Using STEM Activities to Teach Middle and High School Mathematics by Dianna Sopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d Our students are the AI, Youtube, Netflix, and playing games generation. Why are we still teaching them the same way as teachers taught students 50 years ago? Students are more engaged in a highly collaborative, active, and visual mathematics classroom. Participants will learn some strategies to teach students to effectively collaborate, visualize Algebra and Trigonometric concepts and to bring stagnant Geometry diagrams to life through videos and animation. en-us 2019-03-19 22:14:35 UTC 2025-05-27 12:38:07 UTC hello@padlet.com PowerPoint Presentation diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344553196 This is a PDF version, because the original file is 333MB.]]> 2019-03-24 12:51:01 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344553196 diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344553797 2019-03-24 12:58:44 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344553797 Sample Projects diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344553825 Student Work]]> 2019-03-24 12:59:06 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344553825 diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344554605 2019-03-24 13:08:41 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344554605 diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344554806 2019-03-24 13:10:57 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344554806 diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344555147 2019-03-24 13:14:53 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344555147 Video Graphing Stories diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344556659 2019-03-24 13:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344556659 Student Sample Work diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344556907 2019-03-24 13:35:19 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344556907 Student Work: Video Graphing Story Posted to YouTube diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344559333 2019-03-24 14:02:58 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344559333 Programming diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344559962 Student Instructions: The students had to write a program on your TI-84+ calculator to find the third side using the Pythagorean Theorem and then show take a video of the program with the student's voice or the students hands are shown.
 
Student Work ]]> 2019-03-24 14:10:19 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344559962 Google Slides Template with Axes diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344560998 The link is https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NVx5M5v-lslsSuikUSI0HrcRxczeBHP6PG8XH_smX80/edit?usp=copy. ]]> 2019-03-24 14:20:16 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344560998 Google Slides Template w/o Axes but Origin is in Lower Left Corner diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344561077 The link is https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ccxw4s7rb0-LKlnoFRIbG3HeSC9kVJ07E-5SFcEAlqQ/edit?usp=copy.]]> 2019-03-24 14:20:57 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344561077 Student Instructions & Guidelines diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344568894 Have the students work in groups in Google Slides and then have them go to PowerPoint]]> 2019-03-24 15:32:17 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344568894 Sample Animation Projects diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344569148 2019-03-24 15:34:43 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344569148 Student Work: Dolphin Animation diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344570218 2019-03-24 15:42:23 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344570218 Guest Speakers diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344570355 2019-03-24 15:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344570355 Roller Coaster Project diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344570868 2019-03-24 15:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344570868 Angle Falls diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344571000 2019-03-24 15:50:00 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344571000 The upper Angel Falls, the highest waterfall on Earth, are 750 m higher than Niagara Falls. If each of the falls were 7m lower, the upper Angel Falls would be 16 times as high as Niagara Falls. How high is each waterfall?  diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344571055 "The upper Angel Falls, the highest waterfall on Earth, are 750 m higher than Niagara Falls." 
Let x = height of Niagara Falls in meters, then (x+750) = height of Angel falls in meters 
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"If each of the falls were 7m lower, the upper Angel Falls would be 16 times as high as Niagara Falls."
16(x-7) = (x+750) - 7 
16x - 112 = x + 743
16x - x = 743 + 112
15x = 855
x = 855/15
x = 57
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How high is each waterfall?
Niagara height = 57 meters
Angel’s height = 750 + 57 = 807 meters
]]> 2019-03-24 15:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344571055 VR Roller Coaster diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344571220 2019-03-24 15:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344571220 Students had to create a proof without words diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344571494 2019-03-24 15:54:51 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/344571494 Rubric diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/345541280 The link will force you to copy it first.]]> 2019-03-27 04:02:22 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/345541280 Using STEM Activities to Teach Middle and High School Mathematics diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/369696949 2019-06-30 07:07:13 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/369696949 Student Work diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/369697370 2019-06-30 07:17:04 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/369697370 Video Graphing Rubric diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/369697434 2019-06-30 07:19:09 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/369697434 Desmos Linear Equation & Inequality Picture Project diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/369708396 2019-06-30 11:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/369708396 diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/369709747 2019-06-30 12:18:18 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/369709747 diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/369709798 2019-06-30 12:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/369709798 Projectile Motion diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/369712356 2019-06-30 13:12:15 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/369712356 diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/369712393 2019-06-30 13:12:59 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/369712393 Students' Work diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/369712441 Other students' work can be found by going to Youtube and typing Ms. Sopala in the search bar. Students post their own work so there may be errors.]]> 2019-06-30 13:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/369712441 Steps for Animating in Desmos diannamsopala https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/370156118 2019-07-04 02:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/diannamsopala/hb77zf8e9n7d/wish/370156118