Connecting Math to Our Lives Reports 2000-2001 DESCRIBING MATH IN DAILY LIFE Interviews ­ Math in Daily Life 10 - 11 years. Teacher Lina Aoun Students: Bechara El Hajj, Crystelle Saleh, Marie Helene Zabal, Aline Khatchadourian, and Nour Abu-Haydar. LEBANON Math Flower Collage 8 years. Teacher Meg Marino CALIFORNIA ­ USA What Mathematics Means to Me - Math Collages 9 ­ 10 years. Teachers Patti Burwinkel and Miss Bail OHIO ­ USA Math Interviews 9 ­ 10 years. Teachers Patti Burwinkel and Miss Bail OHIO ­ USA Math and Botany: Visit to a Greenhouse and Nursery 13 - 14 years. Teachers Karina Yapura, Victor Soria, Mirian Abadía ARGENTINA Connecting Math to Our Lives in Argentina 13 years. Teacher Victor Soria ARGENTINA Connecting Math to Our Lives in Chile 14-18 years. Teacher Delma Burrows Farías CHILE USING MATH TO ANALYZE SOCIETY AND ISSUES OF EQUITY Equity in the School Library – Counting biographies 8 years. Teacher Meg Marino CALIFORNIA – USA Measuring Water Quality 11- 13 years. Teachers Jay Hewlett and Lupe Thompson CALIFORNIA - USA Quilting the Classroom – Multicultural Global Awareness Teacher Kristi Rennebohm Franz WASHINGTON STATE - USA Women in Mathematics Student Kate Amissah GHANA Teacher Labongo Badru UGANDA The History of Money in Brazil 12 - 13 years. Teacher Maria Fernandes CALIFORNIA - USA (English translation of the report prepared in Portuguese by 12-14 year old students of Maria Teresa Massumbani in BRAZIL) Children and Orphanages: A survey 10 - 11 years. Teacher Lina Aoun LEBANON SURVEYS AND GRAPHS How Students Spend their Spare Time - Survey and Graphing 13 - 15 years. Teacher Mavis Satande ZIMBABWE Interdisciplinary Studies - Research on France by Immigrant Students 13 - 15 years. Teacher Vicky Madaule FRANCE Comparing Attitudes and Knowledge about Abortion 13 years. Teacher Arlene García Elias PUERTO RICO JUST FOR FUN (MATH PROBLEMS, PUZZLES & STORIES) Investigation: What can schools do to make math more fun? Students Maha and Krystle LEBANON Student Udara Yasasri Soysa SRI LANKA Teacher Lena Solis CALIFORNIA, USA Math: "Just for Fun" Problems to Solve Teacher educator Sikunder Ali Baber PAKISTAN Students Charles Napuwera, Nesbert Shirihuru, Paul Dendere, Isaac Pasipanodya ZIMBABWE Teaching and Learning Math through Stories 14 - 17 years. Teacher Hèctor Gerardo Castro Arèvalo COLOMBIA "Just for Fun" Stories Teacher Yola Mamani PERU Math Challenge Student Jenny Yuen MEXICO