Really old

2023-11-20 09:44:29

Really old


 

Tom Lehrer is a singer, songwriter, satirist, pianist and mathematician who has written some wonderful songs. In 1959 he wrote a song called “New Math”.  At that time, much of mathematics teaching was reoriented.  Parents of elementary school aged children were having a hard time helping their children with math homework.  Enjoy the song and then we can figure out if it makes sense.

Seeing the meaning of decimal place value was understood by experimenting with place values in base 2 and base 8 systems.  Have we now mastered the New math?  

 

 

 

Activity Solutions & Supporting Materials
Share this:
Comments (0)
    Display 1 - 10 Of total 0
    Occupy Wall Street protest is growing
       The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movem...
    Memorial Day 2026
    Memorial Day is a US holiday observed on the last ...
    Do teams that spend a lot win a lot?
     In this activity students compare team wins ...
    Barcodes and QR codes
    In this updated activi...
    Let's learn to gerrymander
    In this activity student first try to redistrict o...
    Encouraging bats might be better than using bug repellant
    Bats eat mosquitoes ... lots of mosquitoes. Stud...
    Linsanity
    Jeremy Lin is the New York Knicks most start...
    Have a heart
    Clicking on the image above will show the hear...
    Fantasy Football
    In the midst of another NFL sea...
    Banana Art "Comedian"
    What do you think this...