A Picture is Worth...

I consider myself an amateur photographer even though my wife and I actually earn some money from what we do.  I love taking pictures and I often feel that I take too many.  I have started to gather photos of architecture, design, nature, and just about anything else that in one way or another shows how MATHEMATICS surrounds us.  I want to share many of these and use them in classroom discussions.  I am also extending an open invitation to all math students to join me in taking "Snapshots of Math".

Here is a recent photo I took when I was in Duluth.  What do you see?  You can write a summary of any math that you see, along with an explanation (in your own words) and receive some extra credit.

Something to Think About!

Later,

Mr C

What is a Formula?

Today's Algebra 2 discussion was about formulas.  What are they?  What are examples that we use? and How do we work with them?  I was easy on my students as I only gave them about 9 problems to do for tomorrow.

Enriched Geometry students tackled the Midpoint formulas today and did a heck of a job.  Next up is the DISTANCE FORMULA!  Anyone good a rapping?  Maybe we can come up with a rhyme and some rhythm to help us remember it.  I'm gonna need a lot of help because my musical abilities are quite limited.

Onward

Mr C

Monday Scorcher

It was plenty warm in my room today...we are not used to the warm weather and the air conditioning was not functioning in a lot of the building.  We still managed to be productive.

Algebra 2 spent another day reviewing linear equations and looked at solving when we have fractions and decimals.  We also looked at the situations where our solution to the equation is ALL REAL NUMBERS or NO SOLUTION.  We then worked out of our textbooks.  CH 1.3 #33 - 60 every 3rd, 63, 65, and 72.

Enriched Geometry students were introduced to their first POSTULATES today.  The biggest one being the segment addition postulate.  There are a lot of notations and symbols that students have to get used to.  My two classes are pretty sharp and they are picking up on things quickly.  The assignment for today was out of the textbook for Ch 1.2 page #12

We're moving right along!
On to Tuesday

Mr C

The First of Many Friday's

Week #1 was a success!

All if my classes did a great job of transitioning back into "student" mode.  We had some rally great discussions in each class and students in my Algebra 2 classes are showing off their linear algebra skills.  Solving equations is "old hat" these days and we can move on to bigger and better things.  Next up...problem solving techniques.

Enriched Geometry students took it easy today by working on the "Who I Am" activity.  It's always fun to find out uniques/interesting things about my students, for example one of them absolutely loves to eat lutefisk while another thinks chocolate milk and laffy taffy are food groups.

Have a Great Weekend and I will see you MONDAY!

Mr C