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

Describes a classroom activity that explores the strength of spaghetti. Provides students an opportunity to explore a common substance in a scientific way; measure the strength of various sizes and amounts of spaghetti; gather, record, and translate quantitative data; use calculators; and present data. (YDS)

Shares experiences with a series of lessons for fourth and fifth grade students in the elementary school and sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students at the middle school with the aim of showing ways in which architects use mathematics. Asks students to become architects and design buildings using geometrical shapes. (ASK)

Describes an activity on probability to serve mathematics and science objectives while including the use of art in a game. (ASK)

Focuses on discovering the commonalities between music and mathematics. Provides activities integrating mathematics and music. (ASK)

Presents a simple experiment that allows students to determine a slope from a series of measurements rather than from a given equation in which students measure heights and widths for a set of paper rectangles, all with the same width. Students calculate areas and plot area versus height from the data. (Author/ASK)

In the quest to make learning more meaningful for middle schoolers, some teaching teams are finding a natural alternative to contrived thematic units: curriculum integrated around science. Examples include quadrat study of a pond, smoke-free studies, and the nervous system. (MKR)

Began the development of the evaluation of a new "capability based" undergraduate curriculum in which generic or transferable capabilities are offered across all courses through integration into disciplinary contexts. Discusses questions of performance indicators, measurement, and educational outcomes and their implications for the…

Presents a vision of evaluation that addresses the integration of intellectual and emotional dimensions. These points of integration are discussed: (1) building relationships of trust with pluralistic communities; (2) considering implications for the theory underlying framing evaluation problems; (3) designing interventions; (4) developing…

Asserts that school security requires a variety of methods combined into a single, cohesive solution that addresses five areas: management, building security, violence prevention and intervention, staff training, and crisis management. (EV)

Presents activities that allow students to explore alternative voting methods and discover the advantages and disadvantages of each method. Features the statement and proof of Arrow's theorem which requires only basic arithmetic and allows students to engage in high-level mathematical thinking. (ASK)

Presents five mathematics activities to celebrate the 100th Day of School. Lists the full set of activities that relate to mathematics, art, music, physical education, science, social studies and history, English, and creative writing. (ASK)

Suggests some children's literature selections with mathematical connections, and presents activities to integrate language arts and mathematics. (Contains 37 references.) (ASK)

Provides several recommendations that focus on improving student writing and improving the relationship between the writing science student and the science teacher. (Author/CCM)

Describes a laboratory exercise that integrates language arts, government, history, environmental science, math, and chemistry. (CCM)