Math Awareness Month at Math Goodies

Math Goodies, an award-winning math help site, is celebrating Math Awareness Month by providing free activities and resources. The theme for this year is Mathematics and the Genome.

MATH AWARENESS MONTH AT MATH GOODIES

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gisele Glosser

Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies, Inc.

313 Briarcliff Drive South

Ossining, NY 10562

info@mathgoodies.com

(914) 941-5828

Ossining, New York --April 1, 2002 - April is Math Awareness Month, a time to encourage the importance of mathematics in our daily lives. The theme for MAM this year is Mathematics and the Genome. Medical researchers use math to analyze data in their studies of genetics and DNA. Math Goodies

is celebrating MAM by providing the following free activities and resources:

--A Genetics Crossword Puzzle

--A Genetics Word Search Puzzle

--Solutions for each puzzle

--Genetics Information Links

--Math and Genetics Links

--Related Activities Links

Using these resources, students can go on a WebQuest, visiting the linked sites to learn more about this topic, and then completing the puzzles. The MAM activities can be found at this URL:

http://www.mathgoodies.com/mam/

Math Goodies is an award-winning math help site with over 400 pages of free activities for students, teachers and parents. It is designed to make math interactive and fun, and has been reviewed in the Washington Times, The New York Times and the L.A. Times.

"We are pleased to celebrate Math Awareness Month for the third consecutive year, and hope our visitors find our resources useful." said David Glosser, President of Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies, Inc. You can find Math Goodies on the web at:

http://www.mathgoodies.com