vil- Clay Fouffie lainous Moriarity's miscalculation of the stopping $12.95 per video distance for a car. The math procedures are set out Ordering Information: through clear graphics, in a step-by-step format. Great Plains National Also included is an explanation by an engineer PO Box 80669 Power of Algebra about the use of mathematics in an auto produc- Lincoln, NE 68501-0669 tion plant and the importance of mathematics in all Using Positive Exponents Telephone: (402) 472-2007 Toll-free: (800) 228-4630 aspects of the manufacturing process. Follow-up Grades 8, 9 A missile bent on destruction misses its target by Fax: (800) 306-2330 activities found in the teacher's guide include a 1988 millions of mileswhat happened? This video fol- gpn@untedu suggestion for a mnemonic to help children Author: producer/director, lows the adventures of a computer-animated http://w.vw.gpn.untedu/ remember the order of operations, discussion ques- Clay Fourrier Sherlock Holmes as he thwarts the villain, tions about using exponents, and two worksheets Moriarity. In the course of the program, students $34.95 per video (includes for applying the rules for order of operations. Ordering Information: learn the rules for multiplying and dividing num- teacher's guide) (Author/JRS) ENC-012415 Great Plains National Order # 322 bers written with positive integer exponents and PO Box 80669 Lincoln, NE 68501-0669 the usefulness of scientific notation for measuring Telephone: (402) 472-2007 distances in space. For each of the 10 lessons, the Toll-free: (800) 228-4630 teacher's guide contains a program synopsis, a Fax: (800) 306-2330 vocabulary list, and a pre-program activity, as well Reading Rainbow:Science Comes Alive gpn@untedu as discussion questions and follow-up activities. In My Shadow http://www.gpn.unl.edu/ this program, Sherlock Holmes uses the multiplica- Grades pre-K-3 Reading Rainbow's Science Comes Alive series is tion and division rules for exponents to explain 1994 designed to foster positive scientific attitudes by $34.95 per video (includes how Moriarity's miscalculation Author: produced by Jill integrating science into the grade school curricula. teacher's guide) resulted in the harmless missile. In Order # 322 Gluckson; directed by Mark This video features an illustrated version of the addition, a space scientist explains Mannucci poem by Robert Louis Stevenson that examines the the factors involved in the launch of interplay between light and shadow. Reading a space shuttle and the importance Ordering Information: Rainbow is an educational series designed to of mathematics in space explo- Great Plains National encourage and motivate young children to read ration. Pre-program activities PO Box 80669 good books and visit their local libraries. Each include drawing square numbers on Lincoln, NE 68501-0669 show is an upbeat, magazine-format adventure fea- grid paper and constructing cubic numbers with Telephone: (402) 472-2007 Toli-free: (800) 228-4630 turing a children's picture book and a medley of blocks, then finding their area and volume. Fax: (800) 306-2330 other segments that relate to the feature book's (Author/JRS) ENC-012314 gpn@untedu theme. Program segments expand the theme with http://www.gpn.untedu/ animation, dramatizations, interviews, music, and Power of Algebra book reviews written and delivered on camera by Basic Properties $45.95 per video kids. In this video, host LeVar Burton demon- $10.00 per teacher's guide strates how light and shadow can be used to tell Grades 8, 9 Students can use this video to learn about the the time and how light is used in photography to 1988 properties of addition and multiplication of num- Funding: Corporation for expose film. Students also get a lesson on the art Author: producer/director, bers and variables (commutative, associative, and Public Broadcasting; National of creating shadow puppets. The teacher's guide Clay Fourrie distributive) and how these properties may be used Science Foundation; Pew Charitable Trusts; Arthur identifies the scientific concepts embedded in each to simplify algebraic problems. In this program, Ordering Information: Vining Davis Foundations; program and provides interactive, hands-on activi- Sherlock Holmes uses the distributive property to Great Plains National W.K. Kellogg Foundation ties for both home and the classroom. Sample explain Moriarity's miscalculation of the initial PO Box 80669 activities have students work in pairs to measure velocity needed to drop a bomb on the train in Lincoln, NE 68501-0669 the lengths of their shadows at different times of which Watson and Holmes were riding. A struc- Telephone: (402) 472-2007 day and examine a sun dial and explain how it tural engineer describes the need for a good math Toll-free: (800) 228-4630 works. A supplementary book list is also provided. Fax: (800) 306-2330 background for careers in engineering, where math (Author/LCT) ENC-005694 gpn@untedu is used every day. Follow-up activities in the http://www.gpn.untedu/ teacher's guide include discussion questions about division, subtraction, and the properties. $34.95 per video (includes (Author/JRS) ENC-012416 teacher's guide) Order # 322
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Reading Rainbow 3-2-1 Classroom Contact Math IsEverywhere Surface Tension:ubbie- iogy Grades 3-7 Hosted by teenagers, this video engages viewers in Grades 3-6 This teacher's guide contains discussion topics and 1991 experiments and observations involving surface 1997 classroom activities that support the use of the Author: produced by the tension. It is part of a series of television shows Reading Rainbow series in mathematics instruction. Children's Television Ordering Information: Activities are provided for 33 programs in the designed to bring elementary and middle school Workshop Great Plains National series that have been identified as natural vehicles students into closer contact with science and tech- PO Box 80669 nology. Sample experiments use soap film to for math experiences. For each program there is a Ordering Information: Lincoln, NE 68501-0669 demonstrate how surface tension causes soap bub- description, a list of math concepts, classroom Great Plains National Telephone: (402) 472-2007 bles to form spheres. The video also highlights a activities, and a do-at-home activity. In one pro- PO Box 80669 Toll-free: (800) 228-4630 Lincoln, NE 68501-0669 Bubble Festival at The Franklin Institute in Fax: (800) 306-2330 gram, "June 29, 1999," the story of giant vegetables Telephone: (402) 472-2007 Philadelphia, where visitors can observe the fancy [email protected] takes viewers on a journey into the unknown Toll-free: (800) 228-4630 ways soap bubbles behave. Chemist David Katz http://www.gpn.unLedu/ dimension of science fiction. Estimation, fractions, weight, and place value are concepts that can be Fax: (800) 306-2330 explains bubble chemistry and surface tension. A [email protected] teacher's guide includes step-by-step lesson plans $17.00 per teacher's investigated through this pro- http://mow.gpn.unLedu/ guide gram. The segment on giant for using each video in the classroom, background information about each video's topic, and a synop- pumpkins leads into the $19.95 per video: Standards: NCTM sis of each part of the video so teachers can pre- examination and measurement $12.00 per teacher's guide Curriculum and view content in advance. The guide also contains of a real pumpkin and to Order # 322 Evaluation Standards hands-on activities and follow-up ideas to connect exploration of the question: (1989) students' science How many pie slices can be Funding: National Science Foundation; learning to other Funding: National made from a pumpkin weigh- U.S. Department of curricular areas. Science Foundation ing 800 pounds? The at-home Education The series covers activity suggests an outing to a Earth science sub- grocery store to estimate and jects such as ero- then find the weight of six different vegetables. In this activity, students also invent problems to relate sion, crystals, water cycle, volca- the weights of various vegetables, such as, How noes, and life sci- many green beans will equal the weight of one ences, including tomato? All activities are consistent with NCTM standards. (Author/JRS) ENC-012287 animal vision, food chains, mammals, and behavior. The series also addresses physical science concepts such as friction, air, color, electricity, and refrac- Newton's Apple tion. It builds scientific investigations and skills Apple Program #1303 such as collecting data, experimenting, and model- Newton's ing. (Author/RA) ENC-005721 Grades K-12 Newton's Apple is a science series on public televi- 1995 sion that answers viewers' questions about science, Author: producers, Emily nature, technology, and the world around us. Each Dr. Dad's pH Cubed: PHantastic PHysical PHenomena! Goldberg, Darren Howe Iton, episode is hosted by David Heil and consists of Electromagnetism: Generating Some Kim MacDonald, Kevin hands-on demonstrations and interviews with Interest in Electricity Williams experts, teachers, and naturalists. In this episode, Grades 3-6 Dr. Dad, a geologist and science educator, takes explorers go on a bike trip through Central Ordering Information: 1994 viewers on a voyage of discovery about electromag- America to explore Mayan civilization and archae- Great Plains National Author: project director, netism. This series of videos, aimed primarily at ology, using a laptop computer, a satellite dish, and PO Box 80669 Ayan Rubin; scriptwriter, elementary school girls, is designed to foster a posi- a few supplies to communicate their findings with Lincoln, NE 68501-0669 Steve Tomecek tive attitude toward science. In this video, students experts and computer users. Also covered are Telephone: (402) 472-2007 learn about Michael Faraday and Thomas Alva Toll-free: (800) 228-4630 facts about flowers, a description of how sound is Edison and their discoveries about the nature of Fax: (800) 306-2330 produced and perceived by each part of the ear, electricity. Viewers discover the relationship [email protected] and details on how noise can be hazardous to the between magnetism and electricity and how elec- http://www.gpn.unLedu/ hearing. The episode presents how a parachute tric motors and generators are based on the same works and describes the physiological features of $24.95 per video principles. 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The FactoryDeluxe: Strategies in $68.95 per hybrid CD-ROM properly shaped crate. In the delivery phase, stu- dents use area formulas, estimation, and computa- Problem Solving Note: Contact publisher for tion as they play a strategy game to be the first to Grades 4-8 The five factory-based activities on this CD-ROM system requirements. deliver their product. A special feature of the soft- 1998 are designed to help students expand their prob- ware is a journal option that allows students to save Author: Paul Kronmeyer, lem-solving strategies in geometry, sequencing, and pictures of selected products and to record obser- Jennabeth Bogard, Jennifer spatial sense. Players learn how to use three types vations. Teachers can customize software to meet Simon, Joe Summerhays, of machines in an assembly line setting: one that students' needs and keep records on their progress. John Mullaney, and Frank places punch marks and stripes on a geometric Migliorelli The software includes a teacher's guide with shape, one that cuts away part of a shape, and one detailed information about the program and Ordering Information: that rotates a shape. In the activities, individual overviews of the activities. (Author/JRS) ENC- Sunburst Communications, Inc. students experiment with researching, designing, 011765 101 Castleton Street and building products PO Box 100 using different combi- Pleasantville, NY 10570 nations of the The GraphClub with Fizz & Martina Telephone: (914) 747-3310 machines. Then, in Toll-free: (800) 321-7511 the shipping phase of Grades K-4 This software program teaches students to use Fax: (914) 747-4109 the program, students 1995 graphs to communicate information, answer ques- [email protected] Author: Peggy Healy use spatial ability to tions, and solve problems. The goal is to help http://www.sunburstonline. Steams; program graphics place orders in the them make the transition from graphing with corn/ and icons, Robert Thibeault manipulatives to graphing in the abstract. Another aim is to teach students the relationship between different representations of the same data, such as a picture graph, bar graph, and table. The pro- 4 3 40 Eisenhower National Clearinghousehttp://mmenc.org/ Around the C 0 NJ IP Iii T IE
Ordering Information: gram encourages cooperativelearning, problem Ordering Information: fractions. In Geocomputer, users explore the con- Tom Snyder Productions, Inc. solving, and cross-curricular integration. Sample Edmark Corporation cepts of area, perimeter, congruence, and tessella- 80 Coolidge Hill Rd graphs are included for exploring and/or matching. pc) Box 97021 tion and identify geometric figures in a geoboard Watertown, MA 02172-2817 Five modes of operation are available to help stu- Redmond, WA 98073-9721 environment. Quizzo gives children the chance to Toll-free: (800) 342-0236 Toll-free: (800) 362-2890 dents collect information, answer questions, make compete against a computer-generated opponent to Fax: (617) 926-6222 Fax: (425) 556-8430 decisions, and solve problems. The Explore mode identify numbers and shapes and complete http://www.teachtsp.com/ [email protected] generates a pair of graphs in an open-ended envi- http://www.edmark.com/ sequences and analogies. The software praises stu- $99.95 per hybrid CD-ROM ronment, while the Match mode generates a ran- dents for correct answers, gives appropriate feed- Order # GRT-A dom graph and challenges students to create a dif- $29.95 per CD-ROM and back for incorrect answers, and allows children to ferent type of graph to represent the same data. teacher's guide continue to work on problems until they arrive at Note: Contact publisher for Using the Create mode, students enter collected Order # 702-1076 correct answers. An Adult Options section allows system requirements. data for graphing. The Guess mode encourages parents or teachers to modify settings. Also avail- critical thinking and helps students understand Note: Contact publisher for able is a teacher's guide with start-up directions Standards: NCTM that there are often many good answers to a ques- system requirements. and reproducible masters for classroom activities. Curriculum and Evaluation tion. A teacher's guide is included. (Author/LDR) (Author/GMM) ENC-004613 Standards (1989) ENC-004945
Disney's Math Quest with Aladdin Boxer Introductory Algebra Grades 5-12 Using readings, pictures, and animation to engage Grades 1-3 Using colorful animated graphics, this CD-ROM 1997 as many of the user's senses as possible, this CD- 1997 presents an interactive adventure designed to build Author: Lea Marshall, Kim ROM tutorial covers the concepts of pre-algebra Author: Disney Interactive basic math skills as students tackle math challenges Mattingly, and Corey Brady; and beginning algebra in a visual, interactive envi- in the land of Aladdin. The goal of the adventure is program creator and engi- ronment. Detailed explanations are given of each Ordering Information: to rescue Jasmine, save Aladdin, and find the hid- neer, Corm Prepscius concept, immediately followed by questions apply- Cuisenaire den pieces of the magic lamp. With help and PO Box 5026 ing the concepts. Real-world problems are used encouragement from Aladdin movie characters, stu- Ordering Information: White Plains, NY 10602-5026 when possible to complement the lessons. Students dents journey through an eastern bazaar while Boxer Learning, Inc. Toll-free: (800) 237-0338 105 West Main Street can use an animated number line graph to view Fax: (800) 551-7637 exploring 18 problem-solving challenges that Charlottesville, VA 22902 operations such as adding a negative two or sub- http://www.cuisenaire.com/ involve computation, patterns, estimation, and logi- Toll-free: (800) 736-2824 tracting a negative three; stretching or shrinking cal reasoning. Offered at three skill levels, these Telephone: (804) 977-5900 this graph's arrow can also be used to illustrate dif- $34.95 per hybrid CD-ROM games include mosaics to complete by using line Fax: (804) 977-6484 ferent algebraic expressions. An on-demand calcu- Order # M8801-060033 symmetry and geometric shapes, and logic games [email protected] lator provides support that require the discovery for use at home or Note: Contact pub- of patterns. Each user can $49.98 per CD-ROM lisher for system school. The entire save a record of his or her (Windows) requirements. program includes games and rescues in an more than 297 prac- Note: Contact publisher individual passport that tice problems and 300 can be called up and added for additional ordering options and system test questions. The to at the end of each game. requirements. program takes approx- Completion certificates can imately 40 hours to be printed. (Author/JRS) Standards: NCTM complete. An instruc- ENC-012236 Curriculum and tor's manual provides Evaluation Standards installation tips, lesson summaries, and answer keys. (1989) An Internet site is maintained to keep the user Mighty Math informed about other questions and products. Number Heroes (Author/LDR) ENC-010925 Grades 3-5 The four activities on this CD invite children to 1996 master mathematical concepts. TheMighty Math Author: executive producer, series provides a guided environment in which Donna Stanger children engage in both directed and self-directed activities on topics found in most state and district curriculum guides. On this CD, the activity called Fraction Fireworks invites children to make fire- works displays by identifying, comparing and ordering, and computing decimal and common
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Blaster Series Tabletop Jr. Math Blaster Mystery: The Great Brain Robbery Grades 3-6 TabletopJr. introduces students to basic math con- 1995 cepts, including data visualization, grouping, sort- Grades 5-9 While experiencing adventures and intrigue in Dr. Author: TERC, Inc.; project ing, graphing, interpreting data, and logical reason- 1994 Dabble's mysterious mansion, students build upon director, Chris Hancock ing. Students apply these concepts as they use Author: Developed by Jan basic math, logic, and problem-solving skills that Davidson and John Sosoka; their imaginations to create unusual creatures and will prepare them for algebra. The object is to Ordering Information: programmers, Doyle Bare and objects. For instance, students may create the locate Dr. Dabble's brain, which he has hidden in Broderbund Software, Inc. Eric Laun Snoods, characters whose variables are their physi- his laboratory. To carry out this mission, students 500 Redwood Boulevard Novato, CA 94948 cal characteristics (type of hair, eyes, nose, feet). Ordering Information: must explore the rooms in the house, looking for Telephone: (415) 382-4400 Students may also create pizzas, using any combi- Davidson & Associates, Inc. creatures that hand out coins, which they can use Toll-free: (800) 521-6263 nation of toppings to learn sorting and classifying PO Box 2961 to play three math machines. If they outsmart the Fax: (415) 382-3030 skills. Snoods, pizzas, or other objects can be sort- Torrance, CA 90503 machines, they earn puzzle pieces which, taken http://www.broderbund.com/ ed in seven ways: free form, bunched by attributes, Toll-free: (800) 545-7677 together, provide the key to the lab. The three stacked by attributes, axes (scatter plot and cross Fax: (310) 793-0603 machines include: Equation Maker, Kitchen $99.95 per software package http://www.davd.com/ tab graphs), loops (Venn diagrams), linked by their Comparisons, and (Mac/Windows) like characteristics (chains), or in grid formation Number Guesser. $44.95 per CD-ROM (tiling). The Equation Maker chal- Note: Contact pub- Order # 2733 teacher's manual lenges students to com- lisher for system includes lesson plans plete equations; correct requirments. Note: Contact publisher that may function as for system requirements. answers remove a brick Standards: NCTM a single lesson or as from a wall to display a Curriculum and part of open-ended puzzle piece. In Kitchen Evaluation Standards investigations. It also Comparisons, students (1989) includes more than add ingredients to mon- 50 illustrated chal- ster stew. The Number Funding: Jostens lenge cards of varying Guesser provides prac- Learning Corporation; difficulty, each with a tice in working with integers. Students may use Broderbund Software, game or puzzle. The program is designed to sup- the online blueprint to navigate their way around Inc.; National Science port NCTM standards and may be used to develop the mansion. (EPIE/DEB) ENC-005148 Foundation estimation skills, number sense and number opera- tions, spatial sense, and fractions and decimals. Shape Up! (EPLE/RMK) ENC-005157 Grades K-8 On this geometric playground, students manipu- 1995 late, sort, measure, rotate, modify, and experiment The Logic Box: Software for All Ages Author: Programming, with standard and customized shapes. The pro- James Kosic and Josh Eisen gram contains five sections: Pattern Block World, Grade K and up Designed to develop problem solving, logic, and Tangram World, 2D World, Plato's World, and 3D 1993 critical thinking skills, this game is played with Ordering Information: Author: ScotiaCom Systems World. In Pattern Block World the blocks have eight objects and three operations. The eight Sunburst Communications, congruent corresponding sides and angle measures objects can be words, numbers, pictures, or shapes, Inc. Ordering Information: and represent all possible combinations of three that are integral multiples of 30 degrees. Tangram PC Resources 101 Castleton Street attributes. For example, if the objects are plane PO Box 100 World is based on a game involving seven pieces 11621 Hunters Green Court figures, the attributes could be shape (circle or Pleasantville, NY 10570 cut from a square. 2D World consists of a circle Reston, VA 22091 square), color (red or blue), and size (small or Telephone: (914) 747-3310 and five regular polygons: a triangle, a square, a Telephone: (703) 860-1100 Toll-free: (800) 321-7511 pentagon, a hexagon, and an octagon. Sudents can Toll-free: (800) 933-6284 large). Objects are moved in and out of a box Fax: (914) 747-4109 make virtually any other two-dimensional shape, Fax: (703) 860-4529 using the three operations of adding an object, [email protected] copy a picture from the collection available, or cre- [email protected] keeping an object, and exchanging objects. Players http://www.sunburstonline. ate an original one. Plato's World contains the five select one attribute first, such as circle, and then com/ $29.95 per software package Platonic solids: the tetrahedron, the cube, the octa- apply an operation to all objects with that hedron, the dodecahedron, and the icosahedron. attribute. The objective of the game is to use the $139.95 per software package Note: Specify English, fewest steps possible to move a selected set of Rotational tools allow students to rotate a polyhe- French, or Spanish. Special (Mac) objects into the box, leaving all others outside of it. dron around any one of three axes. 3D World educator prices available. Problems of varying degrees of difficulty can be Note: Contact publisher for consists of two sets of two-dimensional figures and Contact publisher for system selected. Suggestions for classroom use and for system requirements. one set of three-dimensional figures. Each section requirements. of the program includes a warm-up, explorations extending the applications of this program are also and experimentations with the concepts, instruc- included.(Author/DDD) ENC-002732 tional notes, follow-up activities, and extension activities. (EPIE/RMK) ENC-005158 45 Illrirserhower National Clearinghouse http://www.enc.org/ Around the
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Thinkin' Scie ce Ordering Information: what other countries look like. By pointing and Edmark Corporation clicking the mouse, students can navigate to other Grades 1, 2 Inside the Super Secret Science Station, a radar PO Box 97021 places or even rotate the globe. Using their online 1997 screen displays signals sent by the Science Scouts: Redmond, WA 98073-9721 camera, users can take pictures of different places Author: Edmark Corporation Bobbie, Buddy, and Einstone. Students click on a Toll-free: (800) 362-2890 around the globe and save them in a photo album. Fax: (425) 556-8430 signal to enter a learning environment and begin a The Jellybean Hunt helps students develop an Ordering Information: [email protected] science challenge activity. The five environments understanding of direction by directing an ant Edmark Corporation each contain a series of progressively difficult activ- http://www.edmark.com/ PO Box 97021 across a gridded napkin full of jellybeans. Students ities. In Day and Night, students discover that the Redmond, WA 98073-9721 $19.95 per CD-ROM can go left or right as well as north, south, east, or Earth spins on an axis and rotates once per day. Toll-free: (800) 362-2890 (Mac/Windows) west. The Symbol Sandbox Overview delineates They can rotate a model of the Earth to see how Fax: (425) 556-8430 Order # 604-1083 the relationship between maps [email protected] sunlight and rotation interact to make different and actual landmarks through http://www.edmark.com/ times of day and night for specific places on the Note: Contact pub- an activity in which children planet. Fun Physics contains simulated motion lisher for additional construct features in a sandbox $29.95 per CD-ROM experiments in which students solve challenges ordering options and by placing symbols on a map. (consumer edition) system require- that involve balls of different weights, adjustable In Calendar Clock, students Order # 0922 ments. straight and curved ramps, and pendulums. In explore the concept of time by What Did You See? students learn about animals Note: Contact publisher for uomoo°6 moving backwards and forwards and seasons through a memory game that sharpens system requirements. 0 a), (g0(211 in an animated movie. As the observation, visual discrimination, and perception 68 OD student clicks on one of the time G=i2=51==CsOti:=340 skills. The tool bar provides hints about the ani- incrementsseconds, minutes, ZIMIMPRIfi,... :Mt mals' habitats. An additional game, Animal Tracks, days, etc.the movie progresses shows students how to identify an animal's foot- at that respective rate. Finally, Time Twins uses two prints by studying the number of toes, shape, pat- animated clocks, one digital and one analog, to tern, and size of the foot. help students tell time. Each activity is accompa- In the fifth game, the nied by teacher guidelines that provide suggestions Mystery Cave, students for achieving maximal use of the program. use deductive reasoning (Author/RJK) ENC-004698 to identify an unknown object by using tools that gather data about the smell, texture, color, 3M Learning Software Series; Newton's Apple shape, and weight of the hat's the Secret? Volume 1 object. As students solve the science challenges, Grades 3-12 This series of CD-ROMs, based on the TV series they are rewarded with printable treasures to color, 1994 Newton's Apple, uses a question approach to pro- such as animal masks, puzzles, and games. The Author: Executive producer, vide information. The program opens with a mural CD-ROM also contains options that allow parents Richard Hudson; producer, that represents four major sections the user may to customize the program for their children, along Joy Kopp explore: bees, sound, the circulatory system, and with a section that introduces the CD-ROM and an amusement park. Each section contains a series Ordering Information: provides ideas for doing science with children. of icons that do different things. The icons include Layton Marketing Group (Author/LCT) ENC-012222 Science Try It, Newt (a young Isaac Newton) 1212 Red Fox Road Arden Hills, MN 55221 Notes, and Gadget TV. Under the Science Try It Telephone: (800) 219-9022 icon, users can take part in an activity that includes a procedure, predicted outcomes, and the scientific Early Learning Series Fax: (800) 597-0227 principles that explain the outcome. In Newt Trudy's Time & Piace se: $29.95 per CD-ROM Notes are science factoids about the various topics. Five Exciting Activities Teach Time (Mac/Windows) Gadget TV presents QuickTime movies about the and Geography topic section. For example movies of millipedes, Note: Plus $4.95 shipping spider webs, insects, and Africanized bees are fea- As students work through the five sections of this and handling Grades pre-K-12 tured in the bee section. Another section, the 1995 CD-ROM, they learn about telling time and geog- Doctor's Office, provides answers to questions Author: Tad Wood, John raphy in a discovery and exploration setting, or in such as what causes high blood pressure and why Geilfuss, and Donna Stanger a question and answer mode. For instance, in one roller coasters make people sick. (Author/DEB) of the lessons, Earth Scout, students ride a simulat- ENC-004973 ed spacecraft and look down on the Earth below, giving them a sense of the planet's shape and of
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3M Learning Software Series; Newton's Apple Eyewitness What's theSecret? Volume 2 Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Nature:
Grades 3-12 This companion volume to the one described on The Essential Multimedia Reference 1994 page 43 contains four major sections the user may Guide to the Natural World Author: executive producer, explore: flight, glue, the Arctic, and the brain. In Grades K-12 Colorful pictures, video sequences, sound clips, Richard Hudson; producer, the Gadget TV portion of the section on flight, 1995 and animations illustrate different subjects in life Joy Kopp viewers can see movies about spinning, wings, heli- and Earth sciences. The CD covers the world's copter blades, helicopter controls, and torque. Ordering Information: Ordering Information: major habitats, such as tundra, deserts, forests, Clicking on the clock brings up timelines for the DK Publishing, Inc. Layton Marketing Group wetlands, and rain forests.It also discusses the 1224 Heil Quaker Boulevard 1212 Red Fox Road history of the various sections . In the doctor's Earth's many plant and animal inhabitants, includ- La Vergne, TN 37086-7001 Arden Hills, MN 55221 office section, students can find answers to ques- ing amphibians, reptiles, birds, insects, inverte- Toll-free: (888) 342-5357 Telephone: (800) 219-9022 tions such as what causes people to shiver and how brates, and fungi. Sections on climate, microscopic Fax: (800) 774-6733 Fax: (800) 597-0227 a doctor fixes a broken tooth. (Author/DEB) http://www.dk.conV life, prehistoric life, and evolution are included. A ENC-004974 timeline chart illustrates the history of life. The $29.95 per CD-ROM $39.95 per CD-ROM program addresses ecological concepts such as (Mac/Windows) biosphere, energy flow, and the food chain. It also Note: Contact publisher for deals with a variety of environmental issues such as Note: Plus $4.95 ship- system requirements. ping and handling. pollution, global warming, endangered wildlife, Contact publisher for and threatened habitats. (Author/RA) ENC- system requirements. 003337
Eyewitness Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Space and the Universe
Eyewitness Grades K-12 This CD-ROM encyclopedia and reference guide EyewitnessChildren's Encyclopedia 1996 covers astronomy, space exploration, and the cos- mos. It deals with the planets, galaxies, astronauts, Ordering Information: Grades 2-7 This interactive reference encyclopedia.is designed spacecrafts, and satellites. There is a virtual obser- DK Publishing, Inc. 1997 to stimulate natural curiosity and to challenge chil- vatory and information on ancient observatories, 1224 Heil Quaker Boulevard dren to learn more about the world around them. early astrophysics, and early astronomers and their La Vergne, TN 37086-7001 Ordering Information: It contains 40 video sequences, 90 animations and Toll-free: (888) 342-5357 equipment. Users can also "tour" the universe, DK Publishing, Inc. audiovisual sequences, and more than 600,000 Fax: (800) 774-6733 accessing in-depth information and images of the 1224 Heil Quaker Boulevard words of text created specifically for this encyclo- http://www.dk.com/ solar system. Quizmaster is a multiple-choice game La Vergne, TN 37086-7001 pedia. Children explore three-dimensional envi- students can play, and they can read a reference Toll-free: (888) 342-5357 ronments through a spaceship or navigator; they $39.95 per CD-ROM Fax: (800) 774-6733 encyclopedia of famous astronomers, astronauts http://www.dk.com can choose from settings such as the rain forest, and scientists, including Copernicus, Buzz Aldrin, the city, and outer space. The atlas button on the Note: Contact publisher for and Albert Einstein. Full-color videos, maps, and system requirements. $39.95 per CD-ROM navigator's control panel yields facts about every a gallery of solar (Mac/Windows) country of the world, details about the lives of chil- system images are dren from all over the world, and tours of the also available. Note: Contact publisher world's cities. The viewer can also investigate top- (Author/FEB) about additional ordering ics under the headings of culture, nature, history, ENC-002090 options and system require- science, and geography. For each topic there are ments. numerous subheadings leading to text information, illustrations, animations, and references to related topics. Sample investigations include the growth of fungus, human hearing, the mechanics of simple machines, and a complete tour of the Taj Mahal. Surrounding the central control panel are options that include quizzes, key word definitions, bio- graphical information, and a link to the Eyewitness Web site. (Author/JRS) ENC-011890
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Eyewitness Virtual Reality The Archaeological Detective Dinosaur Hunter Grades 8-12 A skeleton has been discovered under the old Grades K-12 This virtual museum tour uses images, animations, 1997 stones of Montreal, and this CD-ROM gives stu- 1996 video, and sound to present the topic of dinosaurs. Author: producers, Ginette dents the chance to try their hand at archaeological Author: Dor ling Kindersley In the arena, visitors can learn about the anatomy Cloutier, Bruno Legare; detective work. The mission is to determine the and behavior of dinosaursnle East Room con- director, Annick Hernandez sex, age, size, and religion of the person whose Ordering Information: tains wall maps and landscapes that recreate the decomposing bones were unearthed at the Pointe- DK Publishing, Inc. Ordering Information: world of the dinosaur as it was between 250 mil- a-Calliere excavation site. The clues are found in 1224 Heil Quaker Blvd Micro-Intel lion and 65 million years ago. The West Room is a historical documents, plans, and maps, as well as La Vergne, TN 37086-7001 1200 Papineau Avenue, consultations with experts after collecting data on Toll-free: (888) 342-5357 multilevel dinosaur excavation site where visitors Suite 301 Fax: (800) 774-6733 go underground to hunt for dinosaur fossils. Using Montreal, CANADA the remains. Video sequences show archaeologists http://www.dk.com/ the clues provided, they complete a skeleton, bring QC H2K 4RS at work, engaged in activities such as comparing the dinosaur back to life, and release it into the Toll-free: (800) 530-8789 bones of males and females. Additional resources $29.95 per CD-ROM museum. In the Outer Corridor is a timeline that Fax: (514) 530-8789 include photographs, narrative sequences, and a displays the evolutionary relationships of such http://www.micro-intel.com glossary of terms. Note: Contact publisher for major dinosaurs as Velociraptor, Troodon, and (SSD/Author) ENC- $45.00 per CD-ROM system requirements. Gigantosaurus. Visitors can choose to view four 010858 (Mac and Windows) museum tours: an introductory tour, How
Dinosaurs Lived, How Dinosaurs Evolved, and Note: Available in lab Extraordinary Dinosaurs. Users can also browse packs. Contact pub- the museum and save exhibits to create their own lisher for system tour. Additional features include a glossary, navi- requirements. gator, subject and video index, and a museum store that allows visitors to download images, sounds, and stationery to their hard drives. The disc also contains a link to Dor ling Kindersley's Internet site SimEarth for additional information. (Author/LCT) ENC- Grade 5 and up Students can try their hand at creating worlds, 004652 1996 learning the concepts of ecology, evolution, and Author: Maxis, Will Wright, Earth science as they do it. This CD-ROM has a and Michael Bremer tutorial that teaches the basic rules of the game and explains its various functions, such as creating life Eyewitness Virtual Reality Ordering Information: and adjusting biomes. Players control conditions Electronic Arts Earth Quest such as the mixture of gases in the air, the rate of 1450 Fashion Island continental drift, and the amount of solar energy. Grade 4 and up Part of the series described above, this CD tours a Boulevard The game may be started at many points in Earth's 1997 museum dedicated to geology and Earth science. San Mateo, CA 94404 historyfrom a bare planet to the dawn of civiliza- The Earth Gallery feature's more than 200 rock, Telephone: (650) 571-7171 http://www.ea.com/ tionand users can keep track of the geosphere, Ordering Information: mineral, and gem samples. Each sample is accom- the hydrosphere, the atmosphere, and the bios- DK Publishing, Inc. panied by descriptive text and a table that summa- 1224 Heil Quaker Boulevard $14.95 per CD-ROM phere. Players may rizes properties such as hardness, acid, and crys- La Vergne, TN 37086-7001 also choose the talline structure. The North Room contains three Toll-tree: (888) 342-5357 Note: Contact pub- challenge of ter- consoles related to mining, which provide general Fax: (800) 774-6733 lisher tor system raforming another http://www.dk.com/ information, maps detailing the distribution of the requirements. world's minerals, and four Quick Time videos. The Planet Students build their skills as $29.95 per CD-ROM panoramic exhibit in the West Room describes they advance (Mac/Windows) how various landscape features developed. The through the pro- Violent Earth exhibit in the East Room features gram's levels of dif- Note: Contact publisher for maps and videos about volcanoes and earthquakes. system requirements. ficulty. Random An accelerated clock allows visitors to witness events such as events in nature that actually take place over vast meteors striking expanses of time. Also included are a glossary, a the planet and hur- navigator, and a subject and video index. A muse- ricanes add an extra degree of uncertainty. These um store contains images, sounds, and stationery events may be turned off in the lower levels. that viewers may download to their hard drives. A Progress can be saved and the game played over hotlink sends users to DK's Internet site, where several sessions. (SSD) ENC-012400 additional information is available. (Author/LCT) ENC-010205 4 8 Eisenhower National Clearinghousehttp://vwvwenc.org/ 45 Around t h e
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Schoolhouse Rock! such as a nutrition scavenger hunt and a game in Math Rock which they have five dollars to spend on healthy snacks. The teacher's page features a download- Grades 1-5 Combining rock-and-roll math videos with eight able guide with an overview of the Web site and 1996 interactive math games, this CD-ROM gives stu- classroom activities to complement the online Author: Technical director, dents the chance to participate in a multiplication activities. Also included are opportunities for par- Lee Powell; executive pro- race, create geometrical shapes, and practice ents to become involved in their child's learning ducer, Lindsay Gupton sequences and patterns. Each activity can be activities. Winner, ENC Digital Dozen, January played at five skill levels, depending on the grade Ordering Information: 1998. (Author/LCT) ENC-011161 level of the players. The program targets a range Creative Wonders PO 629000 of mathematical skills, from the basic operations of El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 arithmetic and problem solving to the more com- KIDLINK: KIDPRO) Toll-free: (800) 505-6133 plex skills of set identification, geometry, sequenc- http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/ Fax: (800) 582-8000 ing, and strategy. Players travel around Funky Grades 1-9 The Kidlink Society is a nonprofit organization [email protected] Numberland helping Lucky Seven Sampson gather registered in Norway that encourages students http://www.cwonders.com/ the members of the Funky Numberland Band. To from all over the world to communicate with one collect a band member, a player must win the math another and collaborate on solving world prob- $24.95 per CD-ROM activity three times at one skill level. The game My lems. This site, available in 10 languages and 100 (MacM/indows) Hero Zero teaches place value, powers of ten, and $24.95 per teacher's guide countries, offers global net- strategic planning as the player seeks to fill three ourdkeinn ratsurneiat icehsefdo r Note: Contact publisher for rockets with as many rocks as possible without system requirements. exceeding each ship's maximum payload. In Water more than 100,000 students Balloon Darts, students use a slingshot to launch since its founding in 1990. To become a member Standards: NCTM three water balloons at number values on a dart of this free network, students answer four ques- Curriculum and Evaluation board. They have to attain a given sum by working tions about themselves and their ideas about mak- Standards (1989) within restricted parameters, ing the world a better place. The Kidscafe and such as using the operators of Kidsforum conferences are two forums for e-mail greater or less than, using only dialogue, both as individual keypals and for group odd numbers, or being required discussion on a specific monthly topic. A teacher to multiply by two. The game conference lets teachers share experiences about Figure Eight Skating requires using Kidlink to enhance their curriculum. students to plan and execute a (Author/JRS) ENC-011806 skater's routine so that it forms a specified geometric shape. The Parent's Corner contains operat- Funbrain.com: Where Kids Get Power ing instructions, game features, and hints. A pr. ntable progress report shows com- http://www.funbrain.com/index.html pleted student activities and the highest level Grades K-4 This Web site offers a fun way for elementary stu- attempted. (Author/LDR) ENC-008722 dents to practice important learning skillsEach of the five sections of this interactive site con- tains a game designed to help students improve their math, spelling, or writing. The first section, Math Baseball, is played INTERNELSITES EORSTUDENTS hke a ball game where the batter finds answers for arithmetic problems, scores a hit for a correct answer, and gets an out for a wrong izxzoo answer. Change Maker is a cash register Kids Food Cyberclub game designed to help students http://www.kidsfood.org/ ru 11bra I thro tti learn to make change. There is Grades 3-5 This award-winning nutrition education site con- a matching game to test memo- tains classroom activities to help students learn / ry, a spelling game for students to about food and nutrition and their relationship to find and correct the misspelled word health. The parents' section provides general from a group of four words, and Wacky Tales, information about the program and invites parents' where students type in examples of different parts questions and feedback. The student pages con- of speech and the computer makes a story with tain interactive quizzes and games about nutrition, them. Winner, ENC Digital Dozen, April 1998. (JRS) ENC-011932
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The Black Hole Gang Manipula Math with MVA http://www.blackholegang.com/ http://www.ies.co.jp/math/jaya/iesjaya.html-ssi Grades K-8 The Black Hole Gang, a group of four kids (Rosa, Grades 5-12 Sophisticated mathematical concepts can be Wei Ling, Matt, and A.J.) has formed their own sci- explored using the interactive animation at this ence club complete with a special clubhouse. At Web site. The site is designed for middle school their site, each member is represented by a cartoon geometry students, high school students, college portrait; visitors click on each portrait to go to that students, and all who are interested in math. The kid's corner of the clubhouse. In Rosa's corner, interactive programs present a problem with for example, visitors will find a periodic opportunities for the student to do structured table of the elements, a picture of exploration. Students can manipulate relationships Einstein, and a chess board. The club between variables presented in the problem, allow- botanist, kJ. also likes haiku and ing them to investigate the meaning of the architecture; his corner contains plants, Pythagorean Theorem or find the sum of the outer a microscope, a variety of simple angles of a polygon. Students can generate, rotate, machines. Matt is interested in Earth and space and transform three-dimensional figures. Topics science, and Wei Ling's corner contains a variety of include geometry, trigonometry, and calculus. animals and aquaria. Each item depicted is a link Winner, ENC Digital Dozen, May 1998. (JRS) to additional information, related sites, and a bibli- ENC-011230 ography of children's books. Winner, ENC Digital Dozen, June 1998. (Author/LCT) ENC-012125
Mama la http://imagiware.com/mancala.cgi Grades 5-12 This computer version of the ancient game Mancala, also known as Kalaha, depicts a game board with 12 playing pits, each containing three seeds. Each seed in the pit is then placed, one at a time, into successive pits, moving counter-clock- wise around the board. Seeds placed in a scoring pit are points for that player. The game ends when all pits on one side of the board are empty. The players' names are recorded on the Mancala Scoreboard if they perform well enough. There are two difficulty levels available as well as a hint but- ton that suggests moves. Winner, ENC Digital Dozen (May 1995). (Author/SXA) ENC-004050 Aroundthe WORKBENCH
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Science in Seconds with Toys: Spy Science: 40 Secret Sleuthing, Over 100 Experiments You Can Do Code Cracking, Spy Catching in Ten Minutes or Less Activities for Kids Grades 3-6 This book helps parents and children conduct sim- Grades 5-8 Students can use this activity book to learn the his- 1998 ple science experiments using familiar toys and 1996 tory, science, and technology of espionage. The Author: Jean Potter games. Readers will learn how an Etch-A-Sketch Author: Jim Wiese; illustra- book covers such tricks of the trade as going works through static electricity, how adsorption tions by Ed Shems Ordering Information: undercover, mastering Morse code, and building occurs when Silly Putty pulls up comic strips from John Wiley and Sons, Inc. devices that allow would-be spies to see around the newspaper, and how gyroscopic stability makes Ordering Information: One Wiley Drive corners and listen through walls. In other activi- John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Somerset, NJ 08875-1272 a football spiral through the air. Additional activi- One Wiley Drive ties, students build a parabolic microphone and an Telephone: (908) 469-4400 ties show children how to make their own polymer Somerset, NJ 08875-1272 alarm system from simple circuits and use the Toll-free: (800) 225-5945 play "plubber" from borax and glue, explore the Telephone: (908) 469-4400 kinetic energy of a rubber band to make contact Fax: (908) 302-2300 forces that keep Frisbees and hula hoops aloft, and Toll-free: (800) 225-5945 with a partner. The book provides instructions for http://www.wiley.com/ use chromatography to separate the pigments in Fax: (908) 302-2300 using the Internet to gather information from the colored markers. http://www.wiley.com/ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), $12.95 per book (Author/LCT) ENC- the White House, and other govern- 011649 $12.95 per book ment agencies. Anecdotes illustrate how the work of famous spies, such as Casanova and Robert Baden-Powell, altered the course of history. (Author/LCT) ENC-008849
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Slugs, Bugs,and Salamanders: Math Is Everywhere! DiscoveringAnimals in Your Garden Math in the Garden Grades K-8 The focus of this book is the insects, birds, Grades K, 1 Teachers can use this book to help children apply 1994 1997 amphibians, and other animals found in gardens, math concepts and skills to home and school situa- Author: Sally Kneidel; illus- including creatures both beneficial and damaging. Author: Laura Mackey; illus- tions. The units include teacher resource pages, trated by N.J. Taylor trated by Anna-Maria Crum The book also describes a garden created especially student forms for recording information, activity sheets, and patterns. Suggested classroom garden- for children, with "playful" vegetables like cherry Ordering Information: Ordering Information: ing activities run from simple to involved and pro- tomatoes and sugar peas that can be eaten right off Evan-Moor Educational Fulcrum Publishing the vine. In this garden are "fun" flowers as well, Publishers Co. vide the structure for practicing many math, Orders Department process, and social skills. Some of the mathemati- 350 Indiana Street, Suite 350 such as snapdragons that bite the air when pinched 18 Lower Ragsdale Drive Monterey, CA 93940-5746 cal skills targeted by this book include patterning, Golden, CO 80401-5093 and sunflowers that yield seeds for munching. Toll-free: (800 777-4362 Telephone: (303) 277-1623 Beginning with a discussion of the relationships estimation, fractions, and graphing. Students also http://m/w.evan-moor.com/ Toll-free: (800) 992-2908 between plants and animals in the garden commu- practice obserying, recording, and communicating Fax: (800) 726-7112 nity, the book describes producers, consumers, and data. Social skills developed by this book include $6.45 per book [email protected] decomposers as well as plant eaters and predators. cooperation, responsibility, and patience. Activities http://www.fulcrum-resources. Subsequent chapters talk about involve growing individual plants, dramatizing com/ soil preparation and describe how related concepts, collecting data on plant care, and to grow plants that will attract maintaining journals. (Author/SXA) ENC-002511 $15.95 per book butterflies, hummingbirds, and (paperback) other pollinators. Also included are tips for starting a basic garden journal and organic methods for dealing with pests. Interspersed Backyard Scientist throughout the book are activities Backyard Scientist: Exploring that enable students to identify Earthworms with Me the parts of insects; learn how parasitic wasps keep hornworms Grades pre-K-6 The 19 experiments in this book are designed to in check; and discover which insects can change 1994 help students learn about the positive environmen- Author: Jane Hoffman; illus- colors. (Author/LCT) ENC-011768 tal contributions of earthworms. Books in the trated by Lanny Ostroff Backyard Scientist series provide hands-on science experiments for young scientists. Experiments in Ordering Information: this book allow students to discover where to find Backyard Scientist earthworms, how earthworms react to environmen- Accidental Scientist PO Box 16966 tal stimuli, and what earthworms eat. The experi- The GardenExplored Irvine, CA 92713 Telephone: (714) 551-2392 ments also help students develop skills in observ- Grades K-12 Developed for families, this book explores the sci- Fax: (714) 552-5351 ing, categorizing, and inferring. For each experi- 1997 ence of soil and water, of seeds and seasons, and of [email protected] ment, the book provides a list Author: Mia Amato with the bugs and roots. The Exploratorium, located in San of household materials need- Exploratorium Francisco, California, is a museum dedicated to sci- $10.20 per book ed, step-by-step instructions, ence, art, and human perception. Its Accidental questions designed to Ordering Information: Scientist series is designed to reveal the hidden sci- improve critical thinking Exploratorium Store ence underlying readers' everyday activities. This skills, and an explanation of 3601 Lyon Street book contains answers to such questions as Why the expected results. The text San Francisco, CA 94123 is illustrated with blackline Telephone: (415) 561-0393 should you always water plants in the morning? Fax: (415) 353-0481 (Answer: the stomata are open) and Why do you cartoons. (Author/LCT) http://www.exploratorium.edu/ prune at a certain time of the year? (Answer: to ENC-009543 manipulate plant hormones called auxins). $12.95 per book (paperback) Additional topics include the vascular nature of plants, nutrient cycles, ecology and habitats, and fooling Mother Nature. The book also includes experiments for home gardens. Readers can create their own hybrids, graft fruit trees, and shape a tree with selective pruning. A resource guide of biblio- graphic references is included. (Author/LCT) ENC-012277
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National Geographic Society http://www.nationalgeographic.corn/main.html S & T Test Report: Choosing a Low Grades K-12 This interactive version of the popular National Cost Telescope Geographicmagazine includes a searchable index http://www.skypub.com/testrept/lowcost.html of the magazines from 1996 to the present as well Grades K-12 Maintained bySky & Telescope(S&T) magazine, as National Geographic books, films, and videos. this site contains recommendations to help the Highlights from the current month's magazine and novice astronomer choose an inexpensive tele- contests are also available. Each month, National scope. The authors tested nine telescopes and Geographic Online debuts several new features rated them on the quality of the optics, ease of designed to allow visitors to participate in a virtual operation, and clarity of the user's guide. adventure or discovery. Other opportunities at this Specifications for a good, low-cost telescope site include chatting with photographers, writers, include: a sturdy mount; an apperture of at least 70 and artists; exchanging ideas with leading scien- mm (2.75 inches) for refractors, 100 mm (4 inches) tists; and sending an e-mail postcard to a friend. for reflectors; a standard 1.25-inch barrel; and a Winner, ENC Digital Dozen, September 1996. 30 mm or larger finderscope. (Author/LCT) (Author/JMJ) ENC-002156 ENC-012327
The Garden Gate http://www.prairienet.org/ag/garden/homepage.htm OneWorld Magazine Grades K-12 Gardeners and nature lovers alike will find this http://www.envirolink.org/oneworld/index.html comprehensive Web site useful, with its links to Grade 9 and up Sponsored by the EnviroLink Network, this site interesting sites around the world and a growing hosts a free electronic publication that focuses on collection of original materials. Resources are environmental, cultural, and exploration issues indexed according to subject and medium, such as around the world. This Web magazine offers illus- text, online books, catalogs, and software reviews. trated stories and articles designed to entertain and Examples of specific links include Tele Garden, an educate readers about the diverse aspects of our unusual garden at the University of Southern world's cultures and environments. From the California tended by people from all over the index, visitors can read articles about Antarctica, world with a Web-controlled robot. This site also deserts, and includes the Spider's Web, a seasonal online col- Ethiopia. The arti- umn that points the user to particularly timely cles about links. Winner, ENC Digital Dozen, June 1996. a Antarctica presen (Author/LCT) ENC-001892 gy, history, and conservation efforts. The deserts section offers a literary field trip to deserts in the American West, the Sahara, and Australia through a selection of articles and fictional works from Tony Hillerman, Philip K. Hitti, and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. Winner, ENC Digital Dozen, April 1998. (Author/LCT) ENC-011676
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The Victory Garden Vegetable Do Bees Sneeze? And Other Alphabet Book Questions Kids Ask Grades pre-K-3 Based on PBS's About Insects 1992 Victory Garden ' Grades K-8 Written by an entomolo- Author: Jerry Pallotta and television 1997 gist, this book is meant to Bob Thomson; illustrated by show, this Author: James K. help parents and other Edgar Stewart alphabet book Wangberg; illustrations by adults who work with features Ellen Parker Ordering Information: children to answer kids' detailed paint- matted* Charlesbridge Publishing A=1 questions about bugs. ings that depict Ordering Information: Toll-free: (800) 225-3214 The book contains the children in the garden with a variety of familiar Fulcrum Publishing $6.95 per book (paperback) answers to more than 200 Toll-free: (800) 992-2908 $15.95 for hardcover and exotic vegetables, such as daikon, peanut, and $17.95 per book frequendy asked ques- ultra-girl tomato. Each letter is represented by a tions about the physical full-page spread that includes a picture of the veg- appearance, body parts and functions, and habitats etable and a simple explanation of how it grows and behavior of many common insects. Sample and tastes. (LCT) ENC-011097 questions include: Why do cockroaches eat garbage? How can bugs have so much energy? The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds: Do insects go to the bathroom? Each chapter con- cludes with a series of activities to encourage fur- A Book About How Living Things ther investigation. A list of suggested readings is
Grow . : also provided. (Author/LCT) ENC-011767 DLENTS SEEDS Grades K-6 Ms. Frizzle's class is MO lb. Sea Lt.. 'W. Om. 1995 growing a beautiful Author: Patricia Relf; illus- garden, but one of The Color of Nature trated by John Speirs her students, Phoebe, is new and Grade K and up This book of pho- Ordering Information: left her flowers back 1996 tography is full of Scholastic, Inc. at her old school. Author: Pat Murphy and the brilliant colors Toll-free: (800) 724-6527 Paul Doherty; photography The class climbs .C7 that occur in $2.99 per book (paperback) by William Neill aboard the magic school bus, which shrinks until it nature. Readers is small enough to go inside one of Phoebe's flow- get to see colors that are usually overlooked, such Ordering Information: as the iridescent sheen in the wings of a fly. The ers, where they see nectar, anthers, and pollen. A The Exploratorium bee carries the bus to the next flower, where the Telephone: (415) 561-0393 first chapter explains the chemical nature of pig- students see a stigma, egg cells, and seeds. $22.95 per book (paperback) ments, while subsequent chapters illustrate the (Author/LCT) ENC-010802 physics of light and color. William Neill describes his photographic techniques and bibliographic ref- erences are provided. (Author/LCT) ENC- It's Pumpkin Time! 012285
Grades pre-K-1 A sister and brother 1994 plant and tend their Lightning Author: Zoe Hall; illustrated own pumpkin patch Grades 3-7 Dramatic pho- by Shari Halpem so that they will have 1992 tographs and simple jack o' lanterns for Ordering Information: Author: Stephen Kramer; narrative text present Halloween. The photographs by Warren Scholastic, Inc. a variety of facts minimal text and Faidley Toll-free: (800) 724-6527 about lightning. painted paper collages describe how the children $3.95 per book (paperback) Beginning with a prepared the soil, planted the seeds, and watched Ordering Information: $13.95 for hardcover brief description of their pumpkins grow all summer until fall, when Carolrhoda Books, Inc. thunder storms and they harvested and carved their pumpkins. The Telephone: (612) 332-3344 lightning, the book goes on to provide a simple book also contains an illustrated summary of how $19.95 per book (hardcover) description of the atom and how lightning is pumpkin seeds sprout and grow underground. formed by a sudden blast of electrons. Additional (Author/LCT) ENC-010818 topics include the events that take place when lightning strikes, different types of lightning, and the relationship between clouds, lightning, and thunder. (Author/LCT) ENC-012288 54 Eisenhower National Clearinghousehttp://wwwenc.org/ Around the BACK YARD a BEYOND
What Makesthe Grand Canyon The Dark Zone: Exploring the Secret Grand? TheWorld's Most Awe- World of Caves Grades 3-7 The Black Hole Gang, inspiring Natura! Wonders . 1998 made up of four kids and Grades 3-6 Part of Spencer Christian's Author: Stephen Kramer; a dog named Newton, is 1998 World of Wonders series, illustrated by Richard Torrey crazy about science. They Author: Spencer Christian this book explains how nat- hang out in a clubhouse and Antonia Felix ural forces such as rivers and Ordering Information: packed with beakers, ter- McGraw-Hill glaciers created some of the rariums, rock collections, Ordering Information: Toll-free: (800) 722-4726 world's most famous natural and a telescope named John Wiley and Sons, Inc. wonders. Readers will learn $10.95 per book (paperback) Toll-free: (800) 225-5945 Boris. In this story, an how wind and water erosion $12.95 per book urgent e-mail alerts them about a vandalized bat formed the Grand Canyon cave that needs to be cleaned up and protected. and how water seeping through rock forms solu- The kids are soon on their way to a spelunking tion caves such as the Carlsbad Caverns in New adventure, where they learn about stalagmites and Mexico. Additional topics include waterfalls, stalactites, cave fish and salamanders, and erosion mountains and volcanoes, and glaciers and ice- and sedimentation. There is also a Web site devot- bergs. Each chapter contains hands-on experi- ed to the Black Hole Gangsee page 47 of this ments that model the processes discussed in the issue of Focus. (Author/LCT) ENC-012290 text. (Author/LCT) ENC-011762
The vorDdin One Day rop ofater: ook of Science nd Wonder Grades 4-9 In this oversize book, Grades K-8 Spectacular photographs 1997 graphic illustrations and 1997 use stop action and mag- Author: Russell Ash full-color photographs Author: Written and pho- nified views to show all describe the state of the tographed by Walter Wick the states of water. Ordering Information: physical world in the late Readers can examine a DK Publishing,Inc. twentieth century. Statistics Ordering Information: Toll-free: (888) 342-5357 drop of water as it falls and information are given Scholastic, Inc. $15.95 per book (hardcover) from a faucet, see a drop for such topics as the Toll-free: (800) 724-6527 as it splashes on a hard $16.95 per book human body, world population, and recycling. The surface, and count the book answers questions such as: How many letters points of an actual snowflake. Evaporation, con- are sent around the world in one day? How much densation, capillary action, and surface tension are food is eaten in one day? A fold-out section high- explained, and the last pages describe the simple lights a large variety of animals with numerical experiments performed throughout the book so comparisons including number of heartbeats, vol- that they may be duplicated at home or in school. ume of food consumed, and hours of sleep needed. (Author/SSD) ENC-010721 (Author/JRS) ENC-011774
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Ranger Rick National Wildlife ENC has vol. 31,no. 2 (February 1997) ENC has vol. 35,no. 2 (February/March 1997) Grades 2-7 The National Wildlife Federation publishes this Grade 8 and up Articles and photoessays in this- bimonthly maga- periodical each month. Every issue contains full- zine place special emphasis on what individuals can Ordering Information: color photographs and stories that explore the Ordering Information: do to help solve environmental problems. The National Wildlife Federation diversity of wildlife and teach readers about the National Wildlife Federation February/March, 1997 issue highlights such endan- Toll-free: (800) 611-1599 importance of protecting all creatures. The lead Toll-free: (800) 477-5560 gered species as Florida's Key deer and the snowy $17.00 annual membership article in the February, 1997 issue is about an $16.00 for associate mem- owl. Additional articles introduce readers to the bership unusual partnership between Chinese work of wildlife artist Kevin Daniel and present hairrilrEklfishermen and cormorants. research about octopus intelligence. Each article is Additional features include an article illustrated with dramatic color photographs of the about the nocturnal activities of the animals. Regular features include research briefs, plants and animals that inhabit the tips for maintaining a backyard habitat, and mem- Sonoran Desert; games in which read- bership news. (Author/LCT) ENC-011899 ers interpret animal behavior from a photograph; and facts about stingrays. (Author/LCT) ENC-011265 Dragonfly: A Magazine for Young Investigators ENC has vol. 1 (April 1996) through vol. I, no. 4 (March/April Your Big Backyard 1997) ENC has Series III,no. 5 (May 1996) Grades pre-K-4 Published bimonthly from September through Grades pre-K-1 Each month, this magazine introduces children to June by the National Science Teachers Association Ordering Information: the world of nature through photos of baby ani- (NSTA), Dragonfly is designed to inspire investiga- National Science Teachers Ordering Information: mals, read-aloud stories, riddles, and games. The tion and curiosity in children. Most articles are Association National Wildlife Federation accompanied by a Science Challenge that provides magazine combines close-up pictures with simple Toll-free: (800) 722-6782 Toll-free: (800) 611-1599 discussion questions and extension activities. A text to help beginning readers. In sample activities $12.95 for subscrip- $15.00 per subscription sampling of topics includes seeds and trees, from the May, 1996 issue, children count a dozen tion baby ducks, find six mistakes in a picture, and epiphytes, and student research articles. make a finger painting of goldfish. (Author/LCT) Regular departments include a ENC-012316 pullout section of home activities, the Dragonfly Home Companion; the Scientist Interview; and How to Submit (investigations, essays, Dolphin Log and poems). The Teacher's ENC has issues from January,1996, to July, 1997 Companion provides supplemen- tal background information and Grade pre-K and up This bimonthly publication contains stories, activi- inquiry based activities, as well as ties, and games about marine and other animals. \Iarticlesabout diverse learning styles, learning com- Ordering Information: Sample articles explain why fish travel in schools, munities, and integrating language arts and science. Cousteau Society discuss what kids can do to save the coral reefs, (Author/LCT) ENC-004125 Telephone: (804) 523-9335 and present examples of the strangest mouths $15.00 per subscription found in the seas. Additional articles chronicle the experiences of the Cousteau Society's ventures into the Tenger Desert and the Himalayas. Regular features include World 22 MN a comic book section about the ENC has no.237 (May 1995) Cousteau Adventures, word-find Grades 5-8 The National Geographic Society publishes this puzzles and mazes, and a poster or monthly magazine on a wide variety of topics game board. Winner, Parent's Ordering Information: including wildlife, science, sports, the environment, Choice Award. (Author/LCT) National Geographic Society and world cultures. Also featured are games, activ- ENC-012216 Toll-free: (800) 368-2728 ities, comic strips, contests, and posters. The May $14.95 per subscription 1995 issue highlights rubies and sapphires, langur monkeys, drag racing, and a feature article on Monterey Bay. (Author/DEB) ENC-003313
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