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A science teacher’s presentation of scientific numbers
How a science teacher presents scientific numbers – presented by a young energetic science teacher. Could either show the video or “borrow” the ideas on showing mass of the sun and mass of a proton as your lesson hook. Good question at the end for students to work out.see details …
Airplane infront of the moon
WCYDWT? This image is a great stimulus to build a similar triangle problem. Students could use the internet to find out various dimensions and demonstrate or calculate a missing variable such as: how high was the plane flying. See also http://www.iceinspace.com.au/iotw.html?iotwid=137 and forum for more details. Could load image into GeoGebra for more accurate modelling.see details …
Angle Sum of Triangle using your IWB
How to instructions to set up a fun angle sum of triangles activity on your Interactive White Board. Students love building the triangles once they have seen you do it once and will try many different triangles to test the idea. Easy to extend to quadrilaterals.see details …
Bablyonian use of square root of two
Photographs and analysis of an 1800 BC Babylonian table showing the diagonal of a square and ancient knowledge of the value of square root of two – expressed in base 60. A great extension resource. No previous knowledge of Babylonian required, but will make more sense if students know about different number base system. Full mathematical analysis on the site.see details …
Babylonian Maths
A full teaching resource kit on maths in Ancient Babylon, including videos presented by a mathematical archaeologist, worksheets and activities – including making cuneform style base60 numbers in clay or plasticine tablets, looking at the area of Babylonian house and how Babylon students did their maths homework and multiplication tables.see details …
Bronowksi demonstrates Pythagoras Theorem
From the 1973 BBC Series “The Ascent of Man”, Bronowski travels to Samos and shows how Pythagoras’ Theorem can be demonstrated geometrically. Students could be asked to replicate the proof after watching.see details …
Buffon’s Needle simulation to generate Pi
A high quality Flash Animation to demonstrate Buffon’s Needle Theorem. Fire it up on your IWB and leave it running for a good while to get closer and closer to the value of Pi.
A great resource to use when introducing students to the surprising mathematics involving Pi.see details …
Carl Sagan describes Kepler’s discoveries of elliptical orbits
5 minute extract from Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" series. Explanation of Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion - with good mathematical description of ellipses.see details …
Conic sections - Dandelin spheres
Visualisation of conic sections made by shining light on a sphere - and the associated sphere which would make up a Dandelin pair.see details …
Conic sections - Darkness
A short 30 second clip showing conic sections resulting from a torch shined on a soccer ball.see details …