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Any good suggestions guys!

2006-11-06 18:48:39 · 4 answers · asked by jenny trong 1 in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

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Do demonstrations! For volume, for example, you can show a cone has a third the volume of a cylinder with the same radius by pouring water from a cone to the cylinder. Most students guess that the volumes are about the same and it's a demonstration that sticks in their minds.

Anything outside of the classroom is great (if you can do that). Interactive stuff is always good. Get them to estimate the area of the basketball court or other playing surface. Or figure out how many people you could fill your classroom with if they were all lined up lying down.

2006-11-06 19:05:23 · answer #1 · answered by snoomoo 3 · 0 0

In my experience, the best way to get the attention of high school students is to apply it to their lives. Give them an example of where they might actually use it outside of school and they're more likely to pay attention.

Try a real estate example, since they will all be looking at apartments or houses at some point. Provide them each with a blueprint of a house and ask them to calculate the total area of each one. You may also have them calculate the total bedroom area and bathroom area. Does that have an effect on the price of the house? You could also include some unusually-shaped buildings with circles (castles with towers) or hexagons (a popular shape for public buildings in the 1960s). For followup with a volume example, you could find the volume of the buildings in order to determine which heating and air conditioning unit is needed.

For an example including comparing the volumes of cylinders and cones, consider drinking containers. You can have a tall, skinny cylinder and a short, fat cylinder with the same volume and ask which appears to contain more liquid. Compare those to a cone with the same area.

2006-11-06 19:46:02 · answer #2 · answered by Kylie 3 · 0 0

Assign groups and assign each group a section of the chapter to teach the rest of the class with visuals and of course, they can ask the teacher for help if they need it.

2006-11-06 18:56:26 · answer #3 · answered by Rose 3 · 0 0

there is none! once in a long time will you find someone intrested enough in math so that they will teach themselves and ignore the teacher&classroom.

2006-11-06 22:16:39 · answer #4 · answered by clamcrunchies2 2 · 0 0

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