interactivemaths - HOME 21 Pi Day Resources for your Classroom | PBS Education Around the world, March 14th (3/14) is recognized as the day to celebrate Pi, which, of course, is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. The “earliest known” celebration of Pi Day was in 1988 when physicist Larry Shaw and staff of the San Francisco Exploratorium marched around a circular space and then ate fruit pies! Since then, Pi Day has become a classroom and cultural phenomenon. Whether you are looking for activities to conduct in the classroom, special Pi day gear, or a unique video to highlight the occasion, keep reading for a plethora of Pi Day fun! Let’s start off with lesson ideas offered by PBS LearningMedia that include background essays, class discussion topics, videos, interactives, and math in the real world! Add in the FunAre you thinking about holding a contest to see who can memorize the most digits of Pi? Experiment and DiscoverLet students discover Pi for themselves with these simple tools: a can, string, and ruler. Lorraine C.
Home Page 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 Tau Day | No, really, pi is wrong: The Tau Manifesto by Michael Hartl TEACHERS - Math Talks Top menu: NT = Number Talks PT = Pat tern Talks (hover over NT to see) Hello there. My name is Fawn Nguyen, I'd spent 30 years in the classroom, and 2019 is my first year as a math TOSA (teacher on special assignment). The voices behind these number talks and pattern talks were from my 6th and 8th graders during the 2013-2014 school year. If you’re not sure what math talks are, here are a few resources:Professor Jo Boaler refers to number talks regularly in her course How To Learn Math 2014.Brad Fulton presented this strategy at the 2013 CMC-South Conference.
How I Do Number Talks in My High School Math Classroom This post originally appeared on the blog Scaffolded Math and Science. Though there are times I fly by the seat of my pants, I usually have plenty of printed materials ready to go for my students. To do Number Talks right, printed material had to go right out the window along with calculators, pencils, and even blank paper. It was uncomfortable and weird, but after our third Number Talk, I found myself feeling more successful as a teacher than I had in a while. As a teacher, there can be long stretches of time when I don’t at all feel successful. As simple as Number Talks turned out to be, they were super intimidating at first. Hand signals are a part of Number Talks and there are different signals for thinking, having an answer, having more than one strategy and agreeing with what is said. Next comes the uncomfortable part – no calculators, pencils, or paper. And finally the numbers come in. We started really simply with 10% of 50.
Ohio Learning Standards for Mathematics Ohio educators, many of whom engage daily with Ohio students, drove the process to make improvements to Ohio’s Learning Standards for Mathematics as part of a periodic review. In many cases, the changes reflect instruction already taking place in Ohio’s classrooms. The clarifications in the revised standards will guide districts in modifying, not replacing their existing local curriculum, instructional plans and materials. Ohio's Learning Standards for Mathematics (revised 2017) In 2015-2016, educators statewide and the Ohio Department of Education began an updating process resulting in revised standards that the State Board of Education adopted in February 2017. To assist educators in preparing to use the revised standards, the information below outlines suggested steps for 2017.Also see: Three-Year View (2017-2019) of Suggested Transition Activities for Mathematics Special Note Regarding Accessibility STEP ONE: Learn about the revised standards All Grades Kindergarten – Grade 8 High School
Fluency Without Fear Download PDF By Jo Boaler, Professor of Mathematics Education, co-founder youcubed With the help of Cathy Williams, co-founder youcubed & Amanda Confer, Stanford University Updated January 28th, 2015 Introduction A few years ago a British politician, Stephen Byers, made a harmless error in an interview. Mathematics facts are important but the memorization of math facts through times table repetition, practice and timed testing is unnecessary and damaging. It is useful to hold some math facts in memory. Number Sense In a critical research project researchers studied students as they solved number problems (Gray & Tall, 1994). Number sense is the foundation for all higher-level mathematics (Feikes & Schwingendorf, 2008). The Brain and Number Sense Some students are not as good at memorizing math facts as others. When teachers emphasize the memorization of facts, and give tests to measure number facts students suffer in two important ways. Why is Mathematics Treated Differently? Number Talks