Mun? Path?

Along similar lines, there are some great math sniglets. The one that's
entered the vernacular is MATHEMAGICIAN, but here are some others that
I've come up with:

TRIGGLE: what you do when laugh at a joke like, "Sine on the dotted
line"
INFINISH: almost, but not quite, without bound
MALEFRACTION: a mistake with rational numbers, like dividing by zero
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Is there a special word for "math pun"?
Cheers,
Maria Droujkova
919-388-1721
Make math your own, to make your own math
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 6:16 PM, kathleen Offenholley <
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Very cool!
Kathleen
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From: Heather Chapman
To: Maria Droujkova ; naturalmath@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 5:45 PM

We were spelling "parallel," and noticed that the word sounds like "pair o' L" and that the three lower-case L's are in fact parallel to each other!!  Neat!
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We were spelling "parallel," and noticed that the word sounds like "pair o'
L" and that the three lower-case L's are in fact parallel to each other!!
Neat!
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Some subscribers to NaturalMath might be interested in a recent
discussion-list post "Reform of STEM Education Requires A Systems
Approach" [Hake (2012)]. The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: Lees Stuntz (2012), executive director of "Creative
Learning Exchange" <[link]> called attention to an
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Some subscribers to Natural Math might be interested in a recent
discussion-list post "Re: FCI and CCI in China #2" [Hake (2012)].
The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: PhysLrnR's Jerry Epstein wrote (paraphrasing): "The
Calculus Concept Inventory (CCI) has been given to about 1000
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LOG IN January 24th 9pm ET: *[link]
Music and mathematics have been linked together for thousands of years, but
rarely have students had the opportunity to explore the many connections
that exist between them. To try to fill this gap, Mike Thayer of Hyperbolic
Guitars is developing a course. At the event, we will discuss the course
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I am leading a MOOC (massive open online course) this Spring. The sign-up
is open January 17-22 at P2PU School of Math Future:
[link]
The course is offered for credit to Arcadia University students, and for
School of Math Future completion certificate to everybody. It has the
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Our Gord! (Gordon Hamilton) is doing a crowdfunding campaign for his
project! Please support:
[link]
I also like the interface on this crowd-funding platform quite a lot.
You may know Gordon from Math Pickle and Games by Gord. Here are his Math
Future events:
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I use GraphJam because it's an easy, intuitive quick graph maker. This is
one of the best projects in my "Math for everybody" category. It's really
popular.
Cheers,
Maria Droujkova
919-388-1721
Make math your own, to make your own math
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During the event, Shad Moarif, the founder of
Karismath<[link]>,
will lead brainstorming about mathematical videos and dynamic mathematics
in general.
The recording will be at [link]
All events in the Math Future weekly series:
[link]
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[link]
COMPETITION FOR AN OPEN SOURCE EXHIBITION OF VIRTUAL MODULES
The modules submitted to the competition will be part of an open source
exhibition on the theme of Mathematics of Planet Earth. They could be
reproduced and utilized by many users around the world from science museums
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To: IGDA Game Education Listserv
[link]
This posting is US centric.
Get your serious game projects into the 2012 Challenge. They are accepting
in 4 categories, middle school, high school, college and educators.
Saw this on US News:
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To: Cary Homeschoolers
A noncredit enrichment programs can be a life-changing experience for a
teenager searching for or exploring his/her interests. Below is a list of
lists of mostly STEM-oriented programs. Note that many of these programs
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I think these two states are something like 49th and 42nd on child poverty
rates in the US. Which begs the question, of course.
Cheers,
Maria Droujkova
919-388-1721
Make math your own, to make your own math
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