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Mathematical Monday Minute: Rules for Divisibility for Division and Simplifying Fractions
How do I know which number to use when dividing?
How do I use the rules for divisibility when simplifying fractions?
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How do I use the rules for divisibility when simplifying fractions?
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Fashion Model Symmetry. Mathematical Genes. Not Really.
We need more people in STEM professions to stand and tell the real stories to dispel the myths--like model Cameron Russell
did in the fashion industry.
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I Love My Kids with Math Campaign Launched March 2013
It's time to change our conversations, attitudes, and anxiety about MATH!
We recently launched our "I Love My Kids with Math Campaign" workshops during the East Detroit Schools District Wide Title I Dinner in March 2013.
We are on a mission to connect with 12,000 parents and adults internationally over the next 12 months to help them L.O.V.E. their kids with math.
Kids look up to adults! Let's give them something to talk about by transferring positive energy, strategies, and the support they need to succeed.
Adults are role models in the eyes of kids - even when they are not trying to be. We are arming each group with a few tools to transfer the positive and explore with their children. The P.O.W.E.R. Org team believes that this may help with providing a more nurturing and confident environment.
Adults are role models in the eyes of kids - even when they are not trying to be. We are arming each group with a few tools to transfer the positive and explore with their children. The P.O.W.E.R. Org team believes that this may help with providing a more nurturing and confident environment.
The idea was generated during a workshop that I facilitated at the Oakland Schools African American Parent Network (AAPN) Conference in Waterford, Michigan. The response from attendees and subsequent contracts with the Ferndale AAPN and speaking engagement with the Berkley AAPN was such a positive experience that we knew something more need to be done.
We anticipate that our workshops, keynote presentations, webinars, conference calls, and t-shirt sales will help spread the message that each of us should invest in and help cultivate a more mathematically literate community--sooner than later.
We anticipate that our workshops, keynote presentations, webinars, conference calls, and t-shirt sales will help spread the message that each of us should invest in and help cultivate a more mathematically literate community--sooner than later.
The "I Love My Kids with Math" workshops are designed to cause a significant shift in math anxiety, attitudes, and achievement for the adults and kids in their lives. This program is an extension of our Parent POWER Hour sessions. During the 1.5-2 hour sessions, participants will be engaged in seeing, saying, and doing math through simple actions that support kids during non-school hours while learning about L.O.V.E. to help the kids in their lives reach new heights with math!
We have our "I Love My Kids with Math" shirts available for purchase and will share a few more informational pieces as takeaways. Short and sweet...yet powerful.
We have our "I Love My Kids with Math" shirts available for purchase and will share a few more informational pieces as takeaways. Short and sweet...yet powerful.
We are meeting in schools, museums, community centers, and faith-based venues.
How do YOU L.O.V.E. your kids with Math?
Show your support today!
Learn more about #ILMKWM !
Purchase your #ILMKWM tshirt !
Schedule an #ILMKWM presentation or workshop!
Show your support today!
Learn more about #ILMKWM !
Purchase your #ILMKWM tshirt !
Schedule an #ILMKWM presentation or workshop!
Mathematical Monday Minutes: Square Roots and Radical Expressions
How do I remove the radical symbol when simplifying expressions?
...How do I support a young person in STEM?
Parents and youth are concerned about whether or not they have or will have the skills
needed for the unfilled STEM (Science ...
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Memory Devices Work Well for Making Metric Conversions
One day, while teaching my college students how to quickly convert between metric units using place value, I had an idea that wasn't the same
as the silly King Henry Milk stories used to help students remember how to convert between metric units.
I reminded students about the wisdom of our elders and how important it is to make connections between the past and present. My grandparents always
discussed the importance of keeping a coin for phone calls (before cell phone days) in my pocket or shoe each time I left the house as a teenager. My grandparents also talked about the costs of a
phone call being a nickle, dime, and eventually a quarter for one call.
Then I shared my mneumonic method with them to remember and practice prefixes and metric conversions quickly. This method seemed appropriate since we
were focusing on base 10 numbers and simply moving the decimal horizontally between units.
For 35mm represented in decimeters...what do you think the equivalent km, cm, and dm form is?
For 35mm represented in decimeters...what do you think the equivalent km, cm, and dm form is?
Try it and tell me what you think.
Mneumonic devices are short memory tools that consist of rhymes or formulas used to help retain chunks of information such as states, historical events, and math steps. Mneumonic devices are even better when there is a story associated with it.
Keep
a Handful of Dimes It Don't Cost
Much.
This mneumonic method helps students move horizontally between the units. The digits represent place values. It's as simple as
moving a decimal to the right or to the left.
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9 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
3 |
. |
7 |
8 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
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Hundred thousands |
Ten thousands |
Thousands |
Hundreds |
Tens |
Ones |
|
Tenths |
Hundredths |
Thousandths |
Ten-thousandths |
Hundred thousandths |
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900,000 |
30,000 |
4,000 |
600 |
80 |
3 |
. |
7/10 |
78/100 |
780/1,000 |
9/10,000 |
1/100,000 |
Remember, there is no one’s place when dealing with decimals!!!!!
Kilo - 1,000Hecto - 100
Deca - 10
Unit - 1
Deci - .10 - (1/10)
Centi - .01 - (1/100)
Milli - .001 - (1/1000)
Well, the story stayed with them as they laughed with confidence about this way of Seeing, Saying, and Doing math.
My students told me that they gained a better understanding about the role of place value and how moving to the left or right
indicates multiplication or division by a base of ten.More than 90% of them completed their homework, quiz, and test with ease. They were inspired to create their own mneumonic methods for other
areas of math their personal and professional lives.
Which types of mneumonic methods do you use to help master
content?
AAAMath has a quick way to learn about each term, the symbols (which are really
helpful in science), check your understanding of the prefixes, and practice metric conversions.
LaToniya A. Jones is the Founder and Executive Director of P.O.W.E.R. Organization. She is committed to helping kids to make meaningful connections to math with things, people, and places that surround them. She is a mom of 3 sons and with more than 20 years combined experience educating students, teachers, families, and college faculty in Michigan, Minnesota, and Ohio.
P.O.W.E.R. Organization is a 501c3 educational nonprofit organization that provides out of school learning
opportunities for youth ages 8-14 in the Metro Detroit area (and beyond).
All Kids Deserve a Chance to Learn in a Math Museum and Math Encounters Workshop
We are looking forward to an Math Excursion to the Math Midway (traveling exhibit) and the Museum of Mathematics.
We hope you will join us as well (or plan your own trip).
There are opportunities for learners of all skill and interest levels!
Watch the video for now to be inspired, explore, and get ideas about a new type of experience for learners.
Visit the Museum of Mathematics You Tube Channel for videos of their Math Encounters series by mathematicians and scientists. Awesome!
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Pi Day celebrations are a great opportunity to play and explore the meaning of that magical 3.14
Gearing up for Pi Day... Going down memory lane. What is your school, child, or company doing to celebrate and better understand Pi? 3.14 (March 14th is right around the corner).
We are super excited about Pi Day 2013... We have been celebrating since 2010 and the events continue to grow and evolve--with each new family.
Take a peek at one of our 2010 Pi Day slide shows.
- Visit our PowerOrgMath You Tube Channel
- Tweet with @POWEROrgMath
- Share your Pi Day sweetness with POWEROrg on Google+
- Subscribe to our posts or sign up for our newsletter on www.powertheyouth.org
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;">What did you do or learn on Pi Day or during a Pi Party?
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