Left Brain vs. Right Brain
Math & Science are usually Left Brain, but so many students are BORED in class because they are RIGHT BRAINED!!!
Let them CREATE...Think on their own!!!
Neumonic Devices:
Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally could become
Please Eat More Donuts At Shipleys
Have the students DRAW their own picture and then WRITE a story about the picture.
Very RIGHT BRAINED!
Really? Poetry in MATH??? Why Not? You don't have to create it! THEY DO!!! Have your students write poetry about a math topic. No, all poetry doesn't have to rhyme either. Just make sure that their final product is actually correct math. Just because it rhymes doesn't make it correct math! :)
Why not have them take a drawing of their own or a picture of THEIR choosing and create it on the calculator? It's a great way for them to get more familiar with the calculators and with graphing. If they don't do it correctly....the picture won't turn out correctly either. This can be a very time consuming project though, so make sure to either allow them time in class OR let them come after school and use the calculators for those students who don't own their own (since they are pretty expensive).
I really think I will be doing this one this year because they turn out pretty amazing looking!!! I think they would be a great addition to the hallways at GJHS and there aren't a TON of projects that you can display out in the hallways in the math department.
And yes, they have to do the MATH & they get to DESIGN it and COLOR it!!!
Slope Intercept form of y = mx + b to the tune of the YMCA??? "Y" Not? Or why not create a song to any of the other concepts in math? Have your students make their own song, record it and present it. http://www.lassmath.com/y-mx-b-song
Quadratic Formula in SONG:
Another Song?!?! Why YES!!!
http://youtu.be/79F2QxpjBz0
The Quadratic Formula as Pop Goes The Weasel! :)
Analogies:
Analogies aren't just for the SAT & English classes anymore!!! Why not have students come up with Analogies for MATH!!!
Have the students not only come up with the analogy, but also with the pictures to support it.
- Border = Perimeter
- Land Mass = Area
- Box = Surface Area
- Puffs Cereal = Volume
Turn a topic into a Picture:
Dr. Rich Allen & Wayne Logue have a WHOLE BOOK of these ideas. Here are TWO.
#1: DOG
#2: Quadratic Equation in Pictures
Any other ideas? Why not tap into that unused area of the students' brains and make them think outside of the box. It will make it way more FUN for them AND get them to learn ideas that they might not have! :)
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