Presents mathematics activities integrated with the arts from throughout history. (ASK)

Presents an integrated mathematics and science activity in which students explore the concept of sampling on a soccer field. (ASK)

Describes a field-tested interdisciplinary unit activity that involves collecting data on honeybees. Students gain hands-on experience with collecting, transforming, and analyzing data in this activity by using actual techniques employed by entomologists, the scientists who study insects. (ASK)

Describes a fifth-grade student solving the "Food for Thought" problem featured in the February 1998 issue. (ASK)

Explores the meaning of honest numbers and their relationship to arbitrarily chosen nonnegative integers. Promotes the pursuit of honest numbers in various languages. Argues that honest numbers afford a rich context in which students can capitalize on their familiarity with languages, and information about diverse cultures can be shared among…

Presents a sixth-grade, interdisciplinary activity in which students investigate the physical size of the Roman Empire. (MKR)

Presents an activity that integrates music, dance, and mathematics. (ASK)

Presents an activity in which students develop a handy strategy for exploring probability as applied in the life sciences by learning to use the Punnett square, an effective tool that helps students visualize sample spaces and determine the likelihood of events. (ASK)

Discusses how nature can illustrate mathematical structures and concepts in the classroom. For example, the upper surface of a typical leaf structure illustrates the notion of tessellating with polygons. Also lists classroom applications and hands-on activities such as growing crystals to investigate the natural forms of polyhedra and measuring…

Utilizes problems from children's literature to guide mathematics lessons on probability. (ASK)

Presents the idea of writing in a sixth-grade mathematics classroom in order to enable students to view mathematics not as an isolated subject but as a living part of the world where ideas can be communicated using language. Includes a rubric for assessing a mathematical storybook produced by teacher and students. (ASK)

Compares and presents information on the history of journalism. Presents three activities that encourage analysis and making predictions based on data gathered from articles in newspapers. (ASK)

Describes a geometry project for students using the Geometer's Sketchpad. Students choose from constructing an instruction manual, writing and illustrating a children's picture book, or creating a piece of art in the Escher style. (ASK)

Relates the personal story of how a 13-year-old used previous knowledge of matching words in English to construct her own understanding of mapping in mathematics as it pertains to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM) recommendation that students use and value connections between mathematics and other disciplines. (AIM)

Describes middle school students' efforts to investigate and fairly compensate the three bears, who incurred some losses at the hands of Goldilocks. Problems include investigating replacement costs of the damaged items, the cost to house Goldilocks in a state school, and the value of appropriate types of community service before determining…