Students Measuring the Circumference of a Tire
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Showing posts with label Math. Show all posts
Saturday, March 14, 2015
A Pi Day Math Activity! #Pi #π
Not only is it Pi Day, but it is 3/14/15. In Math Terms that is 3.1415. If you want to get really geeky at 9:26 it will be 3.1415926 or π. This week I was invited to watch a math Lesson where students measured the circumference and diameter of objects: A Quarter, Cup, Plate, Bike Tire and several other objects. Then, students entered their information on a class Google Sheet. Pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter Circumfrance of a circle divided by diamater = π. The Google Sheet calculated Pi, the better the students measured, the closer to 3.14 they got.
Monday, March 2, 2015
Math Scavenger Hunt
One of the more interesting math projects I have seen done this year is the "Real World" Math Scavenger Hunt Mrs. Kondrick's Middle School classes created. The whole purpose was to do exactly what it sounds like, find examples of math in the real world. Students shared their pictures on a Google Presentation.
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