Mathematical Digest

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="04bfd5a3.jpg"> <div> <B>Mathematical  Digest</B></div> <bR> <div> To register as a member  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="Arial" ><B>wellwood@mathsdigest.net</B></FONT>    Address is Mathematical Digest, Box 11235, Christchurch, New Zealand.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="04cd2043.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guest Site."><U><B>Guest site</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id815.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Password page"><U><B>Members site</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Subscriptions are $50 per school per calendar year.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>One subscription entitles access to the site by anyone from your school. 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A return email will give you your code to use to access the site. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>You will be sent an invoice by ordinary mail.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>The aim of this Mathematical Digest site is to give teachers and students access to interesting and useful mathematics, project material, challenges, mathematical applications, and teaching tips! It will also give students and parents mathematical challenges!</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>The material on the Mathematical Digest site is written by Bill Ellwood,    retd Head of Mathematics at Burnside High School in Christchurch, New Zealand.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="8a7a06b0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="107" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Bill has just completed 43 years of teaching mathematics to high school students. He specializes in teaching to high ability, gifted and talented students.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>All the material on this site has been used in his classes and is the culmination of his many years of teaching.</B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>During his career Bill has won several awards. He won a  Woolf Fisher Fellowship in 1987 and in 2005 the Jim Campbell award for teaching excellence. He is also a Life Member of the New Zealand Association of Mathematics Teachers. </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>Recently he was honoured with Life Member of the Canterbury Mathematical Association.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>In 2006, 2007 and 2008, Bill wrote the material for the New Zealand Maths Week. In 2008 there were 40 000 students registered for Maths Week.  </B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>Bill Ellwood has written six Mathematics Text books and 45 Mathematical Digests. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Text books in which Bill   has co-authored are</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>Yes! Mathematics</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>published by Pearson Longman 2003.</B></div> <div> <B>For Year 10 or 14 yrs old students who dislike maths or find the subject difficult. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Yes! Mathematics Homework</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>published by Pearson Longman 2004.</B></div> <div> <B>Maths homework for Year 10 or 14 yrs old students who dislike maths or find the subject difficult. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>It's a Mathematical World Book 1</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>published by Longman Paul 1982. Twelve printings. For Year 9 or 13yr old students. Still in use and popular!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>It's a Mathematical World Book 2</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>published by Longman Paul 1993. Ten printings.   For Year 10 or 14yr old students.   Still in use and popular!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>It's a Mathematical World Book 3</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>published by Longman Paul 1991. Ten printings.   For Year 11 or 15yr old students. Still in use and popular!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Form 5 Mathematics</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> published by Ilam Publications 1975. For Year 11 or 15yr old students. </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>45 Mathematical Digests </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>published between 1987 and 2003. </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>Three new Mathematical Digests have been written and added to the site recently.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Bill welcomes comment on </B></div> <div> <B>wellwood@mathsdigest.net</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>February 26th  2009.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Welcome to the home of the Mathematical Digest.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="04f80600.jpg" border=0 width="128" height="96" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   </div> <div> <B>   This is the site </B></div> <div> <B>    for teachers of mathematics</B> </div> <div> <B>    for students of teachers of mathematics </B></div> <div> <B>    for parents of students of teachers of mathematics</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>It has 870 pages of useful mathematics challenges, projects, applications, digests, teacher tips, problems, famous mathematicians, junior scholarship exam papers, ....</B> </div> <bR> <div> <B>It is written especially for gifted and talented students</B></div> <div> <B>and maths teachers !!  </B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guest Site."><U><B>Guest site.</B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guest Site."><U><B> </B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>Here are some examples of what is available to members. </B></div> <div> <B>Please feel free to use them with your students!</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id815.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Password page"><U><B>Members site.</B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id815.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Password page"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>You will need your password.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>Your password entitles access to the site </B></div> <div> <B>by anyone from your school.</B></div> <div> <B>This includes teachers, students and parents.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>This site has now over 73 Mb of information. </B></div> <div> <B>There are  over 870 pages.</B> </div> <div> <B>More will be added this year. </B></div> <div> <B>It looks good!</B> </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>