Title: Engagement with Ratio and Proportion: Building a tool to deepen understanding. The full, final lesson plan will be available soon here and on the MoMath website. The MoMath Rosenthal Prize is for Innovation and Inspiration in Math Teaching. I wrote up a lesson on proportional calipers that was selected as the 2021 runner up prize. The best part is that
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A set of simple ideas that highlight business math principles that would speed up our vaccination process. Here’s a link to a PDF version as well. VACCINE STRATEGIES: FOLLOW THE MATH By Lauren and Philip Siegel A much used saying during the pandemic has been “follow the science”. But when it comes to vaccine distribution we should “follow the math”.
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Here’s another great organization dedicated to getting the math out to the people, Public Math at https://www.public-math.org. They have just issued an annual report that is full of fun and interesting ways you can share math in public, and it lists all the great people doing this work with them. These projects, like the postcard project or the math vending
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How can educator forge better relationships with their community? This is a great example of reaching out to the community, providing useful information and showing how some calculations can be important in our day to day life. In fall 2017 Amy Gross decorated a table, created a display of information, shared her hydration tracking system and samples of fruit infused
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We had a great time today presenting at the ANSC fall fest! Michelle Tat, Viyang Shah, Anh Nguyen, Josephine Sheng and Lauren Siegel were on hands to share some classic almanacs, made mini almanacs including phases of the moon, a recipe for “healthy soil” you can eat, a number game and more : ) We are delighted that over 150
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TMWYF is a great group that I really enjoyed meeting. I hope to collaborate with them in the future. Draw snow falling – now make dividing walls that meet – have you now got the start of a turtle – or is it a map of 1854 London and you just need to add a square and some dots to
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This is a fantastic way to layout this problem posted on twitter by Olivier Longuet and pointed out to me by Ralph Pantozzi. The drawing progression is on the right or you can etch the left (blank) onto wood, and add the finished pieces as you figure it out. Our files are here if you want a jpg, svg, Corel
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Jose Carrasco and Austin Voices organized this year’s event. We really appreciate the opportunity to contribute and double stars to the volunteers who assembled kits putting together graph paper books, scissors, and colored pencils. Also included were some Tangrams to cut out and play with, and Michelle Tat’s Mathematics Fairy Tale in English and Spanish.
Here are two fun puzzles you can find in this classic book. The files to make them are right here! (secret: The wood is colored with Bingo stampers) Moscow Flower and Crayfish, Laser cut file types: Corel 2020, Adobe Illustrated, SVG, JPG
Austin Museum Day is going to feature an all day program on facebook plus virtual offerings you can access anytime and there are a number of Austin locations that will be open to visit! Check out the Schedule! MathHappens is staying virtual this year, but we are starting a new list of great ways to think about math connections at
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