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New Activity for Prime Polynomials

This is what I am going to use with my Beginning Algebra students to reinforce the idea of prime polynomials. The majority of the polynomials are prime. Prime Mania

Statistics Resources from Across the Web

I’m preparing to teach statistics this summer, so statistics resources are on my radar right now. Here are some that have been fed to me recently: 1. Prezi on ‘Beyond Tables’ — Awesome Prezi on ditching the tables and integrating applets such as those over at Surf Stat. http://prezi.com/bin/preziloader.swf Beyond Tables on Prezi 2.…

New Game for Evaluating Functions

Here’s the new game I created for evaluating functions. I haven’t played it with any students yet, but it has gotten a couple of test runs, and seems to be a hit among the instructors that have seen it. If you play it, I would love to hear your feedback. Enjoy! Function Game

Factoring the Difference of Two Perfect Squares

These videos are on Section 6.5. Please watch the videos over the weekend and come prepared with the completed handout on Monday. We will have further discussion in class. http://content.screencast.com/users/Mallwalker52/folders/Jing/media/301894f5-27c1-4238-aaae-079eca8c2e59/jingswfplayer.swf View on screencast.com » http://content.screencast.com/users/Mallwalker52/folders/Jing/media/ba07acf4-e5d3-4d19-9da9-83137026f20b/jingswfplayer.swf View on screencast.com » http://content.screencast.com/users/Mallwalker52/folders/Jing/media/2e18fe9a-1bcb-4d37-81a6-6bd576502414/jingswfplayer.swf View on screencast.com » Factoring_Demos.pdf Download this file

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Using Virtual Tools to Solve Real-World Problems

I recently saw this video come up in my Twitter Feed. It is about a group of teenagers who are working on a project for Abbott Labs, and the story of their teacher who realizes that after working on this Real-World Problem, that the students will never be able to learn the same way ever…