Category Archives for Math and Art

Season 11 American Idol

Let your student study American Idol viewing figures over the last ten seasons. Students compare historical season premier and season finale audience size in several different ways to determine which event has had higher viewership. They consider outliers and judge … Continue reading

02. May 2012 by Oldmanmarks and Leslie
Categories: Data and Probability, Holidays and Annual Events, Math and Art, Number Sense | Tags: , , , , | 1 comment

Four Valentine activities

For Tuesday, Valentine’s Day, we have four different activities that you can use in your classroom. Sweetheart Candies - Explore unit measure with sweet little hearts. Valentine Cardioid - Do some art in your math class. Chocolates - Discover the surface area of … Continue reading

12. February 2012 by Leslie
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Valentine’s Cardioid

WojciechSwiderski at the Polish language Wikipedia Happy Valentine’s Day!              cardioid.pdf This PDF contains four ways students can draw cardioids for Valentine’s Day.

09. February 2012 by Leslie
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Crop circles

In the travel section of our newspaper this week, Wiltshire, England was a recommended destination to see Stonehendge and crop circles …………..  crop circles? Many of the crop circles in England appear mysteriously overnight.  They are often huge but appear … Continue reading

21. December 2011 by Leslie
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What’s a cardioid?

Attribution: WojciechSwiderski at the Polish language Wikipedia Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Just for fun, these are instructions for four different ways to draw cardioids for Valentine’s Day. cardioid.pdf

13. February 2011 by Leslie
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Benoît Mandelbrot

        In October, 2010, Benoît Mandelbrot died in Cambridge, Massachusetts. To honor his life and work in fractals and natural recurrence, we’ve created an investigation that teaches students a little about Mandelbrot’s life, a little about the … Continue reading

22. October 2010 by Leslie
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