Rugby Conversion Kicks and the Application of Right-Angled Trigonometry
From the sporting context of a rugby player attempting a conversion kick comes an application of right-angled trigonometry. The question “where to kick from?” leads to the consideration of how an angle of view changes as distances change and ultimately …
Category:
General Resources, Videos for Learning
Technology:
CLASSPAD 300/330, CLASSPAD FXCP400, Classpad/CAS, FX9860GAU, FXCG20/50AU, Graphics/Non-CAS
Rugby Conversion Kicks and the Application of Right-Angled Trigonometry – Teacher Edition
From the sporting context of a rugby player attempting a conversion kick comes an application of right-angled trigonometry. The question “where to kick from?” leads to the consideration of how an angle of view changes as distances change and ultimately …
Category:
General Resources, Videos for Learning
Technology:
CLASSPAD 300/330, CLASSPAD FXCP400, Classpad/CAS, FX9860GAU, FXCG20/50AU, Graphics/Non-CAS
DOGBALL 2.0 – A Study of Bounce – Part 1
Dogball is an enigma. The bouncy toy exterior hides a rich yet accessible modelling task within; a delicious intersection of maths and science, a potential PSMT/Folio task for Stage 1 Mathematical Methods featuring low floor, high ceiling and room for …
Category:
General Resources, Videos for Learning
Technology:
CLASSPAD 300/330, CLASSPAD FXCP400, FX9860GAU, FXCG20/50AU
DOGBALL 2.0 – A Study of Bounce – Part 2 (Solution)
Below is a video outlining a solution answering the questions posed in the resource “Dogball 2.0 – A Study of Bounce – Part 1“. It is not intended to be the best or only way to answer these questions. It …
Category:
General Resources, Videos for Learning
Technology:
CLASSPAD 300/330, CLASSPAD FXCP400, FX9860GAU, FXCG20/50AU
As Big As Can Be
The introductory videos introduce students to a complete unit of work, a study of quadratic functions. The unit starts with a geometric optimisation problem (paper folding) that prompts students to ask the question “is that as big as can be?” …
Category:
Replacement Units, Videos for Learning
Technology:
CLASSPAD 300/330, CLASSPAD FXCP400, FX100AU, FX82AU, FX9860GAU, FXCG20/50AU
DOGBALL
Below you can access: DOGBALL.pdf – a currently-brief but mostly complete summary of the activity you experienced. vdbcgraw.csv – the csv file of the data we used in the activity – which is a subset of the data that was …
Category:
General Resources
Technology:
CLASSPAD 300/330, CLASSPAD FXCP400, FX9860GAU, FXCG20/50AU
Generosity – an approach to fractions and percentages.
This unit uses the context of generosity to introduce a need to have a fractional way of thinking about something.
It develops a way of thinking about fractions – the for-every idea – that is the elusive multiplicative model.
Developed over about 5 years, this approach has been tried and seems to work. 🙂
Category:
General Resources
Technology:
CLASSPAD 300/330, CLASSPAD FXCP400, FX100AU, FX82AU, FX9860GAU, FXCG20/50AU
Mental-jaunt #2 (February 4, 2014)
jaunt (noun) a short excursion or journey for pleasure mental-jaunt (noun) a short mental excursion or mental journey for pleasure, nothing too heavy! Mental-jaunts are trails that will evoke certain ways of thinking that are very helpful both in understanding more complex …
Mental-jaunt #1 (Feb 14, 2013)
To students (of all ages):
**jaunt (noun)**
a short excursion or journey for pleasure
**mental-jaunt (noun)**
a short mental excursion or mental journey for pleasure, nothing too heavy!
Have a go at mental-jaunt #1 – a wee journey with numbers.
CGA21 Finding the roots of polynomials
This short video shows how to find the roots of a polynomial function up to degree 6, using the Equation app of a CASIO fx-CG series graphics calculator. CG20 AU and CG50 AU versions presented.