If you are a fan of helping students learn how to be critical thinkers, then you will appreciate the Slow Reveal Graphs site. Rather than presenting a full graph to students and asking them to interpret it, teachers use Slow Reveal Graphs to allow the students to discuss, think, wonder, and predict as each stage … Read more
As seasoned readers may know, I have always been intrigued by the beauty of math. (See here, here, or here for some examples.) Now that my job title is S.T.E.A.M. Master Teacher, I have been looking even more for ideas on how to integrate math and art. Math Craft is a great place to start. From … Read more
While searching for ways to help my engineering students develop some desperately needed problem-solving stamina and spatial reasoning, I came across these wonderful puzzles that are in color – and provide solutions. (Did I mention I need to practice my spatial reasoning, too?) I gave them the TED Ed River Crossing Riddle last week, and … Read more
Venn Diagrams are pretty ubiquitous in school. Most students have seen and used the common form of a Venn Diagram that you see below in order to compare/contrast two things. To be honest, after a bazillion years of teaching, I’ve gotten quite bored with using this graphic organizer. However, there are a few people who … Read more
The final math Digital Breakout that I made for my online students (4th grade Gifted and Talented) for this year is TV Tomfoolery. In case you have missed the series, here are links to all 5: Leonardo the Leprechaun Feebo, Not Chee Kaled It! Scholastic Beasts TV Tomfoolery You can e-mail at engagetheirminds@gmail.com if you … Read more
I am currently offering an online Google Classroom for some students in our district that assigns them one Digital Breakout (Math) a week for 5 weeks. “Scholastic Beasts” is the 4th one in the series. For the first three, you can see: Leonardo the Leprechaun Feebo, Not Chee Kaled It! All of these are designed … Read more