tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498991377375536625.post2927654253609119145..comments2023-10-31T07:50:26.315-07:00Comments on Brandtahedron: Ugh, What Now?brandtahedronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857457571325589517noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498991377375536625.post-26964781536853175932013-02-25T10:42:46.059-08:002013-02-25T10:42:46.059-08:00Hi,
I came across your blog via David Wees, and I...Hi,<br /><br />I came across your blog via David Wees, and I love how you describe your passion for math education as growing at an incredible rate. That's what happened to me to (and perhaps is still happening). As a fellow mathematics educator I thought you might be able to help in spreading the word about an educational TV show about math that we're putting together. "The Number Hunter" is going to do for math education what Bill Nye The Science Guy did for science education. I’d really appreciate your help in getting the word out about the project. <br /><br />http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/564889170/the-number-hunter-promo<br /><br />I studied math education at Jacksonville University and the University of Florida. It became clear to me during my studies why we’re failing at teaching kids math. We're teaching it all wrong! Bill Nye taught kids that science is FUN. He showed them the EXPLOSIONS first and then the kids went to school to learn WHY things exploded. Kids learn about dinosaurs and amoeba and weird ocean life to make them go “wow”. But what about math? You probably remember the dreaded worksheets. Ugh. <br /><br />I’m sure you know math is much more exciting than people think. Fractal Geometry was used to create “Star Wars” backdrops, binary code was invented in Africa, The Great Pyramids and The Mona Lisa, wouldn’t exist without geometry.<br />Our concept is to create an exciting, web-based TV show that’s both fun and educational.<br /><br />If you could consider posting about the project on your blog, I’d very much appreciate it. Also, if you'd be interested in link exchanging (either on The Number Hunter site, which is in development, or on StatisticsHowTo.com which is a well-established site with 300,000 page views a month) please shoot me an email. We're also always looking for input and ideas from other math educators!<br /><br />Thanks in advance for your help,<br /><br />Stephanie<br />andalepublishing@gmail.com<br />http://www.thenumberhunter.com<br />http://www.statisticshowto.com<br />http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/564889170/the-number-hunter-promo<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01750774889132999541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498991377375536625.post-43068917862388499942013-02-22T08:04:27.439-08:002013-02-22T08:04:27.439-08:00I played around a little bit in Geometer's Ske...I played around a little bit in Geometer's Sketchpad and saw that the angles are horrible decimals. :)<br /><br />There could be some value in getting the students to give you equations using the angles, like angle 14 + angle 24 = 60 degrees. There could also be some value in estimation. I found that one angle had to be less than 15 degrees.<br /><br />My intuition says that it isn't possible to just use angles/polygons/symmetry. I wonder if there's a way to use side lengths (but not measurements) and a single trig function to get the angle? Something like side A must be 30% of side B so the angle X is arcsin of .30. Or something along those lines. Maybe just using 30-60-90 properties or 45-45-90 properties.DavidPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06076942544612256723noreply@blogger.com