Rachael Gorsuch, @ColumbusAcademy, Upper School math teacher. No fall break for us this year, so I'll just be that more grateful for Winter Break. #octmchat
Hi! I'm Christina... one of the math consultant/coaches from Cincinnati @HamiltonCoESC ... I'm looking forward to a fall break full of quality time with friends and family #octmchat
A1 Ooh, I haven’t heard of this before! I wonder what math we could find on the playground. We have a pretty cool, non traditional playground. #octmchat
A1: @ColumbusAcademy has a beautiful campus with many places to explore! We start our precalc course by going outside and figuring out how tall large objects are. Then we film soccer kick parabolas on the football field. So many great options! #octmchat
A1: My school is near a hospital and a mall. I think there is so much math going on in both of those places that could be investigated and would be meaningful to students. #octmchat
Awesome! Nice connections to trigonometry and parabolas. I've seen people measure their shadows and think about ratios (if it's a sunny day!). #octmchat
Awesome! I really like how connecting spaces and math can make the mathematics more meaningful. Students have told me that they look at the world differently after this activity, with their "math glasses". #octmchat
A1: I'm wondering what Ss might discover in the stadiums, theaters, parks downtown Cincinnati? I #noticewonder everywhere... I feel like everything is fair game, right? #octmchat
Yes, it takes some planning if teachers want to determine some questions before hand. Sometimes my pre-service elementary students come up with the questions/ mathematize the situation themselves. #octmchat
A2: We model with math every day! We use pictures, manipulatives, drawings, number lines and more to make sense of math and share/explain our thinking with others. #octmchat
Agreed! One thing I like about #mathtrails and modeling is that students start putting on their "math glasses", just like they might put on their "Accessibility glasses" or "art glasses". #octmchat
A2: I have my students construct mathematical models to describe real-world phenomena fairly regularly (e.g., predict the number of Starbucks in Ohio in 2020). Is that modeling?
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A2: I once helped Mobile Meals to create a shorter path since gas prices were the most expensive. It really was wonderful. We actually went on a ride to bring the lunches and compared prices. Students loved it.
A2: I'm a big fan of math modeling. One of the truest modeling activities we do is making pamphlets describing different types of loans and how they work. Students use spreadsheets to create amortization tables and explain to their classmates about what they learned. #octmchat
Great point! "Model" can be used in different ways. Sometimes it means a physical diagram or tool (noun), sometimes it means to use something as a stepping stone (verb), and then there is the messy and often unpredictable use of it to solve real-world problems (verb). #octmchat
Wonderful. This is the super helpful 'noun' interpretation of model. It's also neat to think about the 'verb' of modeling, both nicely structured situations and messy real-world problems! #octmchat
A2: Model the spread of a juicy rumor, model the temp of my diet coke as it sits on my desk, and we have modeled my life expectancy ~ that one was a little scary to say the least. #octmchat
A2: This was our model today.: a chat with skip counting, multiplication and repeated addition. Also, using pictures of animal feet to show our groupings #octmchat
A2 Recently, my students used math modeling to establish how many feet and toes would be in our classroom. Some represented people, while others modeled by counting backpacks by twos and tens. #octmchat
A2: We also do a fun semi-modeling activity that is a simulated "zombie walk" to learn about how diseases spread. The kids really enjoy it! In general, Ss really love modeling tasks. :) #octmchat
I’m showing up late, but I like the creative ideas. We are studying proportional reasoning. Can’t wait to apply this to our local grocery store. #octmchat
Nice! This seems like a nice modeling problem that uses visuals to solve something that will have generally one answer. I wonder how we could make another more 'messy' experience to extend to a different kind of modeling? Both important aspects of modeling.
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Great! This seems like a nice modeling problem that uses visuals to solve something that will have generally one answer. I wonder how we could make another more 'messy' experience to extend to a different kind of modeling? Both important aspects of modeling. #octmchat
A4: I am thinking that #mathtrails would be great to focus on estimating and checking for reasonableness, but really so many other skills too. #octmchat
I would love to see ratio and proportion as an essential topic. In addition, I would love to see a revision of the poster "When are we ever going to use this stuff? #octmchat
To me it involves mathematizing a situation and putting structure to a situation to pose and solve questions about a real-world context. What do you think? #octmchat
I just saw this now. Nice! I like to put the student in the driver's seat when thinking about math trails. They are doing all the math practices, being mathematicians, when doing a math trail. #octmchat
#octmchat Joanne, great idea with the poster. Have the kids do research and make their own poster answering "when are we going to use this?" Love it! :)
A3: A math trail through THS, we are going on an Angle Hunt: Vertical angles, Linear pairs, Corresponding, Adjacent. It's all about the lenses. #NoticeThePretty#octmchat
Learn more about Modeling with Math Trails here: https://t.co/3i6MSiRbSk
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