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Category: Math
Pi ? Pie? Irrational Numbers ?? HUH?
Pi day is almost here, and if you are like Mrs.Geeky of course you are getting geeked up. But not everyone gets as geeked up
Pi Day Paper Chain
I am so excited for Pi Day. A great way to bring math front and center and celebrate how cool numbers are! I found this
Look for the STEM in the curriculum not the curriculum for STEM
Garrett Brown, inventor of the Steadicam said “I was a better inventor then I was cameraman and director”. BINGO! Here was the perfect example that STEM, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math occur fluidly and naturally within all disciplines, not separately.
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Lesson Idea: Leafsnap! A great app to connect kids with the outside.
Looking for lesson ideas to get your kids outside and learning? Give the FREE app Leafsnap a try! Developed by Columbia University, University of Maryland and the Smithsonian Leafsnap is an interactive electronic field guide that will have your students identifying trees in no time. Easy to use, open the app and snap a leaf from a tree. Based on the leaf outline, the app makes a suggestion as to what type of tree this could be.
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Opening Day
March, Womens’ History Month, comes to a close. As we start to say goodby to March isn’t it only appropriate that today is opening day of another exciting baseball season and the countless times “Take Me Out To the Ballgame” will be sung this year? Why you ask? Well, back in 1908 when Katie Casey’s beau asked her to go to a play, which he assumed a women would enjoy attending, she responded with “Take Me Out To The Ballgame”.
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