Posts Tagged ‘mathchat’
Experimentation at KS5 – not just one variable at a time
I’ve blogged in the past about my attempts to challenge the widely held belief that for experiments to be “fair” you must control ALL the variables you can and ONLY ...
Comedy is ruining the economy – Good data gone bad
Comedy films are killing the economy. You heard it first here at www.glengilchrist.co.uk. Remember that come the revolution.
Joking aside, the Internet Movie Data based (IMDB) is a wonderful ...
Excel Graph Paper Maker v1.2
Funny how things can become an obsession. Having been off for a few days with (what looks like) shingles on my face / eyes, I was looking for something to ...
Excel graph paper – version 1.1
I hadn’t intended to create a new version so soon, but the feedback from the first release caused some bug fixes, a tidy of the macro code and the inclusion ...
Rounding numbers in Excel
One of my many pet “peeves” with ICT in the Science classroom is that the learners “never know” what I want them to, so that I can just use the ...
Balancing chemical equations using linear systems – OMG moment
I have never come across this before — but in retrospect I should have and wish it had dawned on me previously.
In my continued attempts to draw together Maths and ...
Integrating Science and Maths – weekly team meeting #1
As part of the ongoing push to both align Science and Maths teaching AND to raise the profile of Numeracy, we’ve just set up a weekly meeting between myself (STL ...
Advanced PowerPoint #2 – Adding Latex to PowerPoint
Two PowerPoint related posts on one day….
In using PowerPoint to scaffold my teaching, I’ve hit the bane of mathematicians and scientists — equations. Sure you can try and format them ...
Integrating Science and Maths #5 Surface Area to Volume Ratio
One of the classic heat transfer experiments in schools is a demonstration of penguins huddling together (simulated by test tubes full of hot water) – to demonstrate that heat transfer ...
Integrating Science and Maths #4 – Pinhole Camera
Year 10 Top Set Science discussing how pin hole cameras work. Diagram above projected on the white board and discussion over how / why the image is inverted.
The “triangles” are ...
Integrating Science and Maths #3 – Olympic Data
I’ve blogged in the past about the drive to more seamlessly integrate the terminology of Science and Maths, to develop transferable skills between the the subject and to remove the artificial ...
Book review: Edexcel GCSE Statistics Student Book
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Edexcel GCSE Statistics Student Book (Paperback)
By (author): Ms Gillian Dyer, Ms Jane Dyer, Keith Pledger, Mr David Kent, Mr Gordon Skipworth
Everything a student needs to ensure exam success!
This ...
Maths – failure is an option
No excuses here — this is going to be a rambling bemoaning of my past two days….
Yesterday I spent a frantic hour with my Year 11 Maths class, trying to ...
Integrating maths and science teaching #2
Twelve months ago I blogged about my frustrations in teaching maths & science and learners (seemingly) inability to transfer skills from one subject to another.
What I’ve been surprised over is ...
Statistically overclocking an android phone
I keep coming back to looking for opportunities to teach experimental design in a different manner than “one variable at a time.” Today’s example is overclocking an android phone.
Once you ...
Unquestioned science / maths
As its’s the holidays I’ve been noticing things – not just decorating and the dog needing washing, but real, educational stuff.
I’ve been posting on Lightbox piccies taken with my phone ...
(Education) Bucket list….
Friday 6th April 2012 was a big day for me. Yes, it was my 40th birthday and yes, I’m feeling very mortal, but the big event for me, was seeing ...
Is TV killing your subject?
What a lovely emotive question and one that I’ve posed like that to stir the reactionary heart strings. In this case though, I’m not bemoaning the TV as the harbinger ...
Main effects analysis
I’ve blogged in the past about my desire to be able to teach learners a more rounded approach to experimental design. Previously, I’ve written about One Variable at a Time in ...
PLNs and peer collaboration
Like most people when I started blogging and tweeting I had three parts of my personality that I wanted to feed the needs of:
The learn from a like minded set ...
