The Land of Venn - Geometric Defense Ecco come funziona Mathpix, l'app che fotografa un'equazione e la risolve È un’app gratuita che riconosce le equazioni matematiche (scritte a mano) e le risolve in pochi secondi Pubblicato Più che un’evoluzione di una calcolatrice grafica è una sorta di Shazam del calcolo. Qualche giorno fa è stata lanciata Mathpix, una nuova app iOs (gratuita) che consente di puntare la fotocamera verso un’equazione matematica scritta a mano (con grafia leggibile) e calcolarne le soluzioni in pochi secondi. L’interfaccia di Mathpix si presenta come quella di una qualsiasi app per fotocamera: si trascina il reticolo sullo schermo sopra l’equazione e l’app la risolve e fornisce anche le risposte in termini di grafici del caso. Mathpix è stato concepito da Nico Jimenez, un dottorando di Stanford. Dopo averla provata, dobbiamo in effetti dire che l’applicazione è molto ben fatta, intuitiva e semplice nell’utilizzo, oltre che molto veloce. In sostanza, è uno strumento incredibilmente utile per un qualunque studente di una facoltà tecnico-scientifica. Segui
The Best Augmented Reality Apps to Use with Students (Accompanied with Tutorials and Lessons) February, 2015 Here is a handy chart I stumbled upon today through a Google Plus post from Shelly Terrell. The chart features several wonderful augmented reality apps to use with students in class. Each of the apps is accompanied with the following: a tutorial explaining it, an example of a lesson where the app is being used, and further activities covering other uses of the app. There are actually 19 augmented reality apps in this chart, almost all of them have been featured in this blog in the past but, by far, the best app among them all is Aurasma. You can learn more about Aurasma from this page. The chart on augmented reality resources is created by Terri Eichholz from Engage Their Minds blog.Terri has also published a packet on Teachers Pay Teachers of lessons and activities for using augmented reality in education which you can check it here. Click here to access the original hyperlinked chart.
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Gravitational waves – your questions answered The final piece of Einstein's general theory of relativity, which has stubbornly evaded detection since his predictions a century ago, has been detected. Scientists announced today at a press conference they’ve successfully picked up gravitational waves, formed during the cataclysmic collision and fusion of two mammoth black holes 1.3 billion light-years away. Not only does this confirm Einstein’s predictions, it gives astronomers a new method of “seeing” the Universe. Nailing down gravitational waves – ripples through the fabric of space-time – has not been an easy task. Even Einstein was pessimistic about finding the miniscule vibrations. Indeed, in 2014 the astrophysics world was elated with the announcement that the Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarisation (BICEP2) telescope at the South Pole had picked up faint echoes of the Big Bang, only to have those hopes dashed when the signal turned out to be dust in our own galaxy. This time, though, it’s different.
Squashy Boxes* Here's another versatile (and often overlooked) resource. Squashy Boxes enable children to quickly generate 'random' numbers. They are a simple but effective tool for practising a range of rapid recall and mental calculation strategies. Squashy Boxes are easy to make, 'pack flat', have hundreds of uses and are easy for children to manipulate; children can also store them in their own drawers or book bags. This downloadable pdf file* includes templates for six Squashy Boxes (plus a blank template) together with extensive teacher notes and ideas for maths activities for both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 children. Make up the boxes as follows: 1.Print out the template onto thin card. 2.Protect with tacky-back plastic, if you wish. 3.Fold along all of the vertical lines 4.Fold into a cuboid shape and glue the final blank column (tab) behind the first. The resulting cuboid, if held gently, can be turned to show four different faces – each with a different arrangement of single digit numbers.
What Does E=mc2 Truly Mean? What does E=mc2, the most famous equation in history, mean? (Image Credit: PBS Space Time) Albert Einstein remains one of the greatest minds in history. His contributions to the fields of cosmology, physics and mathematics are unquantifiable, but arguably, the most important works were his theories of general and special relativity. Ultimately, they shed light on the intimate workings of the universe—from the nature gravity itself, to the outermost edges of black holes. If most people were to sum it up, they would say that the equation deals with the Mass–energy equivalence, which tells us that energy and matter are fundamentally the same thing. Over the course of a single year, we compile thousands of articles, and generate dozens upon dozens of high-quality videos and infographics. While the vast majority of websites have extensive teams of writers, editors, graphic designers, and videographers, FQTQ is run by just just two people: Jaime and Jolene.
theconversation New research has found some teachers mark boys' primary (elementary) school maths tests more favourably than girls, impacting girls' uptake of advanced mathematics and science subjects in high school. Entrance rates into maths and science degrees at university level can also be traced back to the impacts of teachers' gender bias in primary school. Higher levels of mathematics and science education have been linked to greater employment opportunities and higher earnings, meaning a primary teacher’s attitude towards maths can have a serious impact on a child’s future success. Teachers assume boys are better at maths The researchers followed nearly 3000 students from 6th grade to the end of high school. As a measure of teacher bias, they compared school 6th grade test marks given by teachers who knew the students' sex, with external test marks for the same students, but with no identifying characteristics provided. Maths test anxiety and maths anxiety Maths anxiety cycle in the classroom
Number Frames Overview Number Frames help students structure numbers to five, ten, twenty, and one hundred. Students use the frames to count, represent, compare, and compute with numbers in a particular range. The frames help students see quantities as equal groups of other quantities and in relation to benchmark quantities. This helps primary students move away from one-by-one counting toward more efficient ways of counting and computing. About Us This resource is brought to you by The Math Learning Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to K-12 education since 1976. This app was crafted by Clarity Innovations. www.clarity-innovations.com © 2015 Math Learning Center | Number Frames version 1.1.2 NRich Maths Teachers Primary Pupils Secondary Students Events and PD "It gave me some good ideas to use in the classroom and ... a link that I can get all of the activities from." Book NRICH Bespoke PDBook Forthcoming EventsBook our Hands-on Roadshow Your Solutions
Some of The Best iPad and Android Math Apps for Middle School Students January 22, 2016 In today's post, we have curated for you some of the best Math apps for middle school students. We included apps for both Android and iPad. The apps cover different mathematical skills and will definitely help students enhance their math learning and consequently perform better. Check them out and as always share with us if you have other suggestions to add to the list. iPad Math Apps for Middle Schoolers ‘Photomath is the world's smartest camera calculator! ‘Algebra Touch will refresh your skills using touch-based techniques built from the ground up for your iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch.’ 3- Mathmateer ‘While your rocket is floating weightlessly in space, the real fun begins! 4- Mathspace ‘Mathspace has arrived on the iPad/iPhone.- your favourite online Maths textbook, workbook and mark book just got better.Mathspace is the first computer based system that allows students to complete full worked solutions to problems online and receive instant feedback and help at every step.’