Ten years ago today I learned about kids. Not that I didn’t know anything about them before. But I learned a great deal in one day because of the horror that took the U.S. Continue Reading →
A Teacher Remembers 9/11
[50 Word Friday] A Maximization & Minimization Problem in Real Life
50 words to announce my new service offering that maximizes the benefits for the reader and minimizes (or mitigates) my time expenditure. Continue Reading →
Counting with Big Numbers
In English, the number 1600 is pronounced two ways. I remembered how difficult this can be to kids when I had to teach it to an ESL adult. Continue Reading →
Back to School Math Clothes
Why should children have all the fun of back-to-school clothes shopping? Do a little shopping of your own. And of course, buy math clothes! Continue Reading →
The Math Textbook Game
Yesterday I mentioned how textbooks created the first flipped classroom by playing games with the content for profit. I ran across this cartoon from Spiked Math. Continue Reading →
The Flipped Classroom – Getting Back to Traditional Education
Classrooms flipped for the first time years ago – and now they’re flipping back. But it’s not because of all the clever grown up math teachers, that’s for sure! Continue Reading →
[50 Word Friday] The Original Flipped Classroom
![[50 Word Friday] The Original Flipped Classroom](http://mathfour.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/MathFourFlippedFI.png)
The flipped classroom is nothing new. It’s just taking on a different form. And yay that it is! Continue Reading →
Cheesy Math – No, Really. Math & Cheese!
I saw some math questions in the cheese I was grating. Volume comparisons, shapes and angles are all at work in a simple block of cheddar. Continue Reading →
Playing with Algebra Concepts
Introduce your children (and yourself) to the commutative and associative properties by starting with some fun toys. Get crazy and get weird! Continue Reading →
A Mathematical Proof of Creationism
There’s really only one way to prove creationism. And it doesn’t involve science (because really, there’re not real proofs in science). Continue Reading →