Dan Meyer’s “What Can You Do With This?” idea for creating and presenting multimedia math scenarios for kids to explore has got me totally intrigued. I’ve shared his videos with so many people…
And, I’ve been looking for some kind of hand’s-on, building things project for a while now. I haven’t built enough stuff and played with enough tools and toys since leaving the classroom to work online.
And then Dan blogged the following, “I don’t trust myself to be an effective inquiry-based teacher if I’m not living an inquiry-based life. I don’t trust either of us.
What about your discipline has caught your eye this week? What has prompted you to pull out a notebook or your cameraphone or a video camera?”
I realized it’s been a while. So, I am committing to make a WCYDWT video a month this year. And yikes, I’m already 2 months behind!
Ideas for videos you’d love to see produced? Leave suggestions in the comments, please. My partner is a lovely and talented videographer who knows her way around cameras and editing software, and she’s on board!
Recent Tweets
Relating the shape of the Flat Iron Building to the shape of the triangles in the floor tiling of said building
Motion of dropped objects (strobist) as compared to motion of objects tossed upwards initially.
Relationship between different densities of snow and melting times
Showers that are too short and the upsides and downsides of making every shower head at least 7′ tall.
How different sized marshmallows expand when microwaved
How about the relationship between the microwave time & internal temp. of a Hot Pocket? Then you could turn it around and do the fridge. I was planning on doing this at some point, but you’re welcome to steal it.
Good idea. I have a spiffy new meat thermometer so it might be the perfect thing. I don’t know much about microwaves so the question of where and how to position the thermometer for accurate measurements gives me a research project in the meantime.
Am working on one this weekend about just how strong ziplining rope has to be.