Math Lessons Collaboration Daily 07/30/2010

• Illuminations: Counting the Trains

  In this unit, students will investigate a relationship between recursive functions and exponential functions.
  Math Content
  By the end of this unit, students will:
  Represent data using tables, graphs and rules
  Investigate patterns and make conjectures
  Express sequences with recursive and exponential rules
  Describe and interpret exponential functions that fit the patterns
  
  Individual Lessons
  
  Lesson 1 - Trains, Fibonacci, and Recursive Patterns
  
  In this lesson, students will use Cuisenaire Rods to build trains of different lengths and investigate patterns. Students will use tables to create graphs, define recursive functions, and approximate exponential formulas to describe the patterns.
  Lesson 2 - More Trains
  
  In this lesson, students will use Cuisenaire Rods to build trains of different lengths and investigate patterns. Students will use tables to create graphs, define recursive functions, and approximate exponential formulas to describe the patterns.
  Lesson 3 - Recursive and Exponential Rules
  
  In this lesson make connections between exponential functions and recursive rules. Students will use tables to create graphs, define recursive rules and find exponential formulas.

  tags: graphs algebra representation NCTM

• Illuminations: Using Graphs, Equations, and Tables to Investigate the Elimination of Medicine from the Body

  Great set of lessons for modeling, recursive functions, real-life application from NCTM Illuminations. The lessons include not only context, but applets that help students visualize the situation and  mathematical model. 

  tags: graphs algebra representation

• The Fischbowl

  This is a compilation of Karl's Transparent Algebra posts. He does such an incredible job of making his thinking visible for all of us in how he is planning his course for the upcoming year. I share it because I think it's a valuable example of a reflective practitioner and worth sharing. If you have any teachers who might benefit from reading some of his reasoning, I encourage you to send them to his blog!

  tags: fischbowl course_design metacognition reflection planning

• Troovi :: Exchanging photos made easy

  Great tool for sharing pictures from PC to PC. Doesn't work for iPods b/c guess what it needs flash (thanks Apple). 

  tags: web2.0 photos storage

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