Moving to Maths 2.0 by Michela

Moving to Maths 2.0 by Michela https://padlet.com/beoletto_michela/zl44alp4wehx en-us 2017-09-27 19:52:05 UTC 2023-05-18 13:08:36 UTC hello@padlet.com MOD. 2: BRINGING THE REAL WORD INTO YOUR M. CLASS. beoletto_michela https://padlet.com/beoletto_michela/zl44alp4wehx/wish/192436088
2.1 Applying Maths skills to a real-world problem

Edutopia article PBL and STEAM Education: A Natural Fit
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/pbl-and-steam-natural-fit-andrew-miller

PBL (project-based learning)
STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math)

Both help schools target rigorous learning and problem solving.

It's not just the course content, it’s the process of being scientists, mathematicians, engineers, artists, and technological entrepreneurs.

2.2 Textbook-type problems in the real world

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRMVjHjYB6w

Dan Mayer wanted to start with a question and make the students unable to resist answering it.
He produces videos for students to see a real fact that has to be studied.

2.2 Textbook type problems in the real world

Go through your Maths resources and see if you can find an activity that you could illustrate and make more engaging in the way illustrated by Dan in the video. This does not necessarily mean you need a complex video setup to film something in the way he did but you could also take your students outside of the classroom to make some observations and ask some questions which they would like to answer. Add on your Learning Diary and share here on the Padlet a brief description of the activity and how you would make it more "real".

I think that it's a bit complex doing videos to explain topics.
I prefer propose real situation in class, something to solve with real objects.
For example using real money to buy something that we need for Christmas party at school. This is a complex and real task that involve a lot of fields. Children have to think, to organize, to count people that will participate, count quantity of food or drink or stuff that we need, buy these things...
Watching a video of a real situation can help to observe and think about something that we live in our everyday life.

2.3 Maths in everyday life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtqlIVN9bh8

Math in the real world (http://www.econedlink.org/topics/7)

2.4 Maths in real-world jobs

Experiencing Mathematics website (http://www.experiencingmaths.org/)

2.5 Further resources

asks such as treasure hunts can combine Google Maps, Geometry and information about the environment. Here (http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/02/using-maps-in-elementary-school-math.html) is an article about how to use Google Maps in Maths classrooms and some great inspiration can also be found on Real World Math (http://www.realworldmath.org/), a site that offers ideas and resources for using Google Earth in the Maths curriculum.
Yummy Maths (https://www.yummymath.com/) is another site that aims “to provide teachers with an easy way to bring real life into their math classrooms” according to the idea that “when math is explored in contexts that are familiar and of interest to students, they will be more engaged to do math, reason, think critically, question and communicate.”
Maths can also be connected with - sports(http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/02/7-resources-for-teaching-math-and.html#.WdTeYCOLQy4)
news, (http://www.media4mathplus.com/Assets.aspx?mtid=4), fashion, (http://www.thirteen.org/get-the-math/the-challenges/math-in-fashion/introduction/12/)
music (http://www.thirteen.org/get-the-math/the-challenges/math-in-music/introduction/20/)
or even space travel (see next point) (https://plus.maths.org/content/right-spin-how-fly-broken-space-craft).
NASA offers a wide array of Maths-related activities on its site (http://www.nasa.gov/) and here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhrzqo45DqA&list=PL887C1C3BAAD53F17&index=5) you'll find some NASA videos about real-world use of Maths.
You can also take a look at the Algebra in the Real World Movies (http://thefutureschannel.com/#loaded) for more ideas!
In this blog post (http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/09/thinking-blocks-model-your-math.html) the author describes a useful tool for helping students to model and work through the problems for addition, multiplication, fractions, and ratios and see how algebraic reasoning works, by using interactive templates made of coloured blocks. Students are also given feedback about using the correct sequence for solving the problems. The tool is suitable for use on interactive whiteboards, as well.
Living Maths books (http://livingmathbooklist.blogspot.it/) offers a list of books that present real-life concepts in a relevant context, and reinforces Maths skills.
Last but not least, help your students experience Mathematics, make hypotheses and trials, validate and demonstrate in a virtual exhibition you can find here (http://www.experiencingmaths.org/).

]]> 2017-09-29 13:15:48 UTC https://padlet.com/beoletto_michela/zl44alp4wehx/wish/192436088 Michela, Italy beoletto_michela https://padlet.com/beoletto_michela/zl44alp4wehx/wish/192754330 Maths in everyday life

Take a picture of something that would be in your students' surrounding or everyday life and briefly explain how you could use it to start out a lesson on a certain Maths topic. Share the picture and description on your Learning Diary and here on the Padlet. If you prefer you can also take a picture from the internet that might show something you would find in your students' surrounding (please make sure you have sharing rights for the picture).

In everyday life you meet Math. Also in a chocolate cake!
It could be funny cook a cake (or biscuits) with children at school.

]]> 2017-10-01 12:52:02 UTC https://padlet.com/beoletto_michela/zl44alp4wehx/wish/192754330 MOD. 3: CREATIVITY IN YOUR MATHS CLASSROOM beoletto_michela https://padlet.com/beoletto_michela/zl44alp4wehx/wish/194276764 3.1 Music and Maths
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b5MM4x-3aQ

creating a musical about an episode in the history of Math;

playing background music for various activities and different moods in the classroom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3X1S3T7udY

3.2 Dance and Maths

Dancing by the numbers and bringing the groove back to Maths - studying number patterns using dance. See this article (https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/01/24/how-math-is-getting-its-groove-back/) and the videos on the main page.
A really nice lesson plan (https://momath.org/wp-content/uploads/RosenthalPrize2012_Winning_Lesson_Plan.pdf) on data analysis. It involves jumping and playing, so it is guaranteed to engage your students and help them learn statistics in a fun way! See also our example on "Jumping Statistics" here!
Musical fraction bars (http://www.philtulga.com/fractionbars.html) that your students can use to make melodies with fractions. In so doing, they may begin to see a connection between the order and symmetry of Maths and the order and symmetry of music.

3.3 Crafts and Maths

Origami is a great activity and there are lots of ideas and resources to explore and use, such as the ones here (http://www.origamiplayer.com/origami_ch_h5.php) or the origami proof in the video further below. Here is our origami workshop!
Proofs using paper constructions. Folding fractions. Volumes proofs. More paper folding!
Math with legos
Geometry bake-off: sconic sections, toast tangrams and the Möbius bagel. Yummy!
String art combines geometry and the creative process to form complex-looking designs.
Constructing a wide array of things, such as polyhedra, rockets or a bridge, but also creating Valentine, fractal or Moebius cards or even hair braids or a kite

3.4 Writing, Storytelling and Maths

Blogging is widely used in teaching nowadays, even in Maths. There are many blogging platforms, each with its pluses and minuses. It’s a rewarding and collaborative learning activity that pupils usually enjoy for its teamwork and visibility. Here is just one of the countless examples one can find on the web.
A Maths magazine (https://madmagz.com/magazine/337636) with a lot of collaborative work.
Learning Maths through fiction writing. The students in this project wrote a novel inspired by The Number Devil, which incorporated writing, art, and the beauty of math.
A funny activity could be writing Maths poems. The mathematical aspect can consist in the content or the fixed form of the lines: the number of words on each line can follow a pattern. You can use the Fibonacci numbers (as in the Mixbook on the side of the page) or the digits of the number Pi (these are called “piems” instead of “poems”). Here is an example, and more in this ebook.

]]> 2017-10-05 12:57:52 UTC https://padlet.com/beoletto_michela/zl44alp4wehx/wish/194276764 MOD. 4 COLLABORATION IN YOUR MATHS CLASSROOM beoletto_michela https://padlet.com/beoletto_michela/zl44alp4wehx/wish/195384480 4.1 Teaching Maths as a Social Activity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZxNldBEU6o

]]> 2017-10-09 20:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/beoletto_michela/zl44alp4wehx/wish/195384480 MOD. 5 DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN YOUR MATHS CLASSROOM beoletto_michela https://padlet.com/beoletto_michela/zl44alp4wehx/wish/197540016 5.1 Why use digital technologies in Maths
Technologies: tool that facilitates learning in our classroom.

- t. encourages interactivity
- t. can promote communication about learning
(blog, document cameras...)
- students can problem-solving across content areas
- t. can help logistically
(easy clean-up, many free resources)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60OVlfAUPJg

5.2 Flipped classroom?!

5.3 Online Graphing Calculators
Geogebra: free graphing calculator linked to a large community of educators sharing their experiences and best practices. https://www.geogebra.org/home

Desmos: online graphing calculator with lots of great activities and a classroom dashboard in place.
https://teacher.desmos.com/

5.4 Minecraft?!

5.5 QR Codes in the Maths Classroom
Students can use it to check their work at their own pace, to provide additional resources or information to students, or to construct engaging activities like treasure hunts.

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