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PlaneMath is a set of on-line lessons and activities that invites all children to experience the excitement, power, and fun of mathematics and aeronautics. The project targets 4-7th grade students in schools across the country. The on-line lessons and activities are specially designed to be accessible to students with a physical disability.

By accessing PlaneMath you will find:

Twenty fun interactive lessons that follow National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards for 4th - 7th grades - including explorations of aviation pioneers, role playing, cooperative learning, and the chance to design an airplane (with working wind tunnel and flight tests)

Interviews with aeronautics professionals in a wide variety of fields

Group activities for further practice of educational concepts

Teacher pages that suggest strategies and additional resources for making the best use of PlaneMath

Threaded discussion groups for teachers and students

PlaneMath teacher registration for eligibility to win software prizes

A community of teachers that can meet with PlaneMath staff via videoconference at Kinko’s videoconference sites nationwide

Recognition for PlaneMath:

• Listed at California Department of Education’s SCORE Web site for recommended curriculum

• Selected as an Eisenhower National Clearinghouse on Math Digital Dozen web site

• Selected as an exemplary resource by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

• Included on a CD-ROM of outstanding Web sites by Classroom Connect, a publishing company of K-12 curriculum material on the Internet for classrooms

• Included in the Blue Web’n Learning Applications, "an honor reserved for the best instructional lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, and tools on the Web"

An Internet account and a World Wide Web Browser (Netscape 3.x or Internet

Explorer 4.x recommended). Some activities require Shockwave.

Access: http://www.planemath.com

Additional Information: Send E-mail to planemath@infouse.com