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June 2012 - Posts
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Area and Perimeter Follow Me Cards : If you don't know what 'follow me' cards are, they are simple. They are like dominoes where you have to match them together. On each card you get a question and an answer. The idea is that you match the question and Read More...
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Some activities seem ageless. This week I got to try it with my summer intermediate algebra course. Guess My Rule Any number of players A rulekeeper makes up a rule that gives a number output for a number input. (It should be a function.) Players take Read More...
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Definitions : write down definitions of vocab words on index cards and toss them in a bag. Have twenty definitions for groups of nine players or fewer and 40 definitions of groups of ten or more. To start, have a player draw a card and read the definition. Read More...
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Quadratic equations are hard for students to grasp, let alone teach. Here are three resources you can use that are interactive and let the students try problems on their own. The second one are just more ways of solving quadratic equations, by example. Read More...
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5 Angry Bird Lessons ranging from quadratic equations, geometry, graphing, addition, measurement, to conic sections. These are fun engaging lessons for students to accomplish in the classroom. Quadratic Destructio n: Given the equations of the curves Read More...
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BrainGenie is about helping your students meet your objectives. As an educator the tool and practice is free and you can create classes within BrainGenie. You can track the students you add to your lists and watch them achieve goals or see how long they Read More...
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Infographics are all the rage now in technology, pinterest, and you can even include them in your classroom to spice it up. New infographics pop up daily on all sorts of subjects. from mortgages to ice cream, estimating software to infographics about Read More...
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As technology grows at an expanding rate, we are preparing students for a faster pace of life. Where to get information, how to get it, and how to use the information they now have. Some new pedagogies from Steve Wheeler at the University of Plymouth Read More...
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Featured today are three games you can use to either introduce coordinate planes and geometry, or review for coordinate points using the following activities and interactive. Tic-Tac-Toe This site helps reinforce the skills of naming coordinates and graphing Read More...
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Number Loving is a great math resource from Laura Rees-Hughes and Sharon Derbyshire. It is a very simple and elegant website that is easy to use. It has many topics ranging from algebra, geometry, number sense, and statistics. The resources are phenomenal Read More...
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Students love watching YouTube videos and incorporating them in to your lessons are educational, but also entertaining for the students to watch. Tough algebra terms can be reduced to simply rhymes and raps like this school. The same school even put together Read More...
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HippoCampus is a great tool to use in and out of the math classroom. Anyone can create a free account and begin to find material from Khan Academy and NROC. You can mix your own "playlists" using content across different websites. You can track media Read More...
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Use " Fakebook " to chart the plot of a book, the development of a character, a series of historical events, the debates and relationships between people, and so on! You can get started by entering a name at the top of the page. Then proceed to add friends, Read More...
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Graphic organizers are visual representations of a text or topic. Organizers provide templates or frames for students or teachers to identify pertinent facts, to organize information, and to record relationships between facts and ideas within a learning Read More...
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I didn't get to modular arithmetic until I was far into college, but with this activity students in middle or elementary school can use modular arith metic. This activity will help develop students’ problem-solving strategies and provide opportunities Read More...
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Alleyoop is a college readiness network for teens, identified this growing gap in math, learning through rounds of service testing in online tutoring and gaming. Alleyoop has 4 areas for teens: guidance, one-on-one, activities, and about me. Parents and Read More...
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Net Gain, Net Effect Objective : Students will desribe the evolution of fishing techniques, and interpret the changes in technology on fishing populatons. Method: Students conduct a simulation to explore the evolution of fishing and the effects of changing Read More...
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