131 threads found:
- Safe-T Compass
How to use a Safe-T Compass in geometry class.
- Date of thread's last activity: 7 March 2009
- Euler's formula
Using Euler's formula to determine specifications for building a dome.
- Date of thread's last activity: 11 December 2007
- Geometric constructions
Creating basic geometry constructions with safety compasses or simple
classroom supplies.
- Date of thread's last activity: 19 December 2007
- Geometry attributes
Explanation of bases and faces of 3-dimensional figures.
- Date of thread's last activity: 22 January 2008
- Rotating shapes on a coordinate grid
Helping students understand rotations of figures on a coordinate grid.
- Date of thread's last activity: 10 January 2008
- Teaching area of parallograms
Suggestions for helping students understand why the perpendicular height of a
parallelogram, not its side length, is used to calculate area.
- Date of thread's last activity: 14 February 2008
- Congruent angles
Developing the concept of congruent angles with elementary students.
- Date of thread's last activity: 4 March 2008
- Scale factor
How to teach scale factor to 7th graders.
- Date of thread's last activity: 17 March 2008
- Approximations of pi
Deciding which approximation of pi to use in various situations.
- Date of thread's last activity: 16 March 2008
- Cylinders
Helping students design a cylinder with the optimal volume and minimal
surface area.
- Date of thread's last activity: 29 February 2008
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