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Lesson From Am erica SMC Conference Saturday 5 th March 2 0 1 1 Nevil Hopley PT Maths George W atsons College Edinburgh This talk w ill have a.... Beginning Brief outline of the American experience. Middle Showcasing lesson


  1. Lesson From Am erica SMC Conference Saturday 5 th March 2 0 1 1 Nevil Hopley PT Maths George W atson’s College Edinburgh

  2. This talk w ill have a.... Beginning Brief outline of the American experience. Middle Showcasing lesson activities. And some hands-on stuff. End Will come too soon! And you can dow nload all that you see today from w w w .CalculatorSoftw are.co.uk/ sm c

  3. “The 2 0 1 0 Anja S. Greer Conference On Secondary School Mathem atics, Science And Technology” Stirling SMC Conference, Scotland 1 Day only. You can attend 4 standalone workshops. That’s it. Anja S. Greer Conference, USA 5 Days long. Choose two courses to follow over the 5 days. Each course has a 2 hour workshop each day. You can also attend 4 other standalone workshops each day.

  4. Activities from the Courses Geom eter’s Sketchpad Noisy Graphs TI -Nspire Max Box & Max Cone Warehouse Problem Two or Root Two Teaching Maths Using Computer Algebra Systems Activities from the Standalone W orkshops TI -Nspire Parabolic Reflectors Parabola Tangents

  5. Noisy Graphs

  6. Max Box & Max Cone An old favourite ... and a new variant!

  7. W arehouse Problem Optim ise the location of a w arehouse to be the m inim um total linear distance from 3 outlets.

  8. Tw o or Root Tw o W hen is a lim it ... not a lim it?

  9. Teaching Maths Using Com puter Algebra System s Video of Elizabeth solving this.

  10. Elizabeth’s Jotter

  11. Parabolic Reflectors W hy w e should teach students about the quadratic function!

  12. Tangents to a Parabola I nvestigate the connection betw een the coordinates of tangent points on a parabola and the intersection point of these tangent lines.

  13. W ant More of ‘Lesson from Am erica’? w w w .CalculatorSoftw are.co.uk/ sm c Thank You for choosing to attend this session.

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