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Antioch, California, United States
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After leaving a decade-long career in software development for teaching, I spent 15 years teaching 2nd grade, 5th grade, middle school in private school. Moving to public school brought me into a high school setting where I have been teaching Algebra and Geometry.
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Preview of The Jammed Board - Triangle Similarity Challenge Gold

The Jammed Board - Triangle Similarity Challenge Gold

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This "Gold" version assigns each student one of over 200 different data sets. I find this encourages helping but makes it impossible to share answers.This geometry challenge poses three levels of problems. I typically assign the first level to all students with the other two as a challenge. The problem involves a board that becomes jammed in a box. The students enter their answers into the spreadsheet and the cell will turn green if correct. Level 1 (box width) is solved using similar triangles
Preview of ActivePaperMath - The Jammed Board Triangle Similarity Challenge Silver

ActivePaperMath - The Jammed Board Triangle Similarity Challenge Silver

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ActivePaperMath
This geometry challenge poses three levels of problems. I typically assign the first level to all students with the other two as a challenge. The problem involves a board that becomes jammed in a box. The students enter their answers into the spreadsheet and the cell will turn green if correct. Level 1 (box width) is solved using similar triangles and the Pythagorean Theorem. It should be accessible to most students. Level 2 (jam height) starts out the same but leads into some fairly intense app
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After leaving a decade-long career in software development for teaching, I spent 15 years teaching 2nd grade, 5th grade, middle school in private school. Moving to public school brought me into a high school setting where I have been teaching Algebra and Geometry.