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I've been a high school math educator since 2008, teaching all grades 9 through 12, and all levels from university and college bound to essentials/workplace to special needs learners. My products and ideas have been gilded by the frontlines of my own classroom experience. I'm always looking for an innovative way to teach the subject I love!
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Similar Triangles - Math Rap by CalfordMath
"The tale of a couple of young triangle bachelors, scouting out a party looking to score a few phone numbers..."
[Complete Lyrics Below]
Ernie and Stu put their lines to the test when a cute angle is spotted at a hoppin' party. They rely on their knowledge of similarity, proportionality, and trigonometry to prove their compatibility.
This is a FUN little extra to any trigonometry unit! The more math the students understand, the more innuendos and trig references they'll pick up on.
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10th - 12th
Geometry, Math, Other (Math)
CCSS
HSG-SRT.A.2
, HSG-SRT.A.3
Quadratic Rap & Worksheets (deriving the formula...with swag)
"WHY do I need to know it? WHERE did it come from? HOW can I remember it? Why can't math be more fun? WHEN can I use it?"
The quadratic formula is practically a rite of passage in high school mathematics, and possibly the most famous formula ever taught! This rap and the accompanying worksheets will break it all down and leave you groovin' to "math on beat". It guides students through the process of completing the square for the general standard form equation, then isolating x to arrive a
9th - 11th
Algebra, Music
CCSS
HSA-REI.B.4a
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Experience
I've been a high school math educator since 2008, teaching all grades 9 through 12, and all levels from university and college bound to essentials/workplace to special needs learners. My products and ideas have been gilded by the frontlines of my own classroom experience. I'm always looking for an innovative way to teach the subject I love!
Teaching style
Whenever possible, math should be driven by engaging problems that pull students into the concepts and skills I seek to teach. 'Fruitfully frustrated' is a good place to be :)
I enjoy writing and performing math raps (youtube CalfordMath), integrating Geometer's Sketchpad to bring dynamic understanding, gamifying learning (see my product 'Algebra Tile Factris'), and generally pushing creative limits to make math concepts accessible to my students.
I am aware of students' math stigmas and horror stories. I try to build on their natural math intuitions, sidestepping their perceived inability to 'do math' because they never won a class game of around-the-world with multiplication flash cards in grade 4.
My own education history
Concurrent BSc (honours mathematics) / BEd (intermediate/senior) from Brock University, 2008
Honour Specialist in Mathematics from Queen's University, 2012
Additional Qualification in Computer Studies, 2023
Additional biographical information
I'm an avid recreational chess player. I enjoy music, skateboarding, longboarding, rapping, programming (see my product 'Algebra Tile Factirs' for a computer game example, or my 'Colouring by...' products for an automated worksheet product), and doing math for fun (total geek).
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