Real World Math

This website is designed for educators who wish to extend the concepts of the math curriculum beyond the pages of the text.  Google Earth is the dynamic tool that will be used to accomplish this.  Google Earth provides startling clear satellite views of the globe in an interactive 3D environment.  Beyond the visual, users can add placemarks, annotations, photos, and models, as well as measure distances and draw paths.

Within this site you will find lesson ideas, examples, and downloads for mathematics that embrace active learning, constructivism, and project-based learning while remaining true to the standards.  The initial focus will be for grades 5 and up, but teachers of younger students may be able to find some uses or inspiration from the site.  Higher level thinking skills, such as analysis, synthesis, and creativity are encouraged as well as technology skills and social learning.  The core of this site is mathematics, but many lessons lend themselves to interdisciplinary activities also.

Real World Math.

Table of Contents – Math Open Reference

A free interactive math textbook on the web. Initially covering high-school geometry.Over the past few years, enormous strides have been made in providing computers in educational settings to aid the learning process. This, combined with high speed access to the Internet have opened up many new opportunities in education. This open reference project has the goal of providing high-quality content for these computers free of charge to the end user, and provide numerous benefits over paper textbooks. Find out more.. Using interactive tools and compelling animations, it provides an engaging way to learn and explore the subject. Teachers will have new ways to teach, and the students a new way to learn that is fun and engaging. Find out more..Try it outThis project has completed the prototype stage, and production of the final version has begun. The first few pages are now on the server. The Table of contents can be accessed here: Table of Contents or See a sample page.

Table of Contents – Math Open Reference.

Free Technology for Teachers: New Visualization Charts in Google Docs

Google Forms and Google Spreadsheets are great tools for collecting and manipulating data sets. Today, Google announced some new enhancements to Google Docs that will allow you to do even more with your data sets. As a history teacher, I’m particularly excited to try out the new timeline slider function available in the motion chart. Other additions include more chart colors, font gauges, and organizational charts. Learn more about the new features in the video below.

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Free Technology for Teachers: Khan Instant – Instant Search for Khan Academy

Khan Academy is famous for the fantastic educational videos produced by Salman Khan. Khans mathematics and science videos are available on YouTube, on iTunes, and on Khan Academy.org. This morning I discovered Khan Instant. Khan Instant is an instant search engine like Google or YouTube instant for Khan Academy videos. Just to clarify, Khan Instant was developed by Ben Jacobson not by Khan Academy.Applications for EducationKhan Instant could be a good tool for quickly locating outstanding mathematics and science videos to supplement your classroom instructions. Searching with Khan Instant is much faster than trying to browse through the YouTube channel for the video that meets your needs.

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Bias Called Persistent Hurdle for Women in Sciences – NYTimes.com

A report on the underrepresentation of women in science and math by the American Association of University Women, to be released Monday, found that although women have made gains, stereotypes and cultural biases still impede their success.Dima Gavrysh/Associated PressMae C. Jemison says she encountered bias in her studies for chemical engineering.RSS FeedRSS Get Science News From The New York Times »The report, “Why So Few?,” supported by the National Science Foundation, examined decades of research to cull recommendations for drawing more women into science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the so-called STEM fields.

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