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Math & Sci Activities

Summer 2003

July 2, 2003

Handouts

1. Calendar Problems: February 2003 (Mathematics Teacher, February 2003)2. BRAINTEASERS Just for the fun of it! (Quantum, May/June 1994)

References:

1. Search for the biggest numeric palindrome

http://www.floot.demon.co.uk/palindromes.html

2. Public Key Cryptography

http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/topics/art003.pdf

3. A Miscellany of Extracts from a Dictionary of Mathematics

http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/topics/art002.pdf

Search software:http://www.copernic.com/en/index.html

go to Download Copernic Basic Agent FREE

July 4, 2003

Handouts

3. Calendar Problems: February 2003 (Mathematics Teacher, Math 2003)4. BRAINTEASERS Just for the fun of it! (Quantum, November/December 1993)

References:1. Popular Science

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/home/0,12510,,00.html

2. Zephyrus an interactive science education webpage

http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/index.html3. Mathpuzzle.com

http://mathpuzzle.com/

4. Project guidelineshttp://www.scifair.org/index.shtml

Task 1:

1. Go to http://mathpuzzle.com/ and choose one of the puzzles.2. Try your best to do it.

3. Bring your solution or your works next time and tell your friends how you work it

out or how you cant get the solution.4. We shall discuss it in the next meeting (Wednesday, Jul 9).

Task 2:1. Visithttp://www.popsci.com/popsci/home/0,12510,,00.html and choose one article
http://www.floot.demon.co.uk/palindromes.htmlhttp://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/topics/art003.pdfhttp://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/topics/art002.pdfhttp://www.copernic.com/en/index.htmlhttp://www.popsci.com/popsci/home/0,12510,,00.htmlhttp://www.zephyrus.co.uk/index.htmlhttp://mathpuzzle.com/http://www.scifair.org/index.shtmlhttp://mathpuzzle.com/http://www.popsci.com/popsci/home/0,12510,,00.htmlhttp://www.popsci.com/popsci/home/0,12510,,00.htmlhttp://www.floot.demon.co.uk/palindromes.htmlhttp://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/topics/art003.pdfhttp://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/topics/art002.pdfhttp://www.copernic.com/en/index.htmlhttp://www.popsci.com/popsci/home/0,12510,,00.htmlhttp://www.zephyrus.co.uk/index.htmlhttp://mathpuzzle.com/http://www.scifair.org/index.shtmlhttp://mathpuzzle.com/http://www.popsci.com/popsci/home/0,12510,,00.html


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that you find interesting and want to share with your classmates.

2. Read the article and extract the key points of the content.

3. Present the key points in PowerPoint presentation or . to your friends on nextFriday. (Diagrams/images/charts/drawings are helpful in explaining ideas)

July 9, 2003Handouts

5. Calendar Problems: January 2003 (Mathematics Teacher, Jan 2003)

References:

1. http://www.nrich.maths.org.uk/mathsf/journalf/jul03/problems.html

Next MeetingDate: July 11, 2003 (Friday)

Time: 9:30 am 11:00 am

Place: Room 223

July 11, 2003

Handouts

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References:

Battery and Fruit battery2. ~~ http://hk.geocities.com/csss4j/00.htm3. Fruit battery (images) http://www.pwest.bravepages.com/frbat.htm

4. Lee Sirs Chemistry page http://lpl.hkcampus.net/~lpl-chem/

Some mathematics websites5. http://www.nrich.maths.org.uk/topic_tree/index.html

6. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/

July 15, 2003

Handouts

7. Calendar Problems: December 2002 (Mathematics Teacher, Dec 2002)

References:

Proof of Pythagoras Theorem1. You can drag the figures to prove the Pythagoras Theorem

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/OTHERS/pythagoras2/2. Go to Pythagoras Theorem in

http://www.ktgss.edu.hk/Teacher/MissLauYuenSheung/3. Study the following web page and find out how the Pythagoras Theorem was proved

by areas of triangles.

http://sunsite.ubc.ca/LivingMathematics/V001N01/UBCExamples/Pythagoras/pythagoras.html

4. http://www.cinderella.de/en/demo/gallery/pythagoras.html
http://www.nrich.maths.org.uk/mathsf/journalf/jul03/problems.htmlhttp://hk.geocities.com/csss4j/00.htmhttp://www.pwest.bravepages.com/frbat.htmhttp://lpl.hkcampus.net/~lpl-chem/http://www.nrich.maths.org.uk/topic_tree/index.htmlhttp://www.nrich.maths.org.uk/topic_tree/index.htmlhttp://mathworld.wolfram.com/http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/OTHERS/pythagoras2/http://www.ktgss.edu.hk/Teacher/MissLauYuenSheung/http://sunsite.ubc.ca/LivingMathematics/V001N01/UBCExamples/Pythagoras/pythagoras.htmlhttp://sunsite.ubc.ca/LivingMathematics/V001N01/UBCExamples/Pythagoras/pythagoras.htmlhttp://www.cinderella.de/en/demo/gallery/pythagoras.htmlhttp://www.nrich.maths.org.uk/mathsf/journalf/jul03/problems.htmlhttp://hk.geocities.com/csss4j/00.htmhttp://www.pwest.bravepages.com/frbat.htmhttp://lpl.hkcampus.net/~lpl-chem/http://www.nrich.maths.org.uk/topic_tree/index.htmlhttp://mathworld.wolfram.com/http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/OTHERS/pythagoras2/http://www.ktgss.edu.hk/Teacher/MissLauYuenSheung/http://sunsite.ubc.ca/LivingMathematics/V001N01/UBCExamples/Pythagoras/pythagoras.htmlhttp://sunsite.ubc.ca/LivingMathematics/V001N01/UBCExamples/Pythagoras/pythagoras.htmlhttp://www.cinderella.de/en/demo/gallery/pythagoras.html


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About Pythagoras

Bibliographyhttp://ancienthistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www%2Dgroups.dcs.s

t%2Dand.ac.uk:80/%7Ehistory/Mathematicians/Pythagoras.html

July 18, 2003

Handouts

8. Calendar Problems: January 2001 (Mathematics Teacher, Jan 2001)

References:

1. There are other resources of fruit battery

a) Lemon Batteryhttp://pbskids.org/zoom/sci/lemonbatteryii.html

b) Fruit Battery

http://www.slb.com/seed/en/lab/fruit/

2. How to write a lab report

http://www.lni.net/bchelp/frp/lab_report.htm

3. You may find answers to some of your question in science:

How stuff work? http://science.howstuffworks.com/

4. A very interesting website about science of cooking

http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/

July 21, 2003

Task

You are going to work with your group (3 to 4 students) to do a science experimentalproject. The project can be something that you observe in your daily life and you are

interested to find out why it happens, or you want to know how things work.

(Date of completion will be discussed on this Friday, July 25)

Discussion

Discuss with your group members: To choose a project that your group is interested and is workable in the lab. or at

home;

To elect a group leader; To divide the workload among members; To plan the experiment;

To set up the time line of the project.

One Page Proposal

Once your group has decided on the project, write a one-page proposal that includes: The title of the project A very briefdescription of your thoughts about the project and of the work that
http://ancienthistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk:80/~history/Mathematicians/Pythagoras.htmlhttp://ancienthistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk:80/~history/Mathematicians/Pythagoras.htmlhttp://pbskids.org/zoom/sci/lemonbatteryii.htmlhttp://www.slb.com/seed/en/lab/fruit/http://www.lni.net/bchelp/frp/lab_report.htmhttp://science.howstuffworks.com/http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/http://ancienthistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk:80/~history/Mathematicians/Pythagoras.htmlhttp://ancienthistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk:80/~history/Mathematicians/Pythagoras.htmlhttp://pbskids.org/zoom/sci/lemonbatteryii.htmlhttp://www.slb.com/seed/en/lab/fruit/http://www.lni.net/bchelp/frp/lab_report.htmhttp://science.howstuffworks.com/http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/


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your intend to carry out

A full list of apparatus and materials needed (use what we have in the lab. or you can

get easily) Results that you expected

A time line of the project

(Best to be handed before Aug 1, Friday through email to [email protected])

Project Diary

Keep a diary of your project. You should not trust yourself to remember facts and details.Record everything in your diary and use it as an information store for writing your report.

You can even write personal comments about how your project is going and what your

progress is like.

References:

5. You can almost find all information and resource about science projects in

http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/scifairstudio/

6. You must read:

Scientific Method

1 A detail descriptionhttp://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/scifairstudio/handbook/scientific

method.html

2 An introductory level guide to experimental science projectshttp://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/SciProjIntro.html

7. Other useful websites

1 Scifair.org: The ultimate science fair resource

http://www.scifair.org/index.shtml2 Cyber-Fair http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/

8. Samples

http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/ExmSciProj.html

http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/batteries.html

9. Some ideas

http://www.scifair.org/ideas/index.shtmlhttp://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/index.html#chemical

July 25, 2003References:

1. Have you heard of nanometer? Here is a webpage about the metric prefix:

http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/links/weights/metric.html

2. The molecule of waterhttp://www.johnkyrk.com/H2O.html

Aug 1, 2003
mailto:[email protected]://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/scifairstudio/http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/scifairstudio/handbook/scientificmethod.htmlhttp://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/scifairstudio/handbook/scientificmethod.htmlhttp://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/SciProjIntro.htmlhttp://www.scifair.org/index.shtmlhttp://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/ExmSciProj.htmlhttp://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/batteries.htmlhttp://www.scifair.org/ideas/index.shtmlhttp://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/index.html#chemicalhttp://chemistry.berkeley.edu/links/weights/metric.htmlhttp://www.johnkyrk.com/H2O.htmlmailto:[email protected]://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/scifairstudio/http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/scifairstudio/handbook/scientificmethod.htmlhttp://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/scifairstudio/handbook/scientificmethod.htmlhttp://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/SciProjIntro.htmlhttp://www.scifair.org/index.shtmlhttp://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/ExmSciProj.htmlhttp://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/batteries.htmlhttp://www.scifair.org/ideas/index.shtmlhttp://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/index.html#chemicalhttp://chemistry.berkeley.edu/links/weights/metric.htmlhttp://www.johnkyrk.com/H2O.html


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Readings

News about the Pygmy Sperm Whale in Chinese newspaper

http://search.hk.yahoo.com/search/nws?p=%A9%D9%AD%BB%C4H&s=-ut

References:

1. Pygmy Sperm Whalehttp://stmail.tajen.edu.tw/~e9008218/contents12.htmhttp://debut.cis.nctu.edu.tw/~yklee/NetZoo/Whale/pygmy1.htm

http://www.sci.tamucc.edu/tmmsn/29Species/pygmyspermwhale.html

Aug 5, 2003

Activity:

1. We had visited the following website and worked out the sum of infinite serieshttp://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/Series/infinite.htm

a) Read and explore each page;

b) Find out the meanings of infinity and infinite series;

c) Read more about infinite series in the webpage and learn about Zenos Paradox:http://mathforum.org/isaac/problems/zeno1.html

d) You can get an explanation in

http://www.shu.edu/projects/reals/numser/answers/zeno.html

Task:

1. Read the news about the Pygmy Sperm Whale and write a report about the fate ofthe beached whale. (refer to the websites in Aug 1 attachment)

References:

1. Translation: you can use this tool to translate the language of a website from

English to Chinese.http://babelfish.altavista.com/

2. In this website, you can travel through several virtual exhibits to learn about

technologies based on electricity and magnetism. Each exhibit includesexplanations of how things work, historical and biographical information, and

links to other resources. Exhibits cover Women and Technology, Thomas A.

Edison, and microwaves, but you'll want to start with Socket to Me, a brief

history of electricity.http://www.ieee-virtual-museum.org/index.php

Aug 8, 2003

Activity:1. Movie and quiz on Scientific Method in www.brainPOP.com

2. Online exercise of uses and operation guide of apparatushttp://resources.ed.gov.hk/chemistry/chusan/english/sy.htm#

3. Laboratory safety by City University

http://www.cityu.edu.hk/secondary_school_safety/

Task
http://search.hk.yahoo.com/search/nws?p=%A9?%BB%C4H&s=-uthttp://stmail.tajen.edu.tw/~e9008218/contents12.htmhttp://debut.cis.nctu.edu.tw/~yklee/NetZoo/Whale/pygmy1.htmhttp://www.sci.tamucc.edu/tmmsn/29Species/pygmyspermwhale.htmlhttp://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/Series/infinite.htmhttp://mathforum.org/isaac/problems/zeno1.htmlhttp://www.shu.edu/projects/reals/numser/answers/zeno.htmlhttp://babelfish.altavista.com/http://www.ieee-virtual-museum.org/index.phphttp://www.brainpop.com/http://www.brainpop.com/http://resources.ed.gov.hk/chemistry/chusan/english/sy.htm#http://www.cityu.edu.hk/secondary_school_safety/http://search.hk.yahoo.com/search/nws?p=%A9?%BB%C4H&s=-uthttp://stmail.tajen.edu.tw/~e9008218/contents12.htmhttp://debut.cis.nctu.edu.tw/~yklee/NetZoo/Whale/pygmy1.htmhttp://www.sci.tamucc.edu/tmmsn/29Species/pygmyspermwhale.htmlhttp://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/Series/infinite.htmhttp://mathforum.org/isaac/problems/zeno1.htmlhttp://www.shu.edu/projects/reals/numser/answers/zeno.htmlhttp://babelfish.altavista.com/http://www.ieee-virtual-museum.org/index.phphttp://www.brainpop.com/http://resources.ed.gov.hk/chemistry/chusan/english/sy.htm#http://www.cityu.edu.hk/secondary_school_safety/


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We are going to build a bridge across a gap of about 30 cm. The following about buildingof a bridge will be discussed:

a) materials,

b) dimensions, and

c) the marking scheme.

Reference:1. How a bridge work

http://www.howstuffworks.com/bridge.htm/printable

2. Building BIG Bridgeshttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/bridge/index.html

News:

1. The first cloning horse created in Italyhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25717-2003Aug6.html

References:

1 Online exercises on each chapter of I.S. and much more .http://www.naturalking.net/

2 Laboratory policy and techniques by Seattle Central Community Collegehttp://www.seattlecentral.org/faculty/ptran/policy.html

3 http://kids.discovery.com/

4 Websites on Forensic Science

http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Science/temp-exh/whodunit/forensic.htm5 The Sciencetunnel

http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Science/temp-exh/scitunnel/eindex.htmResearch perspectives 2000+from the Max-Planck-Society.

http://www.sciencetunnel.com/#http://2000plus.mpg.de/index_eng.html

Aug 12, 2003

Tasks to be done on Aug 14, 2003:

Mathematics Trail:

We are going to work out some problems on the Mathematics Trail 2002 and build up a

new question set of Mathematics Trail 2003 (to be used later).References:3. Mathematics trail 2000 in HKhttp://hlm.hkcampus.net/~hlm-ctw/mathtrail/top.htm

(question set is attached with this email)4. Mathematics trail made by students

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/dennington.suffolk/maths_trail/index.htm5. TPJC mathematics trail 1998http://www.moe.edu.sg/maths/oct98/trail.htm

6. Details about mathematics trailhttp://illuminations.nctm.org/imath/across/connections/vmt/vmtIntro.html

Tasks to be done on Aug 24, 2003:
http://www.howstuffworks.com/bridge.htm/printablehttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/bridge/index.htmlhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25717-2003Aug6.htmlhttp://www.naturalking.net/http://www.seattlecentral.org/faculty/ptran/policy.htmlhttp://kids.discovery.com/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Science/temp-exh/whodunit/forensic.htmhttp://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Science/temp-exh/scitunnel/eindex.htmhttp://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Science/temp-exh/scitunnel/eindex.htmhttp://2000plus.mpg.de/http://2000plus.mpg.de/http://www.sciencetunnel.com/#http://2000plus.mpg.de/index_eng.htmlhttp://hlm.hkcampus.net/~hlm-ctw/mathtrail/top.htmhttp://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/dennington.suffolk/maths_trail/index.htmhttp://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/dennington.suffolk/maths_trail/index.htmhttp://www.moe.edu.sg/maths/oct98/trail.htmhttp://www.moe.edu.sg/maths/oct98/trail.htmhttp://illuminations.nctm.org/imath/across/connections/vmt/vmtIntro.htmlhttp://illuminations.nctm.org/imath/across/connections/vmt/vmtIntro.htmlhttp://www.howstuffworks.com/bridge.htm/printablehttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/bridge/index.htmlhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25717-2003Aug6.htmlhttp://www.naturalking.net/http://www.seattlecentral.org/faculty/ptran/policy.htmlhttp://kids.discovery.com/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Science/temp-exh/whodunit/forensic.htmhttp://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Science/temp-exh/scitunnel/eindex.htmhttp://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Science/temp-exh/scitunnel/eindex.htmhttp://2000plus.mpg.de/http://www.sciencetunnel.com/#http://2000plus.mpg.de/index_eng.htmlhttp://hlm.hkcampus.net/~hlm-ctw/mathtrail/top.htmhttp://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/dennington.suffolk/maths_trail/index.htmhttp://www.moe.edu.sg/maths/oct98/trail.htmhttp://illuminations.nctm.org/imath/across/connections/vmt/vmtIntro.html


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Building a bridge:

We are going to build a bridge (8 cm to 12 cm wide) across a gap of 30 cm. The finished

bridge must be able to support a toy car running across it.

A. Time allowed: 180 minutes

B. Materials: students are only allowed to use no materials other than those listed

belowA4 paper 20 pieces

Drinking straws 20 pieces

Paper clips 20 piecesRubber bands 10 pieces

Glue 1

Staple 1 x 25

Adhesive tape 1 rollC. Scores: to be announced later

D. Reference: refer to the attachment Aug 8, 2003

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