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CAREERS

If you want to see an huge on-line collection of career exploration resources, with great videos clips, check this out: FunWorks website

RECOMMENDED READING

A Wrinkle In Time, by Madeleine L'Engle.  A beautiful adventure story of young people traveling through space and time.  Try it for a book report.

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" Adventures of a Curious Character, by Richard P. Feynman.  Outrageous true stories about a brillant scientist.

Reading The Sports Page, by Jeremy R. Feinberg.  If you have always wondered what those sports statistics really mean, then read this short book.

Experimenting with Science in Sports, by Robert Gardner.  A fascinating book about the science behind sports.  Read this book if you are curious about why a curve ball curves, or which is better: a wooden or aluminum baseball bat?

How To Lie With Statistics, by Darrel Huff.  A 1950's classic on how statistics can be used to fool us.

Why Buildings Fall Down, by Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori.  An entertaining investigation of the failures of sixty famous structures around the world.

Letters To A Young Mathematician, by Ian Stewart.  Inspiration for students thinking of a career in Mathematics.

IF YOU MUST WATCH TELEVISION

Check out the show NUMBERS on CBS, Fridays nights at 10 PM.  NUMBERS is a drama about an FBI agent who recruits his mathematical-genius brother to help the FBI solve crimes in Los Angeles.  Watch an episode, write a summary of how math is used to solve the crime, and get extra credit in Math/Science!  See this link for other NUMBERS related activities you can do at home for extra credit: We All Use Math Every Day