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Family Math Night What Do You Notice? Poster

Family Math Night What Do You Notice? Poster

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So for this What Do You Notice? poster, I decided to tie in rectangular arrays with prime and composite numbers.  That said, whatever math-y thing students notice is totally acceptable.  For example, one student noticed that the “buildings” had square windows.  Great.  That’s a little bit of geometry.  Another student noticed that each set of colored rectangles included the same number of squares.  Again, great, as that required some counting and comparison.  Just like the student who noticed that there are…

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STEAM Family Math Night Collaborative Projects: Soccer Ball

STEAM Family Math Night Collaborative Projects: Soccer Ball

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Get kids excited about science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) with this fun hands-on collaborative project. Typically done during a Family Math Night event, this project can also be done in the classroom. The best part is, each person is individually represented in the final product! Students will learn what makes a soccer ball through an introduction to 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional geometry. The lesson plan includes the mathematical background and useful vocabulary along with a link to the video…

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Family Math Night What Do You Notice? Poster

Family Math Night What Do You Notice? Poster

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Here’s my latest What Do You Notice? poster from a recent Family Math Night event.  The nice thing about these posters is that they’re open-ended which allows for anyone to respond.  For this one, I decided to make a venn diagram.  But I didn’t draw the usual circles.  Instead I drew two hexagons.  This created the rhombus (parallelogram) in the center. The categories I used for the numbers were even numbers and multiples of 5.  That said, anything appropriate would have…

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Hook Them with Geometry

Hook Them with Geometry

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One of my goals for the beginning of the new school year was to get my students excited about math from the moment they walked in the door.  To do this I started our math lessons in the area (no pun intended!) of geometry through hands-on activities and projects.  I discovered that through allowing kids to design, create, and build – something all kids love – I could sneak in important ideas in math. But the other thing I discovered…

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Family Math Night Collaborative Project: Fruit of Life

Family Math Night Collaborative Project: Fruit of Life

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The video version of my Family Math Night Activity: Fruit of Life Collaborative Project where participants use patterned duct tape and small hoops to create an important symbol in Sacred Geometry, the Fruit of Life. Embedded in the Fruit of Life are the 5 Platonic Solids. This photo shows the cube. This is also a fun classroom activity and is a great way to tie art in with math! Click on the image to the left to get the lesson…

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