tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10220498.post6474215056239981149..comments2024-03-21T15:59:25.263-05:00Comments on Math Teacher Mambo: End-o-Year Calculus Project(s)Shireen Dadmehrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16282965851939089408noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10220498.post-49855864245276393942008-05-17T19:35:00.000-05:002008-05-17T19:35:00.000-05:00It WAS kind of cool to see her "eggplant" on the g...It WAS kind of cool to see her "eggplant" on the graphing calculator after she had decided the shape.<BR/><BR/>She then suggested that maybe I could let next year's kids come up with their own shape, and they could then do the same thing and then even cut them out of foam.<BR/><BR/>Ms. CookieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10220498.post-47742418213149897152008-05-17T18:22:00.000-05:002008-05-17T18:22:00.000-05:00hihi! (i tried posting this before but it didn't w...hihi! (i tried posting this before but it didn't work...)<BR/><BR/>I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! We actually had the exact same idea for a calculus activity this year, but I decided to postpone it for next year. <BR/><BR/>I thought, when we were doing revolutions, that I could take various bottles (e.g. san pelligrino) and vases, and take pictures of them in front of graph paper. then we could read off points, do a regression of some sort, and do revolutions to find surface areas (for labels on the bottles) and volumes (how much can the bottle hold). <BR/><BR/>And if I got really crazy, I was thinking I could do something with the thickness of the vases/bottles, but I wasn't sure what yet.<BR/><BR/>But I have to say, your kids doing the eggplant thing with the math party (who doesn't love a good math party) is a much less lame version of what I was thinking of (who doesn't love a good eggplant deconstructed mathematically?).<BR/><BR/>Huzzah! Love it! Calculus teachers of the world unite!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com