With sticks and rubber bands

With sticks and rubber bandsAuthor(s): JOSEPH SCOTTSource: The Arithmetic Teacher, Vol. 17, No. 2 (February 1970), pp. 147-150Published by: National Council of Teachers of MathematicsStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41186150 .

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Joey, who is six years old, spent about seven hours with this project, about two hours at a time.

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feet long, and available at lumber yards at about $.08 apiece. About 30 sticks are sufficient. Regular rubber bands were used.

What learning was involved?

Mathematics: two-dimensional shapes (triangle, square, pen- tagon, and others), three-dimensional shapes (tetrahedron, octahe- dron, cube, and others), symmetry of figures, counting edges, corners, faces.

Physics: rigidity of the triangle as

used in bridges, build- ings.

Art: positioning shapes, symmetry (one could cover these shapes with crepe paper).

Language Arts: Joey wrote about what he did and read his story.

Problem Solving: problem solving that involved concentration and freedom.

-Don Cohen, Madison Project Resident Coordinator, New York, New York.

Correction and Apology! In the NCTM section of the January

1970 issue of this journal, part of the biographical information for Jo Anne S. Taber (a 1970 nominee for director) was erroneously credited to Leroy Sachs.

We apologize to both nominees for this unfortunate mistake, and here reprint that part of Miss Taber' s biographical information that was misplaced.

Jo Anne S. Taber

Activities in NCTM: Member, Local Planning Committee, NCTM Annual Meet- ing, 1964; chairman, Newsletter and Pub- licity Committee, NCTM Annual Meeting, 1964. Activities in FCTM: president 1958-59; editor, FCTM Newsletter 1961- 67; co-director and program chairman, Annual Fall Conference, 1960; member, Florida Advisory Committee for NDEA, Title III, 1959-60; chairman, Panel on High School Curriculum, Annual Fall Conference, 1962; chairman, Panel on Pro- grammed Instruction, Annual Fall Con- ference, 1963; member, Curriculum Com- mittee (textbook evaluation), 1968 to date; social chairman, Spring Meeting, 1969; speaker, Annual Fall Conference, 1969.

Other activities: Secretary, 1956-57 and vice-president, 1959-60, Duval County Council of Teachers of Mathematics; member, Nominating Committee, Dade County Council of Teachers of Mathematics; member, Dade County textbook evaluation committees - Algebra 2 (chairman, 1962), Trigonometry and Analytic Geometry (chairman, 1963), Calculus (chairman, 1968); member, Florida Committee on National Mathematics Contest, 1959-64; member, evaluating team for Bunnell High School, Bunnell, Florida, 1960; judge, jun- ior high mathematics projects, South Flor- ida Regional Science Fair, 1961-62; member, Dade County Mathematics Advisory Committee, 1966-67; while in England, speaker for several groups - Southern Branch of Association of Assistant Mis- tresses, Portsmouth Business and Profes- sional Women's Club, Portsmouth South- ern Grammar РТА, Inner Wheel Club of Cosham (wives of Rotarians); president- elect, Dade County Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1969-70; treasurer, Delta Kappa Gamma chapter, 1969-70; chairman, Panel of High School Students, CEEB Advanced Placement Administra- tors Conference, Miami Beach, June 1969.

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