I actually would like to hear any ideas anyone would have regarding making a hands-on experience in the math classroom. I did an inquiry project over the summer, but not one that involved implementing math. My partner and I are trying to figure out what specific topic to cover while both of us want to teach high school. It's important that we use technology and make it interesting for our students. So many questions plague how we are going to go about our lessons: how many group activities should we have? What kinds of activities will tie our lessons into the real world? What technology should we use in order to ensure our students are efficient when they get to the college level?
Right now is the struggle to come up with a question that will span our unit and be answered effectively. Any suggestions?
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I think the Subjects Matter book had a good example in chapter 10 about a stats project -- maybe it had to do with learning basic statistical ideas, but also with things like population growth?
Also, what about geometry and the math behind different shapes. Would fractals fall under something like that -- or understanding some of the mathematical concepts in nature, like the Fibonacci sequence? (Be warned, math is totally not my field and so I hope everything I just typed is not all garbled up but instead makes sense :)
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