The App Store – 10 Billion
This great idea comes from Dan Meyer and mister2pi. When will the App Store hit 10,000,000,000?
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SBG: One Small Success
This is a quick post describing one small reason (of many) of why I like SBG. The setup for the gradebook is as follows: each student gets 2 shots (in class) to quiz on each topic, the grade is out … Continue reading
My Favorite Podcasts of 2010
After some of my favorite bloggers wrote posts talking about their favorite books of 2010, here and here, I’ve decided to do the same but with a twist. I don’t end up reading more than 5 books a year, but … Continue reading
Project Euler
My name is Dan, and I’m addicted to Euler (pronounced Oiler). Not really, but this site is fabulous: http://projecteuler.net/ The gist of it for non-math people is that it has a list of problems, for example, find the 10,001st prime number. … Continue reading
How many pieces of Toast?
Once again, OK Go has an innovative video. Naturally, how many pieces of Toast? Answer is here. Bonus: Did they use both sides of the bread for the drawing? Did they reuse any blank toast? How long would it take … Continue reading
(Virtual) Scavenger Hunt – Triangles (and review)
Here is another scavenger hunt that I made up for geometry. The scavenger hunt is a set of problems, where the only way to get to the next set of problems is to have the correct answer and hence the … Continue reading
How Many: People
(note: this post was previously under: Two problems, but it seemed better to split the two problems into separate posts. The other problem is found here.) How many people where at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear? Gave the applied math … Continue reading
How Many: Folds
(note: this post was previously under: Two problems, but it seemed better to split the two problems into separate posts. The other problem is found here.) If you could, how many folds of a sheet of paper would it take … Continue reading
How Big is that Pumpkin?
This is the second time I’ve done this lesson. You can read up on the previous attempt here. Quick synopsis: There is a local contest to determine how much a large pumpkin weighs, the winner receives a year Family subscription … Continue reading
Cartalk puzzler #2 logic – Rowena’s Picture
Here’s a great puzzler for logic. Princess Rowena Evil King Raymond and the White Knight RAY: This puzzler comes from the days of knights and kings and fair maidens. Once upon a time, the fair maiden Rowena wished to wed. … Continue reading