The point of the videos were to help students find different ways of solving a maths problem
Day 1: strategies for learning mathematics, this video talked about drawing the problems out, sharing ideas, looking at new ways of seeing the problem, using resources to help and find the salution, and starting with a smaller case.
Day 2: speed is not important, this video talks about how it doesn't matter weather or not you go fast on a maths problem what does matter is that you understand the problem
Day 3: brains grow and change, this video talks about how when you make mistakes your brain grows.
Day 4: believe in yourself, this video talks about how when you believe in your self or have a growth mindset and work on a challenging problem your brain grows.
Day 5: mistakes are powerful, this video explain that when you make a mistake synapses fire in your brain and then you brain grows.
Building Shapes
For this activity we had a rope that was tied to its self so it made a circle and we had to make shapes out of it such as a square, a cube, and a five pointed star. once we got one shape down and convinced to skeptics that it was that shape and had even sides then we moved on to the next shape.
Number Visual Pennies
In this activity we had 100 pennies and we had to make five patterns, one pattern has three stacks the second has five stacks the third has six stacks the fourth has seven stacks and the fifth has nine stacks. There has to be an equal amount of pennies stacked in each pattern but each unique pattern can have a different amount of pennies in the stacks. My group and I decided to split the 100 pennies in to fourths because there were four people, each person had one pattern to do except for one person who had to do two patterns. We ended up with a few extra pennies after we stacked them but one person gave up some pennies from their stack so that those pennies could go on another pattern and make no left over pennies.
One Cut Geometry
This activity had us draw a scalene triangle on a piece of patty paper and try to cut it out with one strait cut and the triangle edges could not be on the edge of the paper. My group and I had trouble getting this one to work but at the end of the second day one of my group members found out how to do it.
Square Mania
In this activity there were two rectangles and you had to see how many squares are in the rectangle and explain why there are that many squares. Then when you finished that you had to find out how many line segments it would take to make 100 squares.
Day 1: strategies for learning mathematics, this video talked about drawing the problems out, sharing ideas, looking at new ways of seeing the problem, using resources to help and find the salution, and starting with a smaller case.
Day 2: speed is not important, this video talks about how it doesn't matter weather or not you go fast on a maths problem what does matter is that you understand the problem
Day 3: brains grow and change, this video talks about how when you make mistakes your brain grows.
Day 4: believe in yourself, this video talks about how when you believe in your self or have a growth mindset and work on a challenging problem your brain grows.
Day 5: mistakes are powerful, this video explain that when you make a mistake synapses fire in your brain and then you brain grows.
Building Shapes
For this activity we had a rope that was tied to its self so it made a circle and we had to make shapes out of it such as a square, a cube, and a five pointed star. once we got one shape down and convinced to skeptics that it was that shape and had even sides then we moved on to the next shape.
Number Visual Pennies
In this activity we had 100 pennies and we had to make five patterns, one pattern has three stacks the second has five stacks the third has six stacks the fourth has seven stacks and the fifth has nine stacks. There has to be an equal amount of pennies stacked in each pattern but each unique pattern can have a different amount of pennies in the stacks. My group and I decided to split the 100 pennies in to fourths because there were four people, each person had one pattern to do except for one person who had to do two patterns. We ended up with a few extra pennies after we stacked them but one person gave up some pennies from their stack so that those pennies could go on another pattern and make no left over pennies.
One Cut Geometry
This activity had us draw a scalene triangle on a piece of patty paper and try to cut it out with one strait cut and the triangle edges could not be on the edge of the paper. My group and I had trouble getting this one to work but at the end of the second day one of my group members found out how to do it.
Square Mania
In this activity there were two rectangles and you had to see how many squares are in the rectangle and explain why there are that many squares. Then when you finished that you had to find out how many line segments it would take to make 100 squares.
A habit that I used in these problems was mainly conjecture and test because I didn't know what to start with or anything so i just guessed what the start of the problem may be based on what I normally do with these sort of problems. Another habit that used during this week was that I stayed some what organized like when I did square mania with finding how many squares there were.
I think that this week has set the tone of what maths class will look like and how I should work to understand the problems finish the work and turn it in.