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Lesson From Am erica SMC Conference Saturday 5 th March 2 0 1 1 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Lesson From Am erica SMC Conference Saturday 5 th March 2 0 1 1 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Lesson From Am erica SMC Conference Saturday 5 th March 2 0 1 1 Nevil Hopley PT Maths George W atsons College Edinburgh This talk w ill have a.... Beginning Brief outline of the American experience. Middle Showcasing lesson
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“The 2 0 1 0 Anja S. Greer Conference On Secondary School Mathem atics, Science And Technology”
Stirling SMC Conference, Scotland
1 Day only. You can attend 4 standalone workshops. That’s it.
Anja S. Greer Conference, USA
5 Days long. Choose two courses to follow over the 5 days. Each course has a 2 hour workshop each day. You can also attend 4 other standalone workshops each day.
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Activities from the Courses
Geom eter’s Sketchpad
Noisy Graphs
TI -Nspire
Max Box & Max Cone Warehouse Problem Two or Root Two Teaching Maths Using Computer Algebra Systems Activities from the Standalone W orkshops
TI -Nspire
Parabolic Reflectors Parabola Tangents
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Noisy Graphs
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Max Box & Max Cone
An old favourite ... and a new variant!
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W arehouse Problem
Optim ise the location of a w arehouse to be the m inim um total linear distance from 3 outlets.
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Tw o or Root Tw o
W hen is a lim it ... not a lim it?
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Teaching Maths Using Com puter Algebra System s Video of Elizabeth solving this.
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Elizabeth’s Jotter
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Parabolic Reflectors
W hy w e should teach students about the quadratic function!
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Tangents to a Parabola
I nvestigate the connection betw een the coordinates of tangent points on a parabola and the intersection point of these tangent lines.
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