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Have You “Flipped” Your Math Classroom Today?
Have you “flipped” your math classroom? Students in a flipped classroom (sometimes referred to as reverse instruction) view the “content delivery” / lecture before class. Students and teachers then use their valuable class time to explore and to practice mathematical … Continue reading
How much would it cost to send my teen off to Hogwarts?
This awesome infographic was Tweeted this week: Click here to access the original page. I bet some fun mathematics could be conjured from this data!
Posted in Articles for Math Class, Data & Infographics
Tagged Harry Potter, infographics, Twitter
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The Math of Tsunamis
While watching the news coverage of the terrible earthquake in Japan and the tsunami that followed, I was awed by the math possibilities. After a little research I found a few math resources for this “teachable moment”: -A new math … Continue reading
Groundhog Day Data
Groundhog Day is right around the corner (February 2) so I thought I would do a little research to see if I could find some math activities and resources that are associated with the “holiday”: Groundhog Prediction Project – This … Continue reading
Cyber Monday & Black Friday by the Numbers
Welcome back math educators! I hope you had a wonderful and restful Thanksgiving! Christmas is right around the corner and most of us have about 17 days until the Winter Break. Our students may will be distracted by the merriment of … Continue reading
Posted in Articles for Math Class, Holiday Math, Math Activities, Student Engagement
Tagged Article, By the Numbers, engagement, numberacy, shopping
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Thanksgiving Mathematics
Many of you have only two days of school next week and your students will surely be thinking about the Thanksgiving holiday. Here are a few Thanksgiving/Math ideas to weave into your lessons: The Marathon Meal (http://www.coolinfographics.com/blog/2008/1/28/the-marathon-meal.html): I have posted … Continue reading
Halloween Numeracy
I know that many of us are in the middle of a chocolate and candy corn fueled whirlwind, but here are a few fun (numeric) facts about Halloween that you can share with your math students on Monday: $66.28 Amount the average … Continue reading
Happy World Statistics Day!
According to United Press International (UPI), “the United Nations declared Oct. 20 as a day to celebrate the service provided by the global statistical system and to help raise public awareness and trust in official statistics”. Here are a couple … Continue reading
D Avg Teen Sends Ovr 3,000 Txtz Per Mth! OMG!
There are several articles out today about a Neilson study that has some very interesting data: The average teenager sends more than 3,000 texts per month. That’s more than six texts per waking hour. These articles would make for interesting reading … Continue reading
The Math Paige 