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Mathematics in the real world: World Statistics
This is another post in my series on mathematics in the real world. Thanks to a colleague of mine, I rediscovered the Google Public Data explorer. Within 10 minutes, I had constructed the above graph,...
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Math in the real world: Gardening
My uncle called me today, and asked me a math question. Normally, I get called and asked technology related questions, but occasionally people remember that I have a mathematics background and call me...
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Math in the real world: Train tracks
This is another in a series of posts about how one could find mathematics in the world around us.My son loves to play with train tracks. A few days ago, while playing with his train tracks, he...
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Find the area of a leaf through calculus
(Image credit: Kumaravel)After reading Bruce's post this morning about finding the area of a leaf, it occurred to me that this could be solved using calculus. The basic project would be for students...
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Math in the Real World presentation
I am presenting in Hope, British Columbia today, on the topic of Math in the Real World. Here are my presentation slides.You will probably notice that sections 6 and 7 of my presentation are not...
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Paper folding activities
I've been playing with paper folding recently, and exploring the mathematics involved. I'm simply amazed by the number of mathematical ideas that can be represented by paper folding, so I thought I...
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Math in music
I'm always on the look-out for ways of finding connections between mathematics and other areas of knowledge. Music is one of the areas of knowledge that I know has some similarities with mathematics,...
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DIY Catapults!
One of my jobs at my current school is work on mathematics enrichment projects with three 4th grade students. For the past couple of weeks, in between their camps, my camp, and other end of year...
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Lego and Minecraft in Math
This article originally appeared in my school's monthly magazine, and was co-written with Chelsea Todd, a 4th grade teacher at my school. Note that the lesson idea presented below is Chelsea's idea....
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[Three Acts] Stopping Distance Makeover
Act OneShow this video. Ask students what questions they have. Act TwoGive the students these photos. From these they should be able to figure out the distances travelled by the car, but you may wan...
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