https://padlet.com/chrisbeccafisk/uqr6kywx93pyz7a0 en-us 2022-08-08 00:10:44 UTC 2022-08-22 02:46:01 UTC hello@padlet.com chrisbeccafisk https://padlet.com/chrisbeccafisk/uqr6kywx93pyz7a0/wish/2256275568 Article: The Hexagon, the Solstice, and the Kiva by Chris Hardaker. 

https://www.earthmeasure.com/pdf/HexagonSolstice.pdf

This article details fascinating findings from native drawings that connect geometrical ideas to tracking the seasons. It could be used when discussing angles in shapes and using a protractor to measure angles. Teaching about how ancient societies used math for practical reasons is a powerful lesson for students today. ]]> 2022-08-08 00:23:18 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisbeccafisk/uqr6kywx93pyz7a0/wish/2256275568 chrisbeccafisk https://padlet.com/chrisbeccafisk/uqr6kywx93pyz7a0/wish/2256278613 Activity: Triangles in World Flags
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Triangles-in-World-Flags-Google-Slides-Presentation-5722733?st=026cd6951d4f21b82ada1ebb263928d9

Students learn more about a chosen country as they identify and classify the triangles present in the country's flag. If I were to use this activity I would extend the math concepts to include other shapes within the flag, and perhaps use it as a scale activity, where students would draw a smaller replica of the flag and calculate the scale factor from their replica to typical flag dimensions. ]]> 2022-08-08 00:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisbeccafisk/uqr6kywx93pyz7a0/wish/2256278613 chrisbeccafisk https://padlet.com/chrisbeccafisk/uqr6kywx93pyz7a0/wish/2256282311 Activity: Scale Model - Geometry and Architecture. 

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Scale-Model-Geometry-Architecture-21st-Century-Math-Project-790573?st=2fa57cafd54ec1cabdc535929fb7cc96

This activity teaches scale, congruence and similarity through famous landmark architecture from around the world. This would be a great collaborative lesson between history and math to have students research the buildings and learn about their history and the country's history and then participate in the math lessons connected to the building. ]]> 2022-08-08 00:35:32 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisbeccafisk/uqr6kywx93pyz7a0/wish/2256282311 chrisbeccafisk https://padlet.com/chrisbeccafisk/uqr6kywx93pyz7a0/wish/2256287680 Video: Pi Day Music Video

https://www.nms.org/Resources/Newsroom/Blog/2018/March/Serving-Up-Hip-Hop-on-Pi-Day.aspx

This hip-hop music video all about pi would be great for introducing and reinforcing the main ideas of pi, which we use when calculating the area and circumference of circles in geometry. Many students will be excited to include music, especially hip-hip or rap from their culture, into math. A great follow up activity to this video would be having students write their own rap or poem about a topic in geometry. ]]> 2022-08-08 00:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisbeccafisk/uqr6kywx93pyz7a0/wish/2256287680 chrisbeccafisk https://padlet.com/chrisbeccafisk/uqr6kywx93pyz7a0/wish/2256297402 Activity: Map My Community 

https://www.afsusa.org/educators/lesson-plans/mapping-my-community/

This activity has many quality questions for teachers to engage students in their community. The best math standards to connect to this lesson would be scale, as students could draw a small version of their town or school based on a scale factor to the actual thing. ]]> 2022-08-08 01:00:01 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisbeccafisk/uqr6kywx93pyz7a0/wish/2256297402 chrisbeccafisk https://padlet.com/chrisbeccafisk/uqr6kywx93pyz7a0/wish/2256301834 Lesson Plans: Mayan Mathematics and Architecture. 

https://www.lessonplanet.com/teachers/mayan-mathematics-and-architecture

This unit has many lesson plans and activities that connect the history of the Mayan culture with mathematical concepts, including ones that are in our geometry unit. The lessons about 2D and 3D shapes, would be a great addition to the unit. ]]> 2022-08-08 01:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisbeccafisk/uqr6kywx93pyz7a0/wish/2256301834 chrisbeccafisk https://padlet.com/chrisbeccafisk/uqr6kywx93pyz7a0/wish/2256306647 Article for Teachers: Twelve Ways to Make Math More Culturally Responsive

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-twelve-ways-to-make-math-more-culturally-responsive/2020/12

This is an excellent article for math teachers who are wondering how to support their diverse students in a math classroom. Since math is one of the hardest subjects to find multicultural resources for, this article helps teachers think about the various ways that they can make their classrooms and curriculum more culturally responsive and inclusive for their students. ]]> 2022-08-08 01:14:08 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisbeccafisk/uqr6kywx93pyz7a0/wish/2256306647 chrisbeccafisk https://padlet.com/chrisbeccafisk/uqr6kywx93pyz7a0/wish/2256308839 Book: The Librarian Who Measured the Earth

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-librarian-who-measured-the-earth_kathryn-lasky/298317/#edition=8119030&idiq=23594602

This book is short enough for teachers to read aloud to students, or assign students to read in groups. It is about an ancient Greek philosopher and connects directly to the geometrical ideas of circumference of circles. ]]> 2022-08-08 01:17:52 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisbeccafisk/uqr6kywx93pyz7a0/wish/2256308839 chrisbeccafisk https://padlet.com/chrisbeccafisk/uqr6kywx93pyz7a0/wish/2256312040 Lesson Plan: Star Navigation - Explorations into Angles and Measurement 

https://www.uaf.edu/mcc/files/modules/StarNav.pdf

This lesson plan comes from the University of Alaska Fairbanks' collection of lesson plans titled "Math in a Cultural Context". The University partnered with the local Yup'ik Native American tribe to connect math concepts to the culture and history of the tribe. This lesson would fit well into the geometry unit, as it discusses the basics of angles and measurement, which it connects to the Yup'ik people's stargazing. ]]> 2022-08-08 01:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisbeccafisk/uqr6kywx93pyz7a0/wish/2256312040 chrisbeccafisk https://padlet.com/chrisbeccafisk/uqr6kywx93pyz7a0/wish/2266900702 Complex Text: What is Geometric Art? 
https://medium.com/art-design-and-engineering-life-in-times-of/what-is-geometric-art-94a8b0f49118

This article is a great length and provides a connection between geometry and art with many visual representations as examples. This could be used in collaboration with an art class, or in math class alone where students could create their own geometric art and then calculate area, perimeter, and circumference for the shapes in their art. ]]> 2022-08-22 02:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisbeccafisk/uqr6kywx93pyz7a0/wish/2266900702