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Teachers.Net Gazette Vol.6 No.6 June 2009

Cover Story by Graysen Walles
Teaching – The Power of Influence
The impact of teaching is clear, and the influence of the profession is immeasurable. All it takes is one moment, one situation, one discussion to turn the life of a young learner.


Harry & Rosemary Wong: Effective Teaching
Nine Year Summary of Articles, 2000 to 2009
On April 26, 2009, President Obama hosted the four 2009 finalists for America’s top national teaching honor, the National Teacher of the Year award. Alex Kajitani, who teaches mathematics at Mission Middle School in the Escondido Union (Elementary) School District in San Diego County was one of the four finalists.


Columns
»The Three R’s for Summer— Rest, Relax and Recharge! Sue Gruber
»Buddy Programs for Elementary Schools Leah Davies
»Moving to September Todd R. Nelson
»Ronald Reagan and the Art of Influence Marvin Marshall
»The Busy Educator's Monthly Five Marjan Glavac
»Substitute issues: Bathroom Passes & Anger Management Barbara Pressman
»Preparing Students for Travel: Films and Immunizations Josette Bonafino
»A Message to Share with Parents about Summer Learning Dorothy Rich
»Classroom Clean-Up and Clay in a Can Rick Morris

Articles
»Schools and Filters: Ice Age, the Meltdown Matt Levinson
»Effort: It Can be Taught! Deborah Granger
»Homework: Damned if you do, and if you don’t Alan Haskvitz
»Parents Are Recruits, Teachers Are Responsible, Kids Are Victims, and Schools Are Culpable For At-Risk Problems Bill Page
»12 Ways to Stop Conflict in its Tracks! Susan Fitzell
»Using Photographs To Inspire Writing VIII Hank Kellner
»The Writing on the Wall Tim Newlin
»More Brain Teasers Steve Sherman
»Teacher of Facts - and of Life Rachelle Ann A. Abad
»Grant Writing Tips Kimberly McCloud
»Bald is Beautiful! Teachers, Students Lose Locks to Fight Childhood Cancer David Peter Marchesseault

Features
»Apple Seeds: Inspiring Quotes Barb Stutesman
»Today Is... Daily Commemoration Ron Victoria
»The Lighter Side of Teaching
»Video Bytes; Literacy Empowers (Illiteracy Awareness), The Underground Railroad, Wikis in Plain English - CommonCraft tutorial, Twitter in Plain English – a CommonCraft tutorial, Naturally 7 music group on Tavis Smiley Show, Tour the International Space Station!
»Teacher Blogs Showcase
»Printable - Ice Cream in a Baggie Recipe
»Featured Lessons, Wisdom from the Chat Achives, and Timely Printables Especially for June!
»What Is A Document Camera? What Does It Do?
»Newsdesk: Events & Opportunities for Teachers


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Steve Sherman

Living Maths
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More Brainteasers

Brain Teasers from LivingMaths.com Steve Sherman of LivingMaths.com offers another set of brain teasers to sharpen the thinking skills of students - and adults of all ages. Also in printable version.
by Steve Sherman
Regular contributor to the Gazette
Livingmaths.com
June 1, 2008
  1. A magician was boasting one day at how long he could hold his breath under water. His record was 6 minutes. A kid that was listening said, "That’s nothing, I can stay under water for 10 minutes using no types of equipment or air pockets!" The magician told the kid if he could do that, he'd give him $10,000. The kid did it and won the money. Can you figure out how?
  2. If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what colour chicks would hatch?
  3. Paris starts with a "p" and ends with an "e". Is this true?
  4. How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
  5. What 5 letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down?
  6. Try to fill in the missing numbers.

    The missing numbers are integers between 0 and 99. The numbers in each row add up to totals to the right. The numbers in each column add up to the totals along the bottom. The diagonal lines also add up the totals to the right.

  7. Three men were sitting in a small speedboat 1 km from the shoreline. The first man is afraid of water, the second is afraid of drowning, and the third afraid of sharks. The boat’s engine is not working and there is nothing to row with. How do they get to the shoreline?


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About Steve Sherman...

Steve Sherman is the Director of an NGO called the Living Maths Programme based in South Africa. The programme is aimed at extending, enriching and empowering students and teachers with regards to math. He has an Arts degree as well as a Science degree and feels that he can now write essays AND do sums! He is passionate about spreading the joy and excitement of numbers to anyone willing to listen (and he enjoys the challenge of enticing those that are not willing to listen).

Steve has been running the Living Maths programme for 14 years and he teaches approximately 4000 children each week at about 30 schools. He is very involved in grassroots outreach projects that target mainly poor and disadvantaged students in South Africa. He has presented brainteasers on TV, is a regular presenter at many science and math festivals and is often running workshops with teachers and students.


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