http://teacherlingo.com/search/SearchResults.aspx?o=DateDescending&tag=math,mathematics,classroom&orTags=0Search results matching tags 'math', 'mathematics', and 'classroom'en-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61120.2)http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/math_strategies_and_techniques1/archive/2011/08/31/math-in-the-movies.aspxWed, 31 Aug 2011 13:15:00 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:523251AnonymousBesides movies like<strong> A Beautiful Mind</strong> and <strong>Alice in Wonderland </strong>math movies are few and far between, but there are more recent ones such as <strong>The Hangover</strong>, <strong>Little Big League</strong>, and even <strong>Mean Girls</strong>.   Ones that incorporate mathematics and even math you can use in your classroom.  (More featured at <a href="http://www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/mathmovies/">Math Movies</a> )  But a more interesting way is to incorporate movies that use mathematics and do so poorly are good ways to show why knowing mathematics is a good thing.  Some links are <a href="http://threesixty360.wordpress.com/category/math-mistakes/">Math Mistakes</a> and <a href="http://world.std.com/~reinhold/math/mathmoviesletters.html">Movie Mistakes</a> both of these have explanations on why the problem stated in the movie or advertisement was wrong.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IgPEsiiF-kw/Tl5BJLSWbhI/AAAAAAAAABw/aKzhs0boPRY/s1600/circuit+city.jpg" style="margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IgPEsiiF-kw/Tl5BJLSWbhI/AAAAAAAAABw/aKzhs0boPRY/s1600/circuit+city.jpg" /></a></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8643194467190728551-5967966939451363126?l=new-to-teaching.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>