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The BBC News has an interesting interactive calculator. As you many know, the population of Earth recently passed 7 billion. Help your students comprehend this concept, and work with large, real numbers. Let them find out what their numbers are. By providing your date of birth you will see how many people were alive when [...]
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It is 3/14, so here are a few quick math resources to help you celebrate Pi Day! BrainPop has a video on the subject, which you can follow up with a ten question multiple choice quiz. Don’t forget that even if you do not have a BrainPop subscription, they offer several free movies at any [...]
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As the temperature cools down, why not warm up your math and economics instruction with a simulation game? The Cool Math Coffee Shop or Elf on the Shelf Hot Cocoa Stand allow you to run a simulated business. The Coffee Shop is more involved and has a greater amount of variables. You will set the [...]
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There are some great advantages and pitfalls of using YouTube videos in your classroom. Ever the optimist, I will start with the “Glass Half Full.” 1. YouTube videos are short. A short clip can be surprisingly effective for a topic intro, discussion starter, or reteaching a difficult concept. 2. YouTube videos can be inspiring. Motivational [...]
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I wish my schedule would have permitted a little more time at the Elementary Institute this summer. I did manage to present one session today, and we took a good look at using the Math Investigations materials that are provided in JCPS Online. We had a small and advanced group, so we had plenty of [...]
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Site: http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/ Do you ever want your students to chart their findings of scientific observations? Do you need to create a pie chart, bar graph or other representation of data for a class meeting and find Excel to be just a little intimidating for a quick project? Here is the most simple and straight forward [...]
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http://www.google.com/ Google via kwout Navigate to Google’s home page. Leave the search box empty and select “I’m Feeling Lucky.” You’ll see a large number counting down. What can you do with this number? Have your students predict in their journals what they predict this number might represent. Depending on the level of interest, repeat the [...]
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http://coolmath-games.com/ Isn’t it great when your kids teach you something? My girls taught me all about this block game they have been learning about at school, and then proceeded to beat me at it time and time again. It is called Bloxorz and you essentially have to rotate a block in such a way that [...]
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Another good resource from Triptico, here is a Four Option Spinner. Check out the online timer, different spinners, a great scoreboard for class games and poetry magnets here. (At the bottom of page, use ‘view more resources’ link to see all options)
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http://www.teacherled.com/resources/survey/surveyload.html A handy little survey exercise…. Get to know your students and let them interact with some authentic data in the process. I enjoyed the bar graph and circle chart that it built right along side the data as I was entering it. In a hurry and don’t want to survey your class? Choose ‘fill [...]
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