Here’s my latest Collaborative Project where participants create individual tetrahedrons that are used to build a tetrahedral kite. In the video I describe the steps of the project and show how to tie in the math and science. Click the image to the left to get the lesson plan. For more of these super fun collaborative projects, click here.
I was talking to my youngest son over the winter break about the college courses he had signed up for this next quarter. What he answered surprised me. “I signed up for US Constitutional Issues. I’m SO excited to take this class. The professor is amazing! I took his American History Pre-1865 class last quarter and loved it. He’s so passionate about the material and makes it exciting because he tells it as a story. Plus, he relates it to…
Over three decades ago, psychologist Edward L. Deci began studying human motivation. Since then, his research and collaborations with fellow psychologist Richard M. Ryan, combined with the research of countless others, has given us a framework within which we can come to understand human motivation. This framework, called Self-Determination Theory, developed out of the study of extrinsic (external) and intrinsic (internal) rewards, the two forces that motivate us. So why, specifically, are we motivated to do something? Self-Determination Theory attributes it…
Continue the learning at home! Send your families home with games they can play over and over. Designed around solid mathematical concepts, these Play & Take games encourage skill practice that’s fun and engaging. Supplement one of our Family Math Night kits or use separately. The station includes 6 different games: 2 games for each level-beginning, intermediate, advanced. Each student will go home with a bag of games and game pieces from their level. For a copy of the Play & Take…
I was going through my pile of old magazines and journals trying to let go of issues I know I just don’t have time to read when a photo of Ken Jennings caught my eye on the cover of the Costco Connection. For a wholesale warehouse magazine, I’ve always been impressed with the variety of topics included in their articles. Now, as a quick reminder, Ken Jennings is the longest reigning champion on the t.v. game show Jeopardy. Just appearing…