Asking Real World Math Questions
See this 4min youtube video from Dan Meyer
See this 4min youtube video from Dan Meyer
There are many free online graphing calculators available. These are great tools to help you visualise algebraic functions and save on the cost of expensive calculators – at least until more senior grades. Here is one example from https://www.desmos.com:
Use one straight line to make this following equation true (2 solutions possible) Note: Answer will be posted soon, unless someone else gets it first!
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Congratulations must go to Andy Murray for his win at Wimbledon this year. Researchers from the Miguel Hernández University of Elche have used mathematical techniques and game statistics from the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) to rank tennis players based on assessing their play. Their results complement the ATP ranking obtained on the basis of matches […]
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There is a lot of information on the web about sound waves and the mathematical patterns surrounding them. For example, the changes in air pressure produce sine curves such as this one below. Of course, there are complex formulae that apply in calculating sound effects. When we listen to a radio or TV we hear […]
There are many apps available for the iPad and many of them, such as this one called elevated Math, are free (yes, we do like the free ones as they encourage exploration!). What is helpful with these recommendations from appo learning is that each app gets a score, based on their educational content, features and design, […]