Sentences with phrase «students about symmetry»

When Gary Rubinstein, a New York City high school math teacher who has dabbled in stand - up comedy, wanted to teach his students about symmetry, he showed them two pictures of movie star Angelina Jolie — one with just the left side of her face reflected back on itself, and one with just the right side reflected.

Not exact matches

It is about finding symmetry between accountability and encouragement, and about being creative and making the material accessible to the students in order to keep them interested.

In this project, students not only apply what they've learned about math formulas, they also learn about the elements of good design, such as proportion, similarity, and symmetry.

Whether out on a field trip or on school grounds, students on a math trail are asked to solve or create problems about objects and landmarks they see; name shapes and composite solids; calculate areas and volumes; recognize properties, similarity, congruence, and symmetry; use number sense and estimation to evaluate large quantities and assess assumptions; and so on.

The online math strategy games allow students to learn about fractions, factors, multiples, symmetry and more, as well as practice important skills like basic multiplication and calculating area — all while having fun.

For example, students can use the built - in camera in iPad to learn about fractals or they can use Apple Pencil and apps like Tayasui Sketches to learn about symmetry.

For example, students can use Apple Pencil and drawing apps to learn about symmetry, or take photos of nature - based spiral patterns in their environment using the iPad's camera to learn about fractals.