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What’s My Question (Introduction)

  • September 9

Viewing the world through a mathematical lens is a great and easy tool to practice in our daily lives. We organize various math walks and video tours to help grow wonderful mindset. Here, we outline some of the steps we take to interact with math in the world around us and to create place-based, math learning opportunities. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant DRL 2115393. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in... CONTINUE READING

What’s My Question – Geometric Shapes & Transformations

  • September 9

We take a look at the math theme of geometric shapes and transformations, practicing how to find shapes in the space around us and using basic starter questions to begin to analyze what we see. Follow along with us as we put these methods to the test in the Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant DRL 2115393. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of th... CONTINUE READING

What’s My Question – Math Patterns

  • September 9

We discuss starter questions related to the math theme of patterns, ways that things behave at regular intervals and increments in the world around us. Join us as we demonstrate our own pattern-related questions we were inspired to ask while at the Dallas Zoo! This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant DRL 2115393. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily... CONTINUE READING

What’s My Question – Estimation, Quantity, and Scale

  • September 9

Estimation, quantity, and scale help us understand aspects of the world around us that we can’t always interact with directly – these tools help us understand large objects and numbers, and ways to represent them. We discuss the questions students at the St. Philip’s School and Community Center posed within this math theme to show just how intuitive this can be! This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant DRL 2115393. Any opinions, findings, an... CONTINUE READING