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Making Math Meaningful

What do you see in this picture that would make math meaningful…. or at least fun?

Pascal's TriangleStudent Made Graphic Organizers Imaginary Numbers around the Clock

Student Heights

TI 83+

Challenging Puzzels

Groups of three or four

Technology Overhead

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What do you need?• Time • Imagination (or access to

someone else's imagination.)• Energy• Access to Technology• Access to Supplies

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Sleep

Keep your eyes open for new Ideas

Read Professional

Journals

Exercise

Sleep

Eat Right

sleep

Organization!

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• Access to technology– GSP– WebQuests– TI Smartview– Clickers– Excel(Newton’s Algorithm)

• BIRTHDAYS SPREADSHEET • SLIDER-GRAPHS SPREADSHEET

– PP

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Access to Supplies

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0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011Topics in Algebra

Equations & InequalitiesFunctionsGraphing and SlopeOperationsPolynomials and FactoringRatios/Proportions/Percents

Exponents/Square RootsGeometry

TrianglesAreaVolume

ConstructionsProbabilityStatisticsTransformations

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Binomial Expansion Theorem

TrigonometryImaginary NumbersSystems of EquationsNormal DistributionStandard Deviation

ProofsDerivativesIntegrals