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Operation Comics, Issue #2

Bruce Kessler, Western Kentucky University
Alex O'Keefe, Greenwood High School
Missy Pitcock, Greenwood High School

Abstract

This is the second issue of Operation Comics, with my superhero Wonderguy and his able helpers, elementary students Claire and Dillon. Operation Comics presents elementary-level mathematics curriculum (as identified by NCTM standards) in a comic-book format. For more information on the origin and goals of comic book idea, see the pre-print of the paper "Comic Books That Teach Mathematics" at http://works.bepress.com/bruce_kessler/8.

teacher_sup_2.pdf (743 kB)
This is a supplement for teachers that may want to use this comic in their classroom, describing the mathematics in the comic and its alignment with NCTM standards.

Cylindervol_sup.pdf (139 kB)
This is a classroom worksheet that may be used in conjunction with the second comic that stresses finding the volume of cylinders.

Prismvol_sup.pdf (113 kB)
This is a classroom worksheet that may be used in conjunction with the second comic that stresses finding the volume of prisms.

Spherevol_sup.pdf (337 kB)
This is a classroom worksheet that may be used in conjunction with the second comic that stresses finding the volume of spheres.