1 / 4

Movie Math Mania

Movie Math Mania. Magdalena Steytler ERPD Dec 5 th 2012. Why Movies?. Engaging starting point for a lesson Set a positive tone Solve math problem in real life context Allow mathematical discourse in context – a conversation starter that is meaningful and relevant.

emil
Download Presentation

Movie Math Mania

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Movie Math Mania Magdalena Steytler ERPD Dec 5th 2012

  2. Why Movies? • Engaging starting point for a lesson • Set a positive tone • Solve math problem in real life context • Allow mathematical discourse in context – a conversation starter that is meaningful and relevant. • Students may relate or connect with characters or situations • Incorporate popular culture, connect with the child’s world

  3. Clips • Honey I shrunk the kids - on you tube search “seericks53” (several other clips to match the activity book) • Cool runnings– on you tube search “Cool runnings trailer”, “Training begins”, “The world meets the Jamaican bobsleigh team”

  4. Resources • http://store.aimsedu.org/aims_store/books/movie-math-mania.html search movie “math mania” • http://www.aimsedu.org/activities/index.html search “free aims activities” • http://www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/mathmovies/ search “mathematics in movies” or “Oliver Knill” • http://www.fibt.com/

More Related