This post originally appeared on The HSBA Post on January 26, 2012.
Robert Frost’s Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
I’m keen on looking for math in our FIAR books, but this time I’m thinking about doing some math in a new way. There’s math in poetry – tons of patterns with the iambic pentameter and such. But this picture book took a short poem (it’s only 16 lines) and added illustrations to give it that extra touch.
Illustrations… hmm…
There’s a classroom teacher who created a math assignment around photography. What a cool project for homeschool families; you can make it as strict or as loose as you want.
He blogged all about the process, including the challenges and results,which makes modifying it for homeschool super easy and fun!
Snowy Evening Math Photos
If you have snow around, use the beautiful images in Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
I live in Houston, where it snows once every nine years. So I had to depend on Flickr for these examples.
Abstract, curious, math-y!
There’s some fun math in the angle of the snow, and also in the shadow in this pictures. It makes me wonder if the camera is tilted or if the snow is on a hill. Click on the image to get some math thoughts from the photographer.
Mr. Rene’ Descartes would love this one!
Lots of snow, but also some coordinate plane stuff here:
Blocks and smiley faces!
These look like snow covered blocks – big ones! Fancy math term: rectangular parallelepiped. (Get your two year old to say that – it’s SO cute!)
Graphing animal tracks is fun!
You know how you put a bunch of dots on a grid and then connect them? That’s graphing in math. That’s what these animal tracks look like! Incidentally, this photo is from my favorite Flickr person who has a great collection of math photos!
What do your photos look like?
What kinds of math do your kids see in the snow or other weather you might have? Share the links and their thoughts in the comments!
