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A Quadratic Project Idea « Algebra Funsheets: Creative, fun algebra worksheets
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http://www.abac.edu/gclement/MATH1101/Resources/UnitIV/RCRegProj.pdf
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http://www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us/PhoenixHS/math/grade10/Unit06/Unit6%20-%20Task%205-full.pdf
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Free Technology for Teachers: NPR's Math Guy - 78 Archived Episodes
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Physicist writes a better formula to predict baseball success
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Revealed: The mathematical formula that predicts the best age to get engaged | Mail Online
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Boy or Girl? Methods to Predict Baby’s Gender | Home Remedies
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and then all tomorrow, need to print these: from
@cheesemonkeysf and then all tomorrow, need to print these: http://bit.ly/pfT1iL from this site: http://bit.ly/nnCuTV (love this site!)
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Volumes – via 3- and 4-Pyramids with Equal Edges | CTK Insights
From CTK Insights - Engaging math activities for the summer break - Day 16. Read it now at http://tinyurl.com/3r3tm5c
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Stock Valuation Formula (DCF) (with Graph and Calculator Link)
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Energy Savers: Estimating Appliance and Home Electronic Energy Use
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Bridge Formula Weights Calculator - FHWA Freight Management and Operations
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NOVA Online | Trillion Dollar Bet | The Formula that Shook The World
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NFL - Total Quarterback Rating shifts the way we see the position - ESPN
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Things I've Tagged (weekly)
When will I ever use this?
@druinok sent me a formula the other day on Twitter that predicted the amount of time between insurgent attacks in battle. She asked me when I thought we'd be able to use this in Algebra 2. I thought that it looked more like a precalculus application (when dealing with sequences) and may show it then, but it also got me thinking that I'd like to find some formulas that people actually use outside the classroom.
I did a little bit of research online and this is what I came up with. If you have any more, please pass them on! :)
Friday, August 12, 2011
One more week...
I'm currently sitting at home looking out the window at a beautiful sunny (yet awesomely pleasant!) day. Sigh.
I'm also sitting with three computers open in front of me. How times have changed!
My husband doesn't work on Fridays (they work long hours Mon - Thurs) so my plan was to spend a childless morning at school today starting to get ready to go back. That plan changed around 7 this morning when he received a phone call asking if he could work. So much for having no kids around! I would have put off going into school but I'd planned on meeting with one of the guidance counselors at school to talk about a student I'd had last year in precalc and not recommended for AP Calc who now wants to take it. Bleh.
So the kids and I got ready and headed down the road (with a stop at Dunkin' Donuts for a healthy breakfast!). They were really good, but it's really hard to do any work with a 4- and 7-year old around, even when they have their Nintendo DS and a tv tuned into Nick. We made it a couple of hours and I got a few things done but still would like to get back to school sometime to finish things up - I hate waiting until our "work day" before school starts because something else always comes up!
A couple of weeks ago I thought about giving the kids labels with a QR code and the address of the class blog on it (read it here) so after the kids and I left school we went to Staples to see what kind of labels they had. I ended up picking up a pack of Shipping Labels (2" x 4") that I think will do the job. It turns out that there's a sit online (www.avery.com/templates) where you can design your label without downloading anything and they even have a QR Code generator! Perfect.
I guess I should try out the code, though, before I print a bunch of them (which I'm going to wait to do until I get back to school) and have it not work. It was super nice and easy! :)
Or you can play with some of their options... I just made this one (inserted an image I'd saved of a QR code previously set up). Cute, right? Even if printed in black and white? Does the QR code need to be a certain size? I'll need to check that out...
I'm also sitting with three computers open in front of me. How times have changed!
My husband doesn't work on Fridays (they work long hours Mon - Thurs) so my plan was to spend a childless morning at school today starting to get ready to go back. That plan changed around 7 this morning when he received a phone call asking if he could work. So much for having no kids around! I would have put off going into school but I'd planned on meeting with one of the guidance counselors at school to talk about a student I'd had last year in precalc and not recommended for AP Calc who now wants to take it. Bleh.
So the kids and I got ready and headed down the road (with a stop at Dunkin' Donuts for a healthy breakfast!). They were really good, but it's really hard to do any work with a 4- and 7-year old around, even when they have their Nintendo DS and a tv tuned into Nick. We made it a couple of hours and I got a few things done but still would like to get back to school sometime to finish things up - I hate waiting until our "work day" before school starts because something else always comes up!
I guess I should try out the code, though, before I print a bunch of them (which I'm going to wait to do until I get back to school) and have it not work. It was super nice and easy! :)
Or you can play with some of their options... I just made this one (inserted an image I'd saved of a QR code previously set up). Cute, right? Even if printed in black and white? Does the QR code need to be a certain size? I'll need to check that out...
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Getting down to business...
It was rainy this morning, so the kids and I stayed home to hang out (instead of our planned trip to the pool). What better time to get some work done?! The kids were amazingly good and have played together nicely ... while making a mess of the house, of course! But beggars can't be choosers!
Anyway, I've been trying to finalize what I'd like to do in Algebra 2. I'm going to go with the re-quiz option for them (if they sign up and do some review work beforehand). Now I'm going to have to go through my quizzes and tests and make sure that all of the learning topics are addressed, which is a great check for me! Am I really assessing what I want to?
Last year I put together a list of topics and assignments for each section in each chapter, so all I had to do was tweak it a little bit to fit my needs. Here's the Chapter 1 sheet:
Alg 2 Ch 1 Assignments
After trying to figure out how to format quizzes, this is what I came up with.
Quiz 1
Now I just need to decide if I quiz over the last half of the chapter, too, in addition to a chapter test. I wasn't planning on letting them redo tests... but if I don't just quiz the last half then they won't get that chance. Maybe just let them reassess the topics that hadn't been quizzes yet?
So much to think about.
Ideas and opinions welcome!
Anyway, I've been trying to finalize what I'd like to do in Algebra 2. I'm going to go with the re-quiz option for them (if they sign up and do some review work beforehand). Now I'm going to have to go through my quizzes and tests and make sure that all of the learning topics are addressed, which is a great check for me! Am I really assessing what I want to?
Last year I put together a list of topics and assignments for each section in each chapter, so all I had to do was tweak it a little bit to fit my needs. Here's the Chapter 1 sheet:
Alg 2 Ch 1 Assignments
After trying to figure out how to format quizzes, this is what I came up with.
Quiz 1
Now I just need to decide if I quiz over the last half of the chapter, too, in addition to a chapter test. I wasn't planning on letting them redo tests... but if I don't just quiz the last half then they won't get that chance. Maybe just let them reassess the topics that hadn't been quizzes yet?
So much to think about.
Ideas and opinions welcome!
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
Back to what??? Already???
I can't believe that August starts on Monday. How depressing. All of the things I've been putting off all summer (because I had so much time to do them) are now haunting me. Ugh.
A couple of recent thoughts:
1. I really like the idea of using a QR code to help the kids get to their class blogs. I was thinking of just putting it on their back to school rules paper, but they hardly ever have that.... so then I thought about stickers! My plan now is to buy some sheets of stickers, print the QR code on them (and hopefully have enough room left on the sticker for the web address itself) and then give them to the kids to put on their school planner (which each kid receives the first day of school and is expected to have every day thereafter). As long as I can get the printing thing down, I think this'll work. Yay me! :)
2. I think I've finally decided how exactly I want to do quizzes in Algebra 1 and Algebra 2. It's somewhat SBG-ish without going full blown. I'm going to break down the quizzes by topics and enter those grades separately in my gradebook. So then we have the advantage of seeing exactly what a kid is struggling with. Then, one day a week (which I may push to two if I get a lot of participation) I'm going to offer them a chance to retest those topics. They'll have to let me know the week before what they want to retest and when they're going to do it (either a select period with one of our math teacher tutors or after school). When they retest they'll have to turn in some review problems that they've completed showing they have done some additional work to help in figuring out their problems (maybe quiz corrections, maybe those problems that are in the back of the book... I'll need to decide that) and their retest grade will replace the original. Because I'm just offering that one day a week I'll probably let them retest two topics at once. Thoughts?
3. I just realized this morning (yeah, I'm a little slow) that I'm teaching a new class this year. Well, kinda new. Last year I had an Integrated Algebra 1 class (read: general) and this year it's Honors Algebra 1 (which really isn't honors, but definitely isn't general). I'm going to have to step it up a bit! Ack.
4. I found some new resources for projects the other night...
Algebra 1 Webquests
Algebra 1 Explorations
Workshops and Projects
Project Index from PBL Pathways
Precalc Resources
A couple of recent thoughts:
1. I really like the idea of using a QR code to help the kids get to their class blogs. I was thinking of just putting it on their back to school rules paper, but they hardly ever have that.... so then I thought about stickers! My plan now is to buy some sheets of stickers, print the QR code on them (and hopefully have enough room left on the sticker for the web address itself) and then give them to the kids to put on their school planner (which each kid receives the first day of school and is expected to have every day thereafter). As long as I can get the printing thing down, I think this'll work. Yay me! :)
2. I think I've finally decided how exactly I want to do quizzes in Algebra 1 and Algebra 2. It's somewhat SBG-ish without going full blown. I'm going to break down the quizzes by topics and enter those grades separately in my gradebook. So then we have the advantage of seeing exactly what a kid is struggling with. Then, one day a week (which I may push to two if I get a lot of participation) I'm going to offer them a chance to retest those topics. They'll have to let me know the week before what they want to retest and when they're going to do it (either a select period with one of our math teacher tutors or after school). When they retest they'll have to turn in some review problems that they've completed showing they have done some additional work to help in figuring out their problems (maybe quiz corrections, maybe those problems that are in the back of the book... I'll need to decide that) and their retest grade will replace the original. Because I'm just offering that one day a week I'll probably let them retest two topics at once. Thoughts?
3. I just realized this morning (yeah, I'm a little slow) that I'm teaching a new class this year. Well, kinda new. Last year I had an Integrated Algebra 1 class (read: general) and this year it's Honors Algebra 1 (which really isn't honors, but definitely isn't general). I'm going to have to step it up a bit! Ack.
4. I found some new resources for projects the other night...
Algebra 1 Webquests
Algebra 1 Explorations
Workshops and Projects
Project Index from PBL Pathways
Precalc Resources
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