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  1. Jan 6th, 2006, 09:15 AM #1
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    Unhappy intrestings of mathematics!!!

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    can anyone help me on my problem?
    well im a student ,...in my school we learn many different things about mathematics chemistry, physics &....... <in age 11-12>.
    and unfortunately we read these lessons after 3 years again and again!!!
    our students realy give up ...!!!
    right now want ur opinions about what should our school students do?
    any intresting subjects in mathematics suitabel for a kid age 12?
    ive tried to tell them about mobius band,... it was almost exciting for them, but now i dont have any good topics to talk about!
    plz help
    thx
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    Re: intrestings of mathematics!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Farzaneh
    hi
    can anyone help me on my problem?
    well im a student ,...in my school we learn many different things about mathematics chemistry, physics &....... <in age 11-12>.
    and unfortunately we read these lessons after 3 years again and again!!!
    our students realy give up ...!!!
    right now want ur opinions about what should our school students do?
    any intresting subjects in mathematics suitabel for a kid age 12?
    ive tried to tell them about mobius band,... it was almost exciting for them, but now i dont have any good topics to talk about!
    plz help
    thx
    You can get a few ideas from this book: "Innumeracy" by John Allen Paulos, (see: here )

    For example, one interesting topic for math students is learn how to make estimates.
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