I See Math, People

Ever wonder if you’re the only one who sees things differently? After years of teaching math and looking for real world applications to help my students connect the math to life, I’ve realized that this is entirely backwards. We should be looking for the math in the real world around …

Teaching Algebraic Thinking With Spreadsheets, Rube Goldberg Style

When I was teaching high school I developed a course called Senior Math Topics. It was a fourth year of math for future non-math majors. We incorporated history of math, classical problems, the math behind music, art, architecture, encryption, voting and machines. In particular, I had students build a Rube …