I like the coiling path of this electricity.
Resources Teaching
Collection of Science Demonstrations
This is an amazing resource: a collection of science demonstrations from Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture Demonstration Services.
https://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/catalog
There are hundreds of demonstrations in the archive. Each entry includes an in-depth description of the scientific principle(s) on display in the demonstration, as well as detailed instructions on how to execute the demo.
Topics include Newtonian Mechanics, Light and Optics, and Thermal Physics. There is also a collection of mathematical demonstrations, as well as a small set of videos.
And be sure to check out their Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/NatSciDemos
Appreciation
Math Clock
This hangs in our department office.
I await the opportunity to exclaim “It’s already 
Appreciation Student Work Teaching
Math Haiku
There are many reasons I personally love to write, and as a math teacher, I love getting my students writing about math.
One easy way to do this is to have students write math-themed haiku. It’s a simple exercise, it gets students thinking about math in a different way, and the elegance and efficiency of the style is reminiscent of mathematics itself!
So enjoy some math-themed haiku from my Calculus students.
| Solving math problems
Getting lost along the way. You’re on the right track. |
Mathematicians
Must always seek out patterns To make connections. |
| Limit of a curve.
Tangent at infinity. Straight line asymptote. |
Triangles are shapes
They have sharp, pointy edges Don’t let them poke you. |
Got a good math haiku? Let’s hear it!
Related Posts
Challenge NYT
Math Quiz: NYT Learning Network
Through Math for America, I am part of an on-going collaboration with the New York Times Learning Network. My latest contribution, a Test Yourself quiz-question, can be found here:
https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/test-yourself-math-oct-19-2011/
This question is about the costs of providing educational technologies, such as the math software Cognitive Tutor, to students in the United States.