tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post2466547033137417993..comments2023-10-03T04:20:03.184-06:00Comments on Math = Love: What Can I Do With This?Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11839095945000612533noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-71090401021299799902014-04-16T06:27:21.612-05:002014-04-16T06:27:21.612-05:00I like this! Thanks for sharing! I like this! Thanks for sharing! Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11839095945000612533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-11178505539298886752014-04-16T06:12:30.955-05:002014-04-16T06:12:30.955-05:00I like both these ideas! I like both these ideas! Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11839095945000612533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-37014311229191466262014-04-16T06:11:12.965-05:002014-04-16T06:11:12.965-05:00Sounds interesting! Thanks for sharing!Sounds interesting! Thanks for sharing!Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11839095945000612533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-46685733274918481572014-01-11T06:56:52.526-06:002014-01-11T06:56:52.526-06:00I love this idea! It sounds like the perfect thin...I love this idea! It sounds like the perfect thing to do with my Algebra 2 students after we finish with state testing!Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11839095945000612533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-38709864711329911162013-10-29T12:30:42.592-06:002013-10-29T12:30:42.592-06:00I do an activity with paper lunch bags and plastic...I do an activity with paper lunch bags and plastic poker chips (you could use the washers) where I have questions written out on an index card with two lunch bags with different answers behind them. Students have to read the question and then drop their poker chip into the bag with the correct answer. This works well with yes/no, true/false, sometimes/always/never questions so that you can reuse the lunch bags, but you can also use questions that require specific answers. I usually have 6-8 questions with lunch bags placed around the room.<br /><br />My students love to move around the classroom, and answering the questions turns into a game for them. You can't give them a grade for their work, but this activity is a great formative assessment to see how well your students understand a topic. I would probably give the blue chips to my middle-high achieving students and the red chips to my low-middle achieving students, so that I could gain a better understanding of which students were successfully answering the questions. You could even differentiate by giving the low-middle achieving students one or two fewer chips.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-55743537114461013582013-10-20T09:28:52.295-05:002013-10-20T09:28:52.295-05:00You could make a Towers of Hanoi activity to explo...You could make a Towers of Hanoi activity to explore the Exponential Function as to move n washers the function is 2^n-1. Have a look at this page for a little more info: http://colalg.math.csusb.edu/camdemo/exponentials/src/hanoi.htmlCrippithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01247269066208357182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-69128983266311897282013-10-18T10:01:53.811-05:002013-10-18T10:01:53.811-05:00There is this activity from ETA's Super Source...There is this activity from ETA's Super Source called Geo-Hoops that I use with my students when we study mean, median, and mode. Basically, each player throws 5 pipe cleaner hoops onto a 5x5 geoboard and points were awarded based on how the hoop lands on the board. These look like perfect hoops for that activity. There is a lot more that could be analyzed with this game statistically than mean, median, and mode. I wish I had more time to explore them with my students.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02865423637287168753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-4152911204972882922013-10-14T15:47:21.470-05:002013-10-14T15:47:21.470-05:00Hi,
I would use them for Probability lesson
and al...Hi,<br />I would use them for Probability lesson<br />and also to create groups in a given ratio, e.g, - divide a class of 20 kids into 2 groups in a ratio of 2:3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-92136158893831224042013-10-13T13:46:20.897-05:002013-10-13T13:46:20.897-05:00I use chips in a similar fashion in an inclusion m...I use chips in a similar fashion in an inclusion math class. On test days, I give each student 2 chips. They may choose to ask up to 2 questions during the test and I take a chip for each question asked. Any unused chips can be converted into an extra credit point on the test.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14993841872169602477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-49607267550019767162013-10-13T13:41:44.540-05:002013-10-13T13:41:44.540-05:00Hi. I use double sided coloured counters for teac...Hi. I use double sided coloured counters for teaching negative number addition and subtraction using a MAT called a 'Sea of zeroes'. Google it... It is very interesting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146370557016422628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-46293258586736104862013-10-13T13:38:51.373-05:002013-10-13T13:38:51.373-05:001. Algebra tiles (blue = positive; red = negative,...1. Algebra tiles (blue = positive; red = negative, or reverse the colors!)<br /><br />2. Probability experiments (groups get random handful of washers -- compare individual groups with each other; how do individual groups' counts relate to the whole; <br /><br />3. Normal distribution experiment: set up a large grid. then toss handfuls of the washers. Students get to see the actual distribution of the washers. How does it compare with the expected distribution? What factors might affect the actual vs. predicted results?<br /><br />4. Use on an overhead wash-line to score student games (Jeopardy, etc.), kind of like how old pool-rooms would keep score.MathOughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05020281340534425685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-57032581588804366012013-10-13T09:21:12.970-05:002013-10-13T09:21:12.970-05:00Fyi these disks are ammo for this type of toy: htt...Fyi these disks are ammo for this type of toy: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000A2R556/ref=cm_sw_r_an_am_ap_am_us?ie=UTF8.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-43075574703123984582013-10-13T09:18:45.433-05:002013-10-13T09:18:45.433-05:00I saw a pin that had this suggestion: "Anoth...I saw a pin that had this suggestion: "Another day I’ll pass out two or three poker chips to every student. As we begin the discussion I ask each student to give me back a chip each time they answer a question. Rapidly the talking students use up their chips. Since they can no longer speak in the class it leaves the non-talking students to answer the remaining questions" (original site: http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/effective-teaching-strategies/classroom-discussion-professors-share-favorite-strategies-for-engaging-students/ ) I need to start doing this paired with forced wait time to stop the same 2 people answering my questions. :)Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08395474750276931370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-90916773817524195822013-10-13T09:04:58.879-05:002013-10-13T09:04:58.879-05:00My first thought was also adding and subtracting i...My first thought was also adding and subtracting integers, though I hope for your sake your students are comfortable with those rules in high school. In middle school, we work with that a lot! I can also see using these as markers for board games, depending on their size. Use them as manipulatives for probability. Divide the class into teams (put an equal number of each color into a bag and have them draw blindly). Your students might have other ideas. Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04301412875277554720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-9399876630466554742013-10-13T08:19:09.000-05:002013-10-13T08:19:09.000-05:00I agree with Kathryn, they could be used in place ...I agree with Kathryn, they could be used in place of algebra tiles. Or could use them as points while plotting. I just teach 6th grade math, so I might not be using the correct terms, but couldn't you arrange them in patterns or coded expressions and challenge your students write expressions...make them justify their interpretation in writing? That seems like an open ended higher level activity that you could do.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02654901427437545328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-49785858650428951002013-10-13T07:10:21.158-05:002013-10-13T07:10:21.158-05:00You could use them as a manipulative for adding an...You could use them as a manipulative for adding and subtracting integers. My students like making zero pairs to find the result more than using a number line. Leads to drawing plus and minus signs when manipulatives are not available.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03125592165177367745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091979517567705761.post-55370108443990637602013-10-13T06:56:37.255-05:002013-10-13T06:56:37.255-05:00You can use them instead of the snowflakes in this...You can use them instead of the snowflakes in this activity: http://simplifyingradicals2.blogspot.com/2013/10/snowflake-posters-and-multi-step.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com