24 Apr 2017
Entry 28 – Middle School Math Research Projects & Proportions

Entry 28 – Middle School Math Research Projects & Proportions

Long time no update!  This is the practically first week of just normally scheduled classes in over a month. 1st week of March - student led conferences on Thursday/Friday so no school (link to last years conferences discussing our philosophy on it) 2nd week of March - Project Week (link to what I did for my own project week) 3rd week of March - Spring Break (link to my time in San Diego!) 4th week of March - Project Week Presentations on Thursday/Friday (link to a video of what the students ended up doing for their projects) 5th week of March -…
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16 Jan 2017
Entry 19 – Let’s Get A Math Exhibition Going

Entry 19 – Let’s Get A Math Exhibition Going

We're trying something new at my school this year; a Math Exhibition of sorts.  Students will explore a math topic or concept and give a visual presentation.  We actively avoided 'math fair' because that sounds boring.  But MATH EXHIBITION!  Sign me up! We do something somewhat similar to this each year with Project Week.  The difference is that Project Week has students explore ANY topic of interest for a week and then present on it.  They get a week off of school to do it.  The video below by yours truly sums it up: https://youtu.be/Ysvz2XeEg90 So as a math team…
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