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What can you do with this? category inspired by Dan Meyer.

Heat Sinks - Surface Area

Monday, 16 November 2009
| Posted in • Lesson IdeaSurface AreaMediaPhotoWhat can you do with this?

I’m about to get into Surface Area with Year 8. Of course, there will be chocolate. But, since I last looked at Surface Area with Year 9 I’ve been thinking about Heat Sinks.

Surface Area and Chocolate

Sunday, 16 August 2009
| Posted in • Lesson IdeaSurface AreaMediaVideoPrintableWorksheetWhat can you do with this?

An excuse to use chocolate in a maths lesson…

Perimeter of curved shapes

Saturday, 08 August 2009
| Posted in • Lesson IdeaCirclesMediaPhotoTechnologyProjector ResourceWhat can you do with this?

This week, Year 9 were looking at finding the perimeter of shapes that include curves (parts of a circle).

The Perfect Tree

Tuesday, 12 May 2009
| Posted in • Lesson IdeaMeasurementMediaVideoWhat can you do with this?

I was preparing for part of a presentation to the staff at my school tomorrow, highlighting the importance of numeracy being included in all subject areas.

Bearing and airports

Thursday, 05 March 2009
| Posted in • Lesson IdeaBearingsTrigonometrySoftwareGoogle EarthWhat can you do with this?

As part of a unit on Trigonometry, we review compass and true bearings before working with bearings in Trigonometry problems.
To start this review lesson, we looked at some images from Google Earth.

The Big Picture

Saturday, 21 February 2009
| Posted in • Lesson IdeaNumberMediaPhotoWebsiteWhat can you do with this?

If you don’t have The Big Picture from boston.com in your RSS feeds, it’s time to add it. Alan Taylor regularly collects some fascinating photos together. This edition, At work.

T-shirt box

Saturday, 07 February 2009
| Posted in • ResourceWhat can you do with this?

Keep an eye out when shopping, a great maths teaching aid could be staring you in the face.

Theatrical Aspect Ratio

Thursday, 15 January 2009
| Posted in • ElsewhereLesson IdeaRatioReflectionWebsiteWhat can you do with this?

Recently Dan Meyer posted his thoughts on the ideal maths textbook, which would actually be a digital archive of very interesting mathematical media.  This is a great idea, and whilst I don’t have a projector in my classroom yet (although fingers-crossed), it would be something that I would buy/subscribe to.  Anyway, there was a challenge in this for me: being mindful of the media I consume and the world around me to collect digital bits and pieces that might help explain a mathematical concept (I commented on Dan’s blog that I missed the opportunity to take a picture of 3m³ of dirt I had delivered).  The second, to my mind harder, challenge is to take that item and make a meaningful and engaging connection with a concept being taught in class.