Girl Math

Our school has embraced STEM over the past few years. That's actually our signature program. While, I am not a STEM teacher, I feel that it is important to incorporate those topics into my classroom.  I originally got the idea from this site  in which you have to be a member. I actually created an introduction as a Desmos activity using their resources. So the students start off by finding the area of a beach. (We live at the beach, so this works perfect for my kiddos.) This introduction allows the students to use any shapes to estimate the area since we haven't had any instruction on Riemann Sums or Trapezoidal Rule. Then I teach the students about these estimation tools.  So, from that introduction, I got the idea to create a project. The students must find an aerial picture of a beach that has eroded. (Some students actually found pictures from our beaches.) They had to research coastal erosion and how it affects our community, and find some solutions t...

After finding out that North Carolina has invited Desmos into our online testing, I was super excited!  This will help with desk space, attention (since Desmos is fun and interactive), as well as scores (I'm hoping).  Of course students are still allowed to use their TI-84's... for those who've used them since they were invented- like I have.   What does Desmos bring to the Math 3 EOC party?  Lots of fun and handy tools!  To help my students (and anyone reading this) with what they can expect, I created this Desmos tutorial from the released NC Math 3 EOC.   During class, I had each student login to their own school account and go through the Desmos activity individually.  Of course, they were allowed to help each other and I also circulated to answer any questions.  To make life a little easier, I created this document that I paper-copied and gave to each student so they wouldn't have to go back and forth between screens (the only...