What Weʼve Learnedfrom the Mathosphere

Functionof Others

Blair Miller &Chris Hunter

STA ConventionStar Wars Day, 2012

The Giant Gummy Bear from John Scammell

dy/dan

Dan Meyer on Real-World Math

Introduce the central conflict of your story/task clearly, visually, using as few words as possible.

Dan Meyerʼs 3 Acts of a Mathematical StoryAct One

The protagonist/student overcomes obstacles, looks for resources, and develops new tools.

Act Two

Resolve the conflict and set up a sequel/extension.

Act Three

Coke Activityplanning activity1. show image

2. directions (q, info, reveal)3. discuss (and show Timon’s site)

Act OneAny questions?

Act TwoWhat do students need to know to solve this?

Act ThreeHow will an answer be revealed?What is a possible extension?

Pop Box Design from Timon Piccini

Grab a partner.

How many squares does the diagonal pass through?

Develop a rule.

• lesson ideas

• projects

• teaching strategies

• summarize

• reflect

• respond

More than resources…Itʼs about conversations

Featured Blogs(in order of appearance)

John Scammell “Zero-Knowledge Proofs”Dan Meyer “dy/dan”

Timon Piccini “Mr. Piccʼs Mathtabulous (And More) Site”Kate Nowak “f(t)”

Frank Noschese “Action-Reaction”Mimi Yang “I Hope This Old Train Breaks Down”

Geoff Krall “Emergent Math”Nat Banting “Musing Mathematically”Shawn Cornally “Think Thank Thunk”

Sam Shah “Continuous Everywhere But Differentiable Nowhere”

http://sqworl.com/rj4spi

Blair Miller@millerblair

Chris Hunter@ChrisHunter36

reflectionsinthewhy.wordpress.com

If nothing has interested you so far…

Mr. Vʼs Class

Thank-you!