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Jamie Tuch
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Final project for A4A - Water in a Bucket Activity
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We have been working on having the students do a lab and collect data to present the information in a graph format. The lesson has different activities geared toward different grade levels due to…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jamie Tuch May 9, 2011.
transforming f(x)=2^x
Hear is an applet I found fishing around the internet. It is kind of cool and could be used as an interactive tool in a computer lab. …Continue
Started Jan 17, 2011
superbowl activity with regression equations
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Here is a cool activity for regression equations that uses the Superbowl advertising amounts. This goes right along with the a4a lessons that we covered last year.Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Joel Flint Jan 10, 2011.
Mile Marker Activity for Absolute values
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Here is the document we used for introducing absolute value to students in a real world activity. As an adult class we enjoyed working on it and talking about it. It looks like a good idea for…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Sean Karsten Nov 10, 2010.
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No Child Left Behind as a football version
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 22:16 — 2 Comments
Retention of learning.
Does anyone feel that students ability to retain material is not what is used to be? I have been teaching for 16 years now and it seems that when a student is exposed to a new lesson, it goes in one ear and out the other. They are really good with it during class, but when they walk out of the building it all goes away. I have heard so many kids come in the next day and ask me what we did the day before. Also, if I tell them we are having a test the next day, they show up without a…
ContinuePosted on April 26, 2011 at 21:28 — 1 Comment
Graphing Quadratic functions in Vertex form.
If you are currently teaching this section as we are in Menominee, then you are really going to like this tool. This is a great way to show students how the different variables effect the graph of quadratics when using the vertex format.
y = a( x - h )2 + k
Below is a link to this little tool. My kids thought this was really cool.
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ContinuePosted on February 24, 2011 at 23:05 — 2 Comments
Factoring trinomials with a leading coefficient >1
I don't know why this has turned out to be so difficult this year for the kids to understand. I have been teaching this for 15 years and it seems that there was always a way to get them to grasp the concept. First of all , they have seen it in algebra 1, 2 years ago. I have tried the old trial and error dry erase sheets that I posted on afa earlier. I have tried the logical approach to the understanding of the FOIL frontwards and backwards. I have tried the box method that seems to be…
ContinuePosted on January 8, 2011 at 17:58 — 2 Comments
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