I was looking for a useful subject to introduce the iPads in our Maths lesson. So I chose “angles”. The pupils got a worksheet for each team of 3 to 4 pupils. I got pupils together in teams that would not have chosen each other! I knew that the iPads would be motivating enough to Full Article…
CannonBasket: How to learn maths with a bowl’s cannon
Gain Attention: With this activity you will be able to create a bowl’s cannon and this tool allows you to deep into angles world and collaborate with others students and schools to share your project. To complete this activity you will have to: Work in a group of four students. Learn to measure and calculate Full Article…
Maths History
Ever had students who wondered why we always use the x as the unknown? Here’s the answer on video. It’s just a nice lesson starter or something to end a lesson with. Maybe this is the chance to go and look for some other maths history? A great website is this one: http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk Lots of things to Full Article…
Graph Reading
A few weeks ago I gave students (18+) this graph on a test: In this graph the evolution of births in Belgium (between 1830-2008) is given. Among other questions I asked them if they could explain the two low points (nadirs) in the graph. Very few students succeeded in giving some sort of acceptable explanation. Full Article…
10 days of…math tweets
Description An idea for using twitter to crowd source answers to mathematical questions. In a period of ten days you can ask each student to tweet one question relating to maths or science. The content of the tweet should be a picture (taken somewhere in the student’s neighbourhood) with a question. This way you can Full Article…
Sketchometry
This is a brilliant new tool by the Maths’ department of the University of Bayreuth. It enables users to create geometrical forms using gestures. If you have a tablet, you can use your fingers to create perfect circles, parallels, tangents etc. Check out these videos and their website. It’s free.