Dora to the Rescue
March 10, 2015
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Finally teach collecting like terms and the distributive property with context! Find the perimeter and area of a counter top using only Doras!
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Order Up – Making Algebra Meaningful
March 10, 2015
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Teach the need for collecting like terms through problem solving. How much does this order cost?
Is Lego Gender Biased?
February 25, 2015
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Use unit rates to help make decisions in consumer gender issues. Is Lego charging more for Disney Princess kits vs. Star Wars kits?
The Power of Match My Graph
February 24, 2015
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I was checking out twitter last week and ran into this from Dan Meyer: You’re about to plan a lesson on concept [x] and you’d
Knot Again!
February 15, 2015
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A rope magically shrinks! How many knots will make the rope a specific thickness?
Super Mario – Super Pear Deck
February 9, 2015
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An all-time favourite 3-act task from Nora Oswald! How are the points distributed along the flag pole in Super Mario?
Spiralling grade 9 applied math
February 4, 2015
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A rich area of rectangles problem with a sequel that extends into optimization.
Ready for round 2?
February 1, 2015
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Second semester is starting tomorrow and I just wanted to get down my ideas on things I will be changing and things I will be
Document your days! 180 Photos
January 22, 2015
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Since the first day of school I have been documenting my days one picture/tweet at a time. On Sept. 2, 2014 I decided that I
#10GoodThings
January 15, 2015
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Around this time of year we get bogged down. The semester is ending, we’re getting our exams in order, EQAO is here, kids are realizing
We Like Those Stinkin’ Badges!
January 11, 2015
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I was sick one day this week and instead of laying in bed binge watching Netflix I spent a good chunk of the day reading
Logarithmic Warm Up
December 8, 2014
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Our goal in Advanced Functions today was to graph y = log(x) and transformations of y = log(x). Here was what we did as a
