Let's Talk Math
Shaker Heights, Ohio, United States
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Let's Talk Math is a place where you will find resources that often combine mathematics and literacy. If you are looking for creative projects that push students to see the real-world connections between concepts they are learning in the classroom and applications beyond the classroom, you've come to the right place!
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Centroid Mobile Project
This project allows students to master constructing the centroids of different types of triangles (right, obtuse, acute and isosceles). If successful, students will "see" visually with their mobile that the centroid is the center of gravity and is unique for creating a point of balance. There is an interesting real world connection to art with students constructing a mobile of their own.
9th - 10th
Applied Math, Geometry, Math
CCSS
HSG-CO.D.12
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Let's Talk Math is a place where you will find resources that often combine mathematics and literacy. If you are looking for creative projects that push students to see the real-world connections between concepts they are learning in the classroom and applications beyond the classroom, you've come to the right place!
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Teaching style
I believe in a reform-based mathematics classroom. What do I mean by this? A classroom where the teacher is a facilitator of student learning rather than just the "expert" in the room. My classroom has students seated in groups and has a lot of noise (productive noise!) where students are talking and sharing their ideas about mathematics.
Awards & shining teacher moments
In 2011, I was one of 22 teachers chosen by the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) to visit South Africa as part of a cultural teaching exchange program for secondary school teachers. You can read about my experiences in my blog My Time In Tweespruit https://carolinemarkel.blogspot.com/2010/07/
My own education history
I am most proud that I recently completed my doctorate in Urban Education with a specialization in Policy Studies.
Additional biographical information
I have been teaching mathematics for 20 years. Most of my experience is at the high school level but there are a couple of years of middle school in that time too! I am a mom of 3 boys and live with my husband in the same town that I work. My happy place is in my classroom with a coffee in hand - hot or iced, it doesn't really matter as long as I'm caffeinated!
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