AMTNJ Feb 2014 Session

1	Road Sign & Bus Problem http://www.ciese.org/ciesemath/road_sign.html What's the problem with Word problems? At the heart of the problem is a very simple, yet powerful idea: making sense.
2	Fraction Darts http://dmcpress.org/cmdb75/fd/FractionDartsLesson1.html The object of the Fraction Darts challenge is to "pop" balloons located on a number line between 0 and 1. The darts are "thrown" by entering a number in fractional form. Here is a glimpse of a game in progress. Two darts (7/8 and 3/4) have been thrown so far. Notice that 3/4 is too small and 7/8 is too big. What is your next throw? See also Decimal Darts
3	The Famous Jinx Puzzle http://dmcpress.org/cmdb75/jinxpuzzle/ Pick a number, Add 11, multiply by 6, subtract 3, divide by 3, Add 5, Divide by 2, Subtract the original number. Why is this called the Jinx puzzle? Watch a Flash video of the proof.
4	The Noon Day Project: Measuring the Circumference of the Earth http://climeconnections.blogspot.com/2014/01/noon-day-project-announcement.html This activity recreates the experiment that Eratosthenes did 2200 years ago where he used shadow measurements to measure the circumference of the earth.
5	The Great Green Globs Contest http://ciese.org/ciesemath/globs.html What is the highest score you can get with this array of Globs?