Math Arguments
Problems, Questions, and Puzzles to spark discussion and argument in the maths classroom.
Rose Petals
Go to this page at Desmos, and hit play. Explain what you see and why it is behaving that way.
There is obvious symmetry in the figure at each value of a but should we be defining something new to describe the sequence of images? A dynamic symmetry, of sorts?
What other mathematical aspects of this caught your attention? What do you wonder about the situation?
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— Dylan Kane (@math8_teacher) May 3, 2015
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Noticing and wondering is a tool to help students:
- Understand the story, the quantities, and the relationships in the problem.
- Understand what the problem is asking and what the answer will look like. Have some ideas to begin to solve the problem.
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Noticing and wondering is a tool to help students:
- Understand the story, the quantities, and the relationships in the problem.
- Understand what the problem is asking and what the answer will look like. Have some ideas to begin to solve the problem.
More Here at NCTM
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