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  1. I am interested in answers to this question, too. We are just using Deutsche Welle's Nicos Weg. It's an online course, and beautifully done, though it's really aimed at young professionals who will be living in Germany. We're still in the first set of lessons. This won't cut it for long, though. There are exercises included, but it doesn't build to mastery. It would be great if you were living in Germany and using it daily. I also have a German grammar that has exercises built in and a partial answer key at the back. It's called "German Quickly: A Grammar for Reading German." What I will need is something to bridge the gap between these two very different kinds of resources. BTW, this is a look inside Klett, which is what WTMA uses Livebook (klett-sprachen.de). I don't know anything about their courses.
  2. Maybe try looking into Erica Meltzer for Reading and Grammar books (no math).
  3. I love this chapter myself, and I find the locus problems to be great applications of what you've just been doing in construction. These are questions like, "Given points C and D in a plane, what is the locus of points in that plane 2 cm from C and 3 cm from D?" It brings you back around to the very first example in Chapter 1. There are a lot of diagrams to draw, but it's not as heavy on constructing. Personally, I don't think 10-8 is necessary if you don't like it. It's nice to have it in there, though, as an extra for people who like constructions (this is my favorite, actually).
  4. Get sketchometry - Microsoft Store found this which also looks interesting
  5. Have you looked in the back of the book at p. 710? There are some instructions there for using paper folding techniques. Those sometimes feel more intuitive than the traditional Greek compass and straightedge constructions. It would be a lot shorter than doing the whole chapter if neither of you wants to continue with constructions. Here's a link that has a few instructions, too. Constructions with Folded Paper - MathBitsNotebook (Geo - CCSS Math)
  6. I am a long time WTMer, but not at all an active poster here. I don't often see people promoting their own course offerings, though I see lots of recommendations for outsourcing. I am about to start offering high school math classes-- can someone offer thoughts on where I might post information? I thought about adding it to this board first, but I don't want to commit a faux pas right off the bat. Thanks!
  7. I just found this thread (I'm late)-- thank you so much, quark, and everyone else who helped! Here is something outside the normal high school math sequence. I hope my formatting is ok. Book of Proof Textbook: http://www.people.vcu.edu/~rhammack/BookOfProof/ Online Class? No. Where to buy: Free as a downloadable pdf on the above site. Teacher Guide/Additional Materials: Solutions to odd problems are included in the textbook. Click this link for a sample syllabus from the author. http://www.people.vcu.edu/~rhammack/math300/index.html
  8. Yes, congratulations! My daughter got a gold- she was very happy.
  9. My daughter attended Duke TIP Center last year at Georgia Tech. I would say that she had fun, but if you are looking at it for real educational purposes, it matters tremendously who your instructor is, and they do not know that usually before you register and pay. At least, we didn't know. You live and you learn, but I would contact the Duke office to see when they know who the instructors are, as dmmetler said. The other thing I noticed is that there is a lot of institutional memory and tradition wound up in Duke TIP. Since she was at Ga Tech, hers was the inaugural class. They carried a lot of "traditions" with them from other sites, but didn't yet have their own character, from how she described it. Maybe a site that had been around longer would. Best, Alex
  10. I am wondering if anyone has had any experience with these camps? They do not specify for gifted students (not like Duke TIP, for instance or MathPath), and so I am not necessarily wondering about whether the instruction is top-rate. I noticed a post, though, on Duke TIP Central, and will say that these camps seem to specify instructors well in advance of registration. My question is about the general feel of the camp-- if you sent a child there would you do it again? Well-supervised? Variety of activities? Happy child? I have an extremely bright son who has not been away from home before, and before we send him off to a longer camp, we want just a one or two week experience overnight and away from home. I don't *need* high-powered academics, just friendly, responsive adults who know how to manage kids (like the MathPath people, for instance). Thanks for any insight or other ideas if you have them! http://www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/youth/summer-academy Alex (I never post, but I have been a WTMer since 2000)
  11. Just jumping in since I didn't see much defense of the way we do it here. I was taught not to use 0's and I don't let my children use them either. I want to make sure they understand the principal that you are multiplying by 6 tens, not 60 ones, for example. So 24 x 68 is 24 x 6 tens added to 24 x 8 ones. It's mostly a semantic thing, I guess, but I somehow feel it's important for emphasizing units. This shows up in algebra and in science when they are used to multiplying by 6 -whats?-. They know those words are coming out of my mouth. I annoy them with it regularly. Best, Alex
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