East Midlands Branch (with the MA)
Thinking Mathematically
Sat 08 November 2008
With John Mason
Further details nearer the time: put it into your diary now!
Starting with an Isosceles Triangle
Sat 07 Jun 2008
Stephanie Prestage and Pat Perks, University of Birmingham presented Starting with an Isosceles Triangle.
It included:
- A hands-on exploration of Shape and Space
- Inspiration on using the Isosceles Triangle to teach Geometry
- Ideas for teaching in Key Stage 2 to 4
Here are the documents that were used at this meeting:
- Starting with an Isosceles (Powerpoint PDF)
- Geometer’s Sketchpad files (Two in one zipped file)
- Notes and sheets (PDF)
Previous Meetings
Some files from Douglas Butler relating to the MA-ATM meeting addressed by Sue Johnston-Wilder.
Dungeness Lesson Plan
A lesson investigating the properties of the giant Sound Mirror near Dungeness. Web link for further research.
- DungenessLessonPlan.pdf - a Word file for students to work through
- dungeness-parabola.agg - Autograph file (requires v3.2)
- dungeness-parabola.jpg - Image of the Autograph file
<< The Dungeness files in one zip file here
Trevor Fletcher Cycloid
A classic animation from Trevor, generating a Cycliod from circles. You can see the film on our website here.
- FletcherCycloid.agg - Autograph file (requires v3.2)
- FletcherCycloid.png - Image of the Autograph file
<< The Fletcher Cycloid files in one zip file here
Sue Johnston-Wilder’s game with three coins
This is modelled by the Geometric Distribution, with p = 1/8
- Geometric(3heads).agg - Autograph file (requires v3.2)
- Geometric(3heads). png - Image of the Autograph file
<< The Geometric 3 Heads files in one zip file here
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