============================================================= TeAch-nology.com's- Weekly Tips For Teachers **Issue #60** "The Web Portal For Educators!" We're up to 5863 subscribers http://www.teach-nology.com ============================================================= This newsletter is only sent to the users of TeAch-nology.com, but feel free to forward it to all your friends. ============================================================= **New Additions- Learning The Alphabet Worksheets** http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/early_childhood/alphabet/ *Look For Over 800 Language Arts Worksheets To Be Added Soon!* ============================================================= 1. 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Teaching Math in 1970: A logger exchanges a set "L" of lumber for a set "M" of money. The cardinality of set "M" is 100. Each element is worth one dollar. Make 100 dots representing the elements of the set "M". The set "C", the cost of production contains 20 fewer points than set "M". Represent the set "C" as a subset of set "M" and answer the following question: What is the cardinality of the set "P" of profits? Teaching Math in 1980: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20. Your assignment: Underline the number 20. Teaching Math in 1990: By cutting down beautiful forest trees, the logger makes $20. What do you think of this way of making a living? Topic for class participation after answering the question: How did the forest birds and squirrels feel as the logger cut down the trees? There are no wrong answers. Teaching Math in 1996: By laying off 40% of its loggers, a company improves its stock price from $80 to $100. How much capital gain per share does the CEO make by exercising his stock options at $80. Assume capital gains are no longer taxed, because this encourages investment. Teaching Math in 1997: A company outsources all of its loggers. They save on benefits and when demand for their product is down the logging work force can easily be cut back. The average logger employed by the company earned $50,000, had 3 weeks vacation, received a nice retirement plan and medical insurance. The contracted logger charges $50 an hour. Was outsourcing a good move? Teaching Math in 1998: A logging company exports its wood-finishing jobs to its Indonesian subsidiary and lays off the corresponding half of its US workers (the higher-paid half). It clear-cuts 95% of the forest, leaving the rest for the spotted owl, and lays off all its remaining US workers. 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If you see a conflict, follow through the help menu to clear the conflict. Good Luck! ============================================================= 10. "Our Latest Idea That Worked!" "Notebook Requirement" By: Professor Jim Nichols, Chair El Ed: Nyack College, NY "SUGGESTED TEACHER NOTEBOOK REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL MAJOR SUBJECTS GRADE 4-COLLEGE All students must maintain a three-ring loose-leaf binder, which will be brought to class daily, unless the teacher specifies otherwise. This notebook may be used for all classes. However, the notebook must have a separate section for social studies or language arts materials. The social studies/language arts sections must be subdivided in a logical fashion, i.e., thematic or historical units (Grammar or Civil War) in order to make it easy to locate information. Each notebook must contain an organizational system such as a table of contents or content journal as determined by the teacher. Pages need to be numbered and dated in sequence. Dates, topics, and page numbers must be included in your organizational system. The notebook will be checked on a monthly basis. Students will be given a notebook grade at least once per marking period. The notebook grade will be the equivalent to one test grade. This grade will assess organizational skills, neatness, completeness, and appropriate implementation of notetaking/notemaking skills, i.e., the process of learning. Students will be administered at least one open notebook test per marking period. This test is to impress upon students the importance of up to date, well written, properly organized notes as a critical element of success as a student. This grade will measure content understanding, i.e. the product of the learning process. 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