We introduce the Into Math Graph tool, which students use to graph how “into" mathematics they are over time. Using this tool can help teachers foster conversations with students and design experiences that focus on engagement from the student’s perspective.
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Amanda K. Riske, Catherine E. Cullicott, Amanda Mohammad Mirzaei, Amanda Jansen, and James Middleton
Lynn Mitzel and Mark Spanier
When it was released in the mid-1980s, Tetris jump-started the video game craze, but many students of the current generation have never even seen this game, much less played it. Now, with the flood of mobile device applications, Tetris has made a comeback, and today's students have a chance to use it, too. We have found Tetris to be an engaging tool for high school geometry students to apply an isometry in context and to learn the composition of isometries. The game allows a player to rotate and translate moving pieces to create full rows anywhere on the screen.
A set of problems of many types.
Ron Lancaster
Students analyze items from the media to answer mathematical questions related to the article.
The term Norman architecture is used to categorize styles of Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans in northwestern Europe, particularly England, in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The Normans introduced castles, fortifications, monasteries, abbeys, churches, and cathedrals, all with characteristic rounded arches, particularly over windows and doorways, and massive proportions.
John Donovan, Gregory D. Foley, and Thomas R. Butts
Students analyze items from the media to answer mathematical questions related to the article. This month's clips examine why raindrops do not crush mosquitoes and feature an application of the Pythagorean theorem to baseball. The mathematics involved includes dimensional analysis, ratio and proportion, and the Pythagorean theorem.
Readers comment on published articles or offer their own ideas.
Seán P. Madden and Louis Lim
Students analyze items from the media to answer mathematical questions related to the article. Exponents and working with large numbers are the underlying mathematical ideas this month.
Harold B. Reiter, John Thornton, and G. Patrick Vennebush
Through KenKen puzzles, students can explore parity, counting, subsets, and various problem-solving strategies.
Adam Lavallee and Stephen E. J. Armitage
Students analyze media items to answer related mathematical questions. This month's clips feature a percentage discount and a walking tour of Manhattan, which leads to probability and geometry questions.
