Month: May 2011
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‘Derive This Way’ Calculus Videos
These are both videos based on a parody of 'Born This Way' by Lady Gaga. Personally, I don't like her music, but that's because I don't listen enough to the radio to know any of her songs. However, I did find both of these videos very amusing in their own ways. They were uploaded to…
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Links to Student Created MindMaps
These are some MindMaps that were created by some of my former students in a Pre-Algebra course. Football Coaching VS. Math – Juan's MindMap Algebra – Betty's MindMap Addition – Porche's MindMap Math OverView – Shaniqua's MindMap Whole Numbers – Holly's MindMap Basic Math Help – Matt's MindMap Integers – Rico's MindMap Positive & Negative Numbers – Jamal's MindMap Algebra – Jaron's MindMap Income –…
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Demo of Foldable Fraction Activity
Last week someone suggested that I try using ‘Foldables’ in my classes, but I didn’t know what those were at the time. So, I decided to do a little research, and this is what I came up with. I can send the template to you as well, if you would like. Fraction Activity
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More Videos
I first heard about these two videos from this Tech the Pluge post, but what isn’t mentioned there is that there are more videos that can be found. Additional Videos: Getting Triggy Wit It and Teach Me How To Factor Additional Videos: Facebook for Math Nerds, Glee for Math Nerds, The Tonsil Hockey Team
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How Do You Feel About Math? Activity
I eluded to the fact that I was going to do this activity last week on Twitter. And here are some of the pictures that students picked out of magazines to describe the way that feel about math. Yes, there are more pictures than comments, but one of the comments ‘Math makes me feel crazy’…
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Scotch Tape and Gas Prices Dilemma
So, my whole recent obsession with Scotch Tape sort of began a few weeks ago when the following problem popped into my mind… Suppose your boss wants you to buy six 1/2 in x 450 in rolls of Scotch tape at the dollar store (remember the 6% Michigan sales tax). Your boss wants you to…
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Thought-Provoking Proportion Challenge Problems
I totally meant to share these problems a few weeks ago, but I wanted to try it out with my classes first. However, I got so distracted with doing my Capture & Recapture Lab that we never got to the worksheet. Yes, I did a Capture & Recapture lab for my Beginning Algebra Classes to…
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#anyqs Related ‘Stuff’
If you’re not familiar with #anyqs, start here: http://blog.mrmeyer.com/?p=10120. Otherwise, enjoy.
Jon Oaks 