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Peer reviewedBarnes, Sue; Michalowicz, Karen Dee – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1994
Describes the qualifications and work of an actuary and the history of statistics. Contains reproducible student activity worksheets focusing on actuarial data. (MKR)
Descriptors: Insurance Occupations, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedBarnes, Sue; And Others – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1994
Describes the work of a meteorologist, the history of meteorology, and links to mathematics. Contains reproducible student activity worksheets on weather data. (MKR)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Graphs, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedBarnes, Sue; Michalowicz, Karen Dee – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1994
Discusses the changes in the scanning of food and the current use of computer technology and UPC bar codes in a grocery store and traces the history of calculating tools from the use of fingers, abacus, slide rule, calculators, and computers. Includes reproducible student activity sheets. (MKR)
Descriptors: Computers, Educational Technology, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education
