Math+Fun

The Fun Theory: Can learning be fun and meaningful at the same time? How does human behavior change when you add the element of fun?
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== 4th-6th Activity: Download the app called Math Tasks. In partners, work on finding the calculations for the tasks listed below. Measure the provided items using the rulers, then plug the numbers into the appropriate area of the app to help you find the correct answers. Be sure to write your answers including the unit of measurement (example: 124 inches squared).==
 * ==Open Math Tasks. Click on Geometric Shapes. With your partner, have one person open the Math Tasks app and the other open Doodle Buddy or similar app. Collaborate to solve the given math problems by working them out with Doodle Buddy or another similar app. Then check the accuracy of your calculations by plugging the numbers into the Math Tasks app. This app has formulas that will automatically do calculations for you. Record your answers in the Note app and email your final work to one of the instructors. canderson@graniteschools.org hmeenen@graniteschools.org or tbruin@graniteschools.org==

9. Find the volume of the box you have. First record which box you have.
== K-3rd Activity: Download the app called Measure it!. (This is an iPod Touch/iPhone app.) You can use our training iPods to complete this activity. Use the app to estimate the height of one or more people in your group. Then measure them or ask them how tall they really are to see how accurate your estimates were. Then use the app to take photos of other items in or around the room to do the same thing. Discuss how this app could help K-3 students with estimation and measuring with units. Record your ideas for how you can use this app with your students using the Note app on the instructors' iPads. We will share your ideas with the class.==

= Try Three Free: =

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=[|uen.org] What type of math apps will you need for your curriculum?=

= Take Time to Explore: (40 min.) = ==Look at the group of math apps for your grade level. Then choose three that you feel will be especially beneficial to your core. On a sheet of white paper, write down your three favorite math apps from the ones below and how they will help in your teaching. Circle the one that is a "Must Have". Crumple up your paper into a snowball. We'll then do a snowball toss, so that each participant has a chance to see your recommendations.==

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== Google Earth Activity: Download the Google Earth app. Click on the search icon and type in the GEC address (2500 S State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84115). Zoom in to the level needed to view the district property and buildings to answer the following questions. Work with groups of 2-3 to answer the questions.==

=1. On the West side of the property, there is a white shape with a black rectangle in the center of it (The Helipad). What type of polygon is the helipad?= =2. Look at the Wilson playground. Write a ratio for the number of tetherball circles to the number of hopscotches painted there.= =3. There is a "V" shaped parking lot on the SE side of the district buildings. About what percentage of the cars are red?= =4. What season and time of day was this satellite photo most likely taken? What clues helped you decide?= =5. There are some four squares (lg. and sm.) painted on the South side of Wilson. If 12 children went out and stood in individual squares, what fraction of the total number of squares would be filled with children? Can you simplify that fraction?= =6. What other math questions could be asked about this aerial view of the GEC?=