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Examine Math Mistakes from Our Everyday Lives

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Sara VanDerWerf's Real-Life Math Mistakes
· Appropriate for: Use in class · Available: Problems · Readiness: Resources can be used as they are · Engagement: 3 = very engaging

Sara Van Der Werf is a teacher in Minnesota, who has been teaching middle school and high school students for the past 24 years. She writes about teaching on her highly-recommended blog. For the past three years, Sara has collected photographs of math mistakes taken from everyday life, both from the world around her and from the internet. The mistakes come from stores, signs, newspapers, TV, advertisements, etc.). Continue reading Examine Math Mistakes from Our Everyday Lives →

Connecting Environmental Data with Real Life

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Statistics for Action
· Appropriate for: Use in class · Available: Lessons, Texts/Readings, Problems · Readiness: Resources can be used as they are · Engagement: 3 = very engaging

Statistics for Action aims to help adults understand how to read and interpret data, and shares resources with which to do that in a classroom or community setting.
The site is focused primarily on data about environmental issues, air pollution, toxins in our drinking water or soil, chemicals in our food.  Because of this, it is easy to draw connections from the materials to students’ lived experiences. Continue reading Connecting Environmental Data with Real Life →