Preparation+for+the+week+of+7-9-2012

=For Monday 7-9-2012= @http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/teaching/eecd/Domains%20of%20Child%20Development/Science/WhyChildrensDi.htm
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= = =For Tuesday 7-10-2012=
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 * Play**: Select a random object, take a picture of it. Write down all that you know, observe and experience of the object. Next, as you observe the object, generate questions about it. Upload the picture to a wiki page to share with peers. We will use this as part of a classroom activity.
 * Reflect**:What are your beliefs about teaching and learning? Please write your thoughts down in a word processor or on a wiki page, be prepared to revisit them later in the week.
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 * Play**: Sit together with a child in front of a computer. Offer to spend some time doing something new on a computer. Be prepared with some suggestions, ask the child for suggestions. If the child wants to play something then play. If child wants to do something that you don't know how to do, say that you don't know how and ask for help.Observe the child carefully throughout your interaction and keep track of your own emotions and responses to what happens.

= = =For Wednesday 7-11-2012=
 * Reflect**: Please write about your session with the child. Did your observations of your interactions raise any questions? Did you experience anything that was unexpected? Was your interaction with the child consistent with your prior interactions with the child? Did either of you learn anything new? Did either of you develop?
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 * Play**: In the TED video Gupta makes a number of toys from ordinary items that can be related to engineering concepts. Make your own toy and be prepared to bring it to discuss it.
 * Reflect**:How did you feel about being asked to make a toy? What was challenging about the activity? How did you accomplish the task? Did you learn anything from making the toy? Why or why not?

=For Thursday 7-12-2012= View:media type="youtube" key="Tr1qee-bTZI" height="315" width="420" Revised >> V = πr2h - this is a formula for the volume of the cylinder. So now I have a picture and a formula that represents the cylinder. But my cylinder does not look like my water bottle, so I must continue to figure out what I need to come closer to accurately representing my water bottle. = = =For Friday 7-13-2012= Read: View:media type="custom" key="19381584" Play:Make a game out of the most vexing or aggravating aspect of a teacher's day. Be prepared to share your game. Reflect:What is your personal experience of learning on your own this week and learning with the group?
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 * Play:** Use mathematics to describe a phenomenon or object that interests you.
 * 1) Using only your own knowledge, attempt a form of mathematical expression i.e. a formula, graph, etc., including symbolic notation from the other scientific disciplines to describe the object or phenomenon. No descriptive words.
 * 2) Share your thinking, use descriptive words.
 * 3) Reflect:Is there a difference between what you could do before you used the Internet and after the Internet? Was there a change in your thinking about mathematics? What questions or gaps remain?
 * Example: Cylinder is a word that describes a particular geometric form. Without using the descriptive labels we could represent a cylinder with a geometric drawing,So I would make a drawing of a cylinder. I do not recall or know the formula for a cylinder so I did a Google search and found this formula.
 * So my process was to think about a shape that corresponded to the water bottle which was a cylinder, then I drew the shape but I realized that there were details missing and describing the object mathematically means finding some kind of formulaic way of describing object, I know is a formula for cylinder, I just don't know it. I googled it and found the formula for volume, there are also other formulas to calculate surface area of a cylinder. I recognize that the formula for volume with need some numbers so that I could describe the bottle correctly, so the next step would be to make some measurements. However, the bottle is not a smooth cylinder, so there is still much more work that has to be done. Further gaps in my knowledge: I know that all these types of bottles are built the same way and are made using machines. Those machines have precise programs and measures that they need or else each bottle would come out differently. I know that I don't have enough formulas to completely describe the bottle, but I could make an increasingly detailed diagram using precise measurements. And perhaps there is a way to figure out if I have it right by using some sort of deductive reasoning or experimentation. Perhaps I could make a volume measurement using information from my volume formula and work backwards using subtraction. The number of fluid ounces on the bottle would provide a check for my calculations. Then I could probable make a couple of adjustments to my drawing, because my bottle has a rounded top and an narrow waist. It's more like different sized cylinders stacked on each other. The curves on the bottle and the other irregular shapes bother me a little they will throw off my measurements. There's more work to be done, here, it would be cool to use a 3-d modeling tool to go further.
 * The Internet helped me move along, provided the formulas knowledge that I needed, I'm confident that I can do the calculations because I can use a calculator and can look up what radius is, and some of the other unfamiliar equations can be looked up as well. I will have to work on using the formulas but now I have a different context for pursing understanding a formula.