A+Mathematician's+Lament

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 * I. First order of business: Read this article **


 * Presentation [[file:gahs-math/Lament-Presentation.pptx|Powerpoint]] **


 * What does it mean to “teach”? **
 * Who’s your favorite teacher and why?
 * My Band Director
 * When I first read this essay


 * Modeling **
 * Triangle in a Box
 * [|http][|://]teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/glenallenhs/anderson_p/Lament/applets/Triangle_in_Box.html
 * Two Segments – Four Sided Shape
 * [|http][|://]teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/glenallenhs/anderson_p/Lament/applets/TwoSegments_FourSidedShape.html
 * Point on a Grid
 * [|http][|://]teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/glenallenhs/anderson_p/Lament/applets/Level1.html
 * Line on a Grid
 * [|http][|://]teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/glenallenhs/anderson_p/Lament/applets/Level2.html
 * Parabola
 * [|http][|://]teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/glenallenhs/anderson_p/Lament/applets/Level3.html


 * Problem Solving Techniques **
 * The Text: Crossing the River with Dogs
 * Do a Problem
 * Rubrics
 * Optional: More Problems


 * How to Break the Cycle **
 * PBL – the problem level
 * Flipped Classroom – the unit level
 * Backwards Design – the nine weeks level


 * Redefine the meaning of “Word Problem” **
 * Dan Meyers Ted Talk: Math Class Needs a Makeover (video: 12 minutes)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cantaloupe Problems
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Optional: More Problems


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">What have you done lately? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Magic Squares
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Squaring the Circle
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Galileo’s Tomb