Grades slip on math tets in vermont.

Poor results in math tests make Vermont public schools get teachers thinking of ways to raise their math scores. Only 30% of eleventh graders were passing or higher in math. Boys had 31% average in math while girls had 29%. Teachers think they should use daily exercises with basic facts. The most troubling was math. Most of the students are not even on a scale of performance. It's that bad.http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2008/03/10/test

Math teacher with a 1.45 million dollar grant!

http://www.edu/~ndworks/one 2006-7.pdfProfessor Frank Connolly has guided talented undergraduates in math and bring them to graduate math classes. He has been doing this for 16 years now. For all his efforts he has been given $1.45 million grant from NSF. He's now using that money to fund SUMR ( Seminar for Undergraduate Mathematical Research) which will help students find the "beauty of math" As Connolly says. Some 46 students have already gone for higher math degrees. That's a good way to start.

Popping Fun!

This was an experiment I will never forget. My group was doing well until our last shot. We kept getting six-hundred and over. Then we found the golden amount. It was 16ml of baking soda and 10ml of vinegar. My group was able to hit the window twice in a row. The third time we got way to tense and the angle of the test tube went too high. The rest is all history. It was a very sad moment. I don't know if I will ever get over it. I learned that the high pressure made the cork pop. It was popping fun!