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20 Things New Teachers Need to Know - 0 views

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Ideas for starting and ending year on a positive note and everyday in between.

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f(t): Trig Reference Angle Cheat Hand - 0 views

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A "handy" way to remember the sin and cos values of 5 reference angles.

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The Learning Network provides teaching and learning materials and ideas based on New York Times content. Teachers can use or adapt our lessons across subject areas and levels. Students can respond to our Opinion questions, take our News Quizzes, learn the Word of the Day, try our Test Yourself questions, complete a Fill-In or read our Poetry Pairings.
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Kim Ammons on 26 May 13

The Learning Network is a blog maintained by the New York Times which includes daily lesson plans and "test yourself" questions across all subject areas which relate to current NY Times stories.

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WWII Enigma Machine: The Enigma Project - YouTube - 0 views

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The Enigma Project from Cambridge University is a presentation by Dr James Grime about the fascinating history and mathematics of codes and code breaking. From the Greeks and Romans to the modern day, including a demonstration of a genuine World War II Enigma Machine.
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Kim Ammons on 26 May 13

The Enigma Machine used by the Nazis in WWII enciphered messages using a series of wires and rotors, and it took mathematicians Marian Rejewski and Alan Turing to decipher this complex coding machine.

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Can whiz kid dropouts make it in the tech world? - 0 views

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Some folks in Silicon Valley and elsewhere say a conventional education can't possibly give kids with outsize talents what they need. Others, like Vivek Wadhwa, a fellow at Stanford Law School who teaches and advises startup companies, say dropping out to pursue a dream is like "buying a lottery ticket — that's how good your odds are here. More likely than not, you will become unemployed. For every success, there are 100,000 failures."
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Kim Ammons on 26 May 13

What can we do about those students who are considering dropping out because their knowledge and abilities are far beyond what their high school curriculum can offer?

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This article is a great example that the focus shouldn't just be on the test scores, but that the effort the students' make is crucial. It shows that, once again, the input reflects in the output.

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GIF for Prime and Composite Numbers - 0 views

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An animation regarding prime and composite numbers. It demonstrates the Sieve of Erastothenes which is a method/algorithm for finding prime numbers.

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Just an idea when teaching kids about axes of symmetry. It might make them more invested in the lesson.

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Inflationary Language - 0 views

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Victor Borge demonstrates what the English language might be like if it followed the economy's pattern of inflation. It's highly amusing!

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Youtube Video Showing comparison volumes of a cube and Pyramid - 0 views

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Short video showing the relative volumes of a square pyramid and a cube with the same dimensions. Allows students to understand the origin of the volume formula for square pyramids.

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Applet for checking boolean logic using Venn diagrams - 0 views

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Venn Diagrams NLVM boolean logic applet

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A nice applet from the National Library of Virtual Manipulates allows students to test their understand of boolean logic using Venn diagrams.

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An online compendium of mathematical proofs

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Exposing Hidden Homophobia | Teaching Tolerance - 0 views

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An example of a teacher combating her students' homophobia and teaching tolerance

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Several districts moving to 4-year high schools | ksl.com - 0 views

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Many 3-year Utah high schools are looking to move to 4-year schools.

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Calculator Instructions for Statistics Using the TI-83, TI-83 plus, or TI-84 - 0 views

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As I started reviewing statistics this month in preparation for a class I'm taking this summer, I came across this short gem! It gives some very straightforward directions for some basic (but important) statistics functions on the graphing calculator.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">As I started reviewing statistics this month in preparation for a class I'm taking this summer, I came across this short gem! It gives some very straightforward directions for some basic (but important) statistics functions on the graphing calculator.</div>

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What teachers really want to tell parents - CNN.com - 0 views

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This summer, I met a principal who was recently named as the administrator of the year in her state. She was loved and adored by all, but she told me she was leaving the profession. I screamed, "You can't leave us," and she quite bluntly replied, "Look, if I get an offer to lead a school system of orphans, I will be all over it, but I just can't deal with parents anymore; they are killing us."
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Kim Ammons on 26 May 13

Sometimes difficult parents can drive away the best of teachers, but so too can difficult teachers make life hard for parents. How can we best foster positive cooperation between educators and parents?

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E is for Explore!: Take Me Out To The Ballgame - 0 views

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Geometry of baseball

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Algebra 1 Teachers - Resources for implementing Common Core math. : How to Get Kids Thi... - 0 views

Marissa Utterberg on 26 May 13

Simple suggestions that force students to "think math"

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ITC - Use Technology In Grades 9-12 Math - Integrating Technology In The Classroom - Yo... - 0 views

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Some examples of the major types of technology that can be used in high school math classes.

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The series "Doodling in Math Class" on Youtube shows you different ways of looking at different mathematical concepts.

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20 Things New Teachers Need to Know - 0 views

f(t): Trig Reference Angle Cheat Hand - 0 views

The Learning Network - The Learning Network Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views

WWII Enigma Machine: The Enigma Project - YouTube - 0 views

Can whiz kid dropouts make it in the tech world? - 0 views

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GIF for Prime and Composite Numbers - 0 views

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Inflationary Language - 0 views

Youtube Video Showing comparison volumes of a cube and Pyramid - 0 views

Applet for checking boolean logic using Venn diagrams - 0 views

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Exposing Hidden Homophobia | Teaching Tolerance - 0 views

Several districts moving to 4-year high schools | ksl.com - 0 views

Calculator Instructions for Statistics Using the TI-83, TI-83 plus, or TI-84 - 0 views

What teachers really want to tell parents - CNN.com - 0 views

E is for Explore!: Take Me Out To The Ballgame - 0 views

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