Angles Lesson Plan: Design your own Mini Golf Course Thanks to Jarrod Sing for submitting this great lesson plan. You have just been chosen to design a pro mini golf course for the World Professional Mini Golf Association (WPMGA) Your course needs to be challenging for the players and it can have bunkers, mountains, forests, lava lakes obstacles etc. Once you have designed your holes, you need to show how a professional player would hit (using angles) to bounce off the walls to get it in. Your course needs to have the following: Click here to download the entire Printable PDF of this activity including examples. At least 4 displays of parallel and perpendicular lines At least 2 of each angle acute, obtuse, right, reflex and straight angles included in the shots In your shots on each golf hole you must show that you have accurately measured angles of 63 Degrees 97 Degrees 235 Degrees 12 Degrees 300 Degrees
La “nuova matematica” nella Scuola Primaria – Le esperienze e i progetti di alcuni maestri eccellenti – BRICKS Abbiamo chiesto a quattro insegnanti eccellenti di commentare come la matematica viene insegnata oggi in Italia ai bambini delle Primarie, e come invece nuovi approcci educativi – anche al di là della tecnologia – possono trasformare l’insegnamento, l’apprendimento ed il gusto per una materia che dovrebbe essere alla base di una cittadinanza consapevole ed attiva. Si tratta di quattro insegnanti particolarmente apprezzati dalla Fondazione intitolata ad Enrica Amiotti (1885-1961), maestra elementare per 47 anni, che dal 1970 è attiva per identificare e premiare le eccellenze didattiche nella Scuola Primaria. Dal 2012 la Fondazione Amiotti ha posto la sua attenzione sulla didattica supportata dalle tecnologie e dai contenuti digitali, con particolare riferimento all’insegnamento della matematica, delle scienze e della lingua inglese, ed ha lanciato con AICA e l’Accademia A. Olivetti l’iniziativa PADDI (Patente per la didattica digitale). Amiotti – Volete presentarvi?
Math Games - from Mangahigh Math Games - 10 Great iPhone/iPad Apps Itching to use your iTunes gift cards on some iPhone/iPad apps? How about some fun math games to keep the kiddos entertained while they learn math at the same time? Here are ten of my favorite math games! Toddler Counting – $0.99 Toddler Counting is a simple app that lets little ones count each item. When they touch it, the number appears and the word is said. PopMath - $0.99 PopMath is a timed game, so you get to compete against yourself. KidCalc – $0.99 KidCalc has many different types of math games to play. I’ve set up KidCalc to handle only numbers from 1-3 in the addition game. SumsStacker - $1.99 Great for middle school or secondary school aged kids, Sums Stacker is one of those math games that’s not so blatant with the math. Algebra Touch – $2.99 I discovered this iPhone app at a family party. This app is great for kids learning or practicing algebra concepts – as early as middle school. MathemaChicken – $0.99 I really can’t stand this game. Daughter can’t get enough of it. Zoom – $2.99
What’s Cooking in your iClassroom? While educators know that math is all around us, sometimes students have a difficult time grasping its impact on our every day activities. Though the apps listed below may not inherently scream proportions, rate, sequences, and percentages, they very easily lend themselves to providing creative and engaging connections to real world problem-solving activities. Some of the apps can be used as hooks and others to provide data for further problem-solving or to spark discussion. (App Screenshots added to and displayed with XNote app with customizable graph paper background). Real-World Math meets Edutainment curated with XNote app Farmers Market: This tool provides users with 4 different vendors and 4 different customers. Carnazzo's Multiplication Stories utilizing My PlayHome and iPen
Games The short URL for this page is I love games in general, but also in math class. We play many games as a family and love to bring in others to play. I had the good fortune to go to grad school with Richard Garfield who turbo-boosted my games education. This is a page to organize the games I've created or modified significantly with some notes about content. One of the happiest interactions I've had with game design is adapting Robert Abbott's great game Eleusis. His page is a great one, so please check out Robert Abbot's homepage, the Eleusis page, or one of his logic mazes at Games Magazine. Tiny Math GamesJason Dyer and Dan Meyer started a conversation about tiny math games that had teachers contributing many. Games on the BlogNote: links try to open in the Google doc window, so right click or control click. Obviously need to post more of my algebra games. Other Posts about games:Game Design one and two: adapting a game design framework to educational games.
Educational Games Online - Free Games from The Problem Site Guess the two-digit number Discover the answer to a probability question Math problems and brainteasers Solve the riddles to find the treasure 5 Fun Free iPad Math Game Apps These free apps offer fun ways for elementary/primary grade students to practice their math fundamentals. We checked out a bunch of free math games for the iPad that can help younger students reinforce their math basics, focusing only on those rated 4 stars or better. There are quite a few of these. As of this morning, there were 92 apps that come up by searching the App Store for “math games” that are free and have ratings of 4 or higher. We ranked them by popularity and then tried a bunch of the popular ones, looking for apps that provide good functionality for free (as opposed to the many ‘free’ apps that are really just teases to buy a full version). Here are five that we liked (some of these do have fuller versions or companion apps that you have to pay for, but the free versions here offer useful gaming without requiring registration or fees). Math Puppy (link here): This app has 2 games and a calculator. Do you have some favorite free math apps you can share with us?