Posts tagged with: math
A Math Love Poem :-)
A sweet and goofy poem CMU professor of Computer Science Dave Feinberg wrote when he was in high school that was adapted for use in the movie “Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay”. more
Vi Hart: Bending and Stretching Classroom Lessons to Make Math Inspire
The story of Ms. Vi(ctoria) Hart - the young, creative, "mathemusician" behind the fun and engaging Vi Hart math doodling videos. more
Studying Young Minds, and How to Teach Them
— Findings from recent research in cognitive neuroscience are helping to clarify when young brains are best able to grasp fundamental concepts. more
Psyched Out By Stereotypes: Research Suggests Thinking About The Positive
— Coincidentally, this reinforces a view expressed in a SmartBean article earlier today, about the negative effect of myths and stereotypes on girls’ interest and ability in math in middle... more
Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-Algebra Who’s Boss
by Danica McKellar
Read this SmartBean article on the STEM gender gap and watch an interview with TV actress-turned-author Danica McKellar as she describes her efforts to deal with this issue. more
Girls & Math: Shattering the Stereotype
— There are several initiatives underway devoted to promoting an interest in STEM among girls in the US. Actress Danica McKellar, now also a Math author and education activist for girls is doing her bit. Her books are a hit with girls in middle school! more
A “Scratchy” Problem
— Here is a cool video posing a specific problem in an animation created in "Scratch". The video outlines a few different ways kids can approach tackling the problem and ways to use it in a learning context. more
Time travel anyone? … and let’s build a pyramid while we’re at it
"Time Engineers" is an interesting computer simulation game for kids between the ages of 7-17. The premise is novel - the kids travel back in time to solve engineering problems in three different eras. Science and Math concepts are woven into the playing of the game. more