Paper Towels WCYDWT
As the subtitle to this blog suggests, I look for patterns. What questions do you have after seeing these three pictures of paper towel packaging? Addition: For those who’d like the prices for the “giant” and “big”.
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(Virtual) Scavenger Hunt – Pairs of Angles
I put together this quick six question activity that combines pairs of angles (complementary, supplementary, linear pairs, and vertical angles) and some basic algebra. The idea is that the students need to answer the question, then to get to the … Continue reading
Car Talk Puzzler (Dance Party)
I don’t know if you listen to Car Talk, but maybe you should give it a try. Its a weekly radio show on NPR and podcasts are available. Essentially it is a call-in show for car questions and the hosts, … Continue reading
Knockoff Project: The Aftermath
The first project that we did in Applied math was called the Knockoff Project. This was a brand new project meant to utilize the 21st century classroom and the Project Based Learning initiative that this class is now based on. … Continue reading
Spot the error.
He is a birthday present from my sister in law. Awesome gift, I’m going to put it over the clock in my room (there would be rioting, but the kids can’t read an analogue clock anyway). But can you spot … Continue reading
Data Density
Following question driven by seeing a box of floppy discs in tech room. Question: How large would the floppy disk have to be to hold a hard drive of content? Facts: A floppy disk holds 1.44 MB The largest consumer … Continue reading
Cake:Frosting (A look into a proper ratio of real math:cool tech)
With all the new technology in the classroom (see this post), I’ve been interested in trying out the new toys. One of those toys is the 25 laptops (dell inspiron 11z, small and cheap) which are loaded up with some … Continue reading
Big Bad Wolf (a SBG tale)
I am the Big Bad Wolf. The students are some mix of the three little pigs. They don’t know yet that I am the Big Bad Wolf, and they are building away at their houses. However this story is a … Continue reading
SMART Response (Clickers)
These worked great. They integrate with the SMART notebook software, so they require a bit of tweaking when entering an assessment. SMART notebook, even with math tools, requires entering any equations again… even if they were imported from Word or … Continue reading
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Facts: · Humans average 2 words per second when speaking. · Humans average 60 minutes per day speaking. How many words will you speak in your (average) life of 75 years? (hint: break it down to smaller questions) This is the question … Continue reading