Attention Geometry Accelerated Students:
Euclidean Proofs Quiz #3 is scheduled for Friday, 4/25!I'm available for extra help every day this week and next week!
STUDY, STUDY, STUDY!!!
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Regents Review Books- It's That Time!!!!
Regents Review Books are currently being ordered and should arrive next week! My Geometry Accelerated students must purchase one. This is one of our main ways to prepare and review for the upcoming Regents Exam in June.
Books costs $3 each and can be bought in the main office at school!
Fun Google Map Activity for Teachers to Try in the Classroom!
Ms. Papa’s Coffee Run
Link to Map:
Students will be able
to:
1. Determine
the distance in feet between the school and each coffee location.
2. Calculate the amount of gas consumed by
the vehicle for each location.
3. Calculate the total amount of time driven
round trip.
4. Determine the total amount of time for
the entire trip for each location.
5. Rank the
locations based on the information calculated.
Lesson:
·
Teacher will have students pull up the Coffee
Run map on Google maps.
·
Teacher will present the activity to the
students:
Ms. Papa wants to get coffee during
her free period, which is 40 minutes long.
A number of factors will play a
role in her decision: distance from school, time, amount of gas used, personal
preference, etc… The high school and nine locations to buy coffee are marked on
the map. Each place mark has a link to directions to the high school in which
the distance (in miles) and travel time are stated. Students will work through each location and calculate
specific information that will help them make their final decision on the best
location for coffee.
·
Teacher will complete one location with students
to model how to complete the questions.
·
Students will then work on the rest of the
locations individually with the teacher walking around the room to monitor.
STEPS for each location:
Step 1: Select a location on the map and click the provided link.
Step 2: Write down the distance and time given.
Step 3: Calculate the amount of gas needed for
Ms. Papa to drive to get coffee during her lunch break. Ms. Papa’s car averages
13 miles per gallon.
·
Find the total distance driven by Ms. Papa.
·
Calculate the amount of gas needed to make this
trip.
Total
distance ÷ 13 miles per gallon = Number
of gallons of gas needed
Step 4: How long did it take Ms. Papa to get her coffee for each
location?
Assume
a 10-minute wait time for coffee in each location.
Step 5: Convert the total distance driven by Ms. Papa in step 3 from
miles to feet.
1 mile = 5,280 feet
Step
6: Rank the locations (1 to 9) based
on the information discovered above from best location (1) to worst location
(9).
Step
7: The best location was closed down
for renovations so Ms. Papa drove to the 2nd best location. When she got there she realized she forgot
her wallet. She had to drive back to school to get it. What is the new total
distance traveled by car, new total time of the entire trip, and how much gas
was used?
Lesson 3- Worksheet
Dunkin’ Donuts #1 Rank:
Distance to Dunkin’ Donuts #1 = _______ Time = _______
Total Distance Driven = ________
Number of gallons of gas used = _______
Total Distance Driven (in feet) = _______
Length of total trip (including wait time for coffee) =
_______
Dunkin’ Donuts #2 Rank:
Distance to Dunkin’ Donuts #2 = _______ Time = _______
Total Distance Driven = ________
Number of gallons of gas used = _______
Total Distance Driven (in feet) = _______
Length of total trip (including wait time for coffee) =
_______
Dunkin’ Donuts #3 Rank:
Distance to Dunkin’ Donuts #3 = _______ Time = _______
Total Distance Driven = ________
Number of gallons of gas used = _______
Total Distance Driven (in feet) = _______
Length of total trip (including wait time for coffee) =
_______
Professor Java’s Coffee Sanctuary Rank:
Distance to Professor Java’s = _______ Time = _______
Total Distance Driven = ________
Number of gallons of gas used = _______
Total Distance Driven (in feet) = _______
Length of total trip (including wait time for coffee) =
_______
Starbucks #1 Rank:
Distance to Starbucks #1 = _______ Time = _______
Total Distance Driven = ________
Number of gallons of gas used = _______
Total Distance Driven (in feet) = _______
Length of total trip (including wait time for coffee) =
_______
Starbucks #2 Rank:
Distance to Starbucks #2 = _______ Time = _______
Total Distance Driven = ________
Number of gallons of gas used = _______
Total Distance Driven (in feet) = _______
Length of total trip (including wait time for coffee) = _______
Starbucks #3 Rank:
Distance to Starbucks #3 = _______ Time = _______
Total Distance Driven = ________
Number of gallons of gas used = _______
Total Distance Driven (in feet) = _______
Length of total trip (including wait time for coffee) =
_______
Coffee Beanery Rank:
Distance to Coffee Beanery = _______ Time = _______
Total Distance Driven = ________
Number of gallons of gas used = _______
Total Distance Driven (in feet) = _______
Length of total trip (including wait time for coffee) =
_______
Stewart’s Shop Rank:
Distance to Stewart’s Shop = _______ Time = _______
Total Distance Driven = ________
Number of gallons of gas used = _______
Total Distance Driven (in feet) = _______
Length of total trip (including wait time for coffee) =
_______
Answer to Step 7
Friday, April 18, 2014
Thoughts on "The Nerdy Teacher" Blog
“The Nerdy Teacher” is a fun, entertaining, and informative
blog. His blog caught my eye right away due to his artistic and colorful
header. I appreciate how the creator organized his blog. It is not busy and
crowded looking. The layout is user friendly and does not pull me in 20
different directions.
This blog is created by a fellow teacher and expresses his
viewpoints and ideas on various topics. It even has a feel of a dairy online
when reading about his Romeo and Juliet Project. I think this gives him blog a
human aspect. I also like his views on many issues that we are faced with as
teachers in today’s world. He seems to be around my age where he entered the
educational field the same time as I did. Therefore, I can relate to him and
some of his posts really hit home. For example, his post, “The Case for
Change,” on issues with his fellow coworkers on creating lesson plans.
I like how he shares and highlights personal things about
his students, the projects they are working on, or to praise them on an
achievement. It shows his strong rapport with his kids and that he genuinely
cares about them outside the classroom. This is something to consider when I
create my own blog for my classes.
His Evernote Experiment is very interesting. I would have
never thought to use Evernote in my classes. In it, he shows how to use Evernote
to create lesson plans, and then he goes even further by showing how he uses
the program to integrate it into the classroom and have students use it, too.
He creates four Notebooks for each class: Assignments, Notes, Handouts, and
Stories—each of these notebooks are shared with students. Each notebook has a
specific function. For example he uploads PDGs and use the Evernote Clipper
tool on Google Chrome to store them in the correct Notebook and tags them.
Students are then able to access the notes and get them right away onto their
iPad or other tablet. This would be great for students who have iPad or another
type of tablet, and perhaps schools would even invest in classroom iPads that
students could use in class and return (much like physical textbooks).
Overall, “The Nerdy Teacher” is a blog I would frequent to
gather ideas for my own class.
What is a Blog?
After reading the article, “Blogging? It’s Elementary, My
Dear Watson!,” I’ve realized there are many different types of blogs and uses
for them, both in and out of the classroom. On the whole, blogs are a method of
online journaling, and anyone is able to start and run a blog.
The first type of blog is known as a “Web-publishing
concept.” This format allows anyone with basic knowledge of how to use a
computer and the Internet. The purpose of these blogs is to publish
information, mostly basic stuff like renewing driver’s license or recipes.
In the second format, the blogs are used as a journalistic
tool to publish news fast, especially the breaking news variety. This is so
important or noteworthy news gets out to the public sooner and doesn’t have to
be relegated to the six o’clock news hour. For instance if there is a tragedy,
like a school shooting or some other horrible event, journalists can get what
is happening minute by minute so people know what is going on.
The uses for blogs aren’t just relegated to passing out news
and other information to people. It has been shown that students who regularly
blog become better writers, because the more you write, the better you get at
it. Although I teach math and not English, I think it is imperative students
know how to write and formulate opinions so that students’ writing skills
aren’t full of emoticons and abbreviated language that is used in text
messaging.
There are also a variety of blogs, and you can find a topic
on pretty much any subject. Besides Blogger, LiveJournal, Wordpress, there is
also Tumblr, which has risen in popularity and usage. It really depends on the
personal preference of the blogger as to which host they use for their blog.
But if I were teaching students how to blog, I would probably pick Blogger, as
you don’t have to pay to start a blog and it feels the easiest to access for
me—and I would also try to formulate lesson plans so that it’s basic
information for people to access.
As always, when someone starts a blog, safety is always a
concern. But those who blog often take precautions, whether it be making
commenters have to use Word Verifications to post a comment and not allow for anonymous
comments.
Overall, there are many great uses for blogs that are
beneficial to people who read and write them.
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