On Friday I attended the Mobile Summit 2014 at Lambton College. The last keynote speaker was Dr. Alec Couros. He showed a tweet I found particularly interesting!
This guy thinking he was quite witty ended up getting a reply from the SmartCar people, check it out!
My first thought was that is hilarious!! My second thought was can i make a math problem out of this?
Most of the resources below we have discovered because of twitter.
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Below is a list of resources we like and use. It is a hodgepodge of good stuff for teaching math with video and images.
Estimation180 is great for warm ups but even better for getting students to practice predicting their answer which allows them to decide if their answer they calculate makes sense. 
Here is an example:
Questions we ask to get students thinking of reasonableness of their answers. Give an estimate that is too low. Give an estimate that is too high Give an estimate that is just right.
ASKING STUDENTS TO CHOOSE THEIR OWN PATH AND JUSTIFY IT!
Great way to start a topic/or lesson. Students are eager to justify their choice. Relevant problems.
Here is another example: Would You Rather
Would You Rather
Fawn Nguyen’s site has 140 different growth patterns. Find the correct equation!
Here are a few examples:
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Along the same lines as this are ….
Click here to go to his blogpost on this… He takes a pattern like this one from a textbook: 
and turns it into this…. or one like this….
and turns it into this…
Original concept from Dan Meyer – Read about it – The Three Acts of a Mathematical Story
Here is a standard Math problem from grade 9
A water balloon is filled at a rate of 0.22L/s If a standard balloon will hold about 14L of water, how long will it take until it bursts?
Here is the 3-Act Math Approach
Did you wonder when the balloon will blow? Give an answer too high, too low, just right.
We created a bank of 3-act math problems to use in your grade 9 applied class. The website is designed for student use.
Watch the video…..what do you wonder?
Vroom Vroom – Click this link to get to the Desmos page
https://www.desmos.com/calculator/f6pjwnqhux
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I’ve always been a fan of doing something engaging that gets students to practice their math skills. Last week we played Trashketball to practice skills instead of doing a worksheet. Lately I’ve found some new resources. Here are two that I particularly like.
These games inspired me to share a game I’ve been playing with my students for a few years now. The credit all goes to a friend of mine Brian McBain who introduced me to it. I’ve been just calling it Math Race.
Here is the low down……
Like Traskhetball…….students have a number of questions to solve (like from a worksheet, homework, review section).
Students are placed in teams, two or three students. Each team can complete the questions in any order. Once a question is attempted they bring it to the teacher to verify. The teacher says….”correct” or “incorrect”. If the question in correct they get a sticky note which they can place on the Number Chart.
If the question was incorrect they are to “try again”.
After the set time we choose a random number from the board using SmartNotebook’s built in random number generator. The group who’s number gets picked is the winner.
It has always gone over well with the students!!!
[Update – Dec 1 – 2014]
Made a modification today …..combined this game AND Trashketball.
If the question is correct you get a sticky……PLUS a shot for a BONUS sticky. Winner is still whose ever number is chosen randomly!!!
