Math Teachers at Play #11
July 10, 2009 pm31 9:41 pm
…over at Math Mama Writes… 15 solid links (including back here!)
Summertime, teachers get quiet, but the math carnivals roll forward…
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JD2718 
Here’s one from my 6-year old son Jordi – “Daddy how many ants in a pound of ants?”
I then just had to turn it into how much does the entire human race weigh, and how big a volume does it take up? Pretty powerful lesson at the end.
Take the challenge at Blog on the Universe:
http://bit.ly/HJqIC
Jeff Goldstein, Center Director, NCESSE