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The Oldest Person You've Known
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Bush, Sarah B.; Karp, Karen S.; Albanese, Judy; Dillon, Fred – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2014
What better way to interest students in mathematics than using a Super Bowl® commercial? A Prudential® insurance commercial aired during the Super Bowl in 2013 was the impetus for this lesson (see it here on You-Tube™: http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=IsNiKGMSHUQ). In the commercial, four hundred people were polled on "How Old Is the Oldest…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Middle School Students, Grade 6
Body Fractions: A Physical Approach to Fraction Learning
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Mills, Judith – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2011
Many students experience great difficulty understanding the meaning of fractions. For many students who have spent their early mathematics lessons focusing on counting (whole) numbers, recognising that there are many numbers between those whole numbers called fractional numbers, is quite revolutionary. The foundation of understanding fractions is…
Descriptors: Numbers, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Teaching Methods
Creating Problems and Their Solutions: Service-Learning through Trinity Mathematics Triathlons, Math Nights, and Math Centers
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Klanderman, David B.; Moore, Mary Webster; Maxwell, Mandi S.; Robbert, Sharon K. – PRIMUS, 2013
We describe several service-learning initiatives implemented by the mathematics and education departments. College students with majors and minors in math and math education have helped to design and implement math events for elementary and middle school students. Formal and informal reflections on these service-related experiences have…
Descriptors: Service Learning, College Students, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Activities
Learning Science through History
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Brodie, Eleanor – Primary Science, 2010
This article discusses how the author has developed and managed a collection of exciting resources that aim to aid transition from primary to secondary school by tackling science topics through historical contexts. Working with teachers at both primary and secondary level, the Double Crossed project has designed two exciting cross-curricular…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, History, Interdisciplinary Approach
The Animated Classroom: Using Japanese Anime to Engage and Motivate Students
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Ruble, Julie; Lysne, Kim – English Journal, 2010
Each year, seventh graders at Woodlawn School in Davidson, North Carolina, learn about Japan through a compilation of literature, history, and art. They are introduced to a wide range of ideas and materials: they study the Heian and Tokugawa Periods as well as modern Japan, the code of the samurai warriors, haiku and its components, and Japanese…
Descriptors: Visual Arts, Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Student Motivation
No Enemies in Aliceville: A Seventh Grade Writing Project Takes on a Deeper Meaning, Thanks to a Piece of Local History that Time Forgot
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Davidson, Alice – Teaching Pre K-8, 2005
In this article, the author shares her experience of participating in "The Novel Process" workshop, given by Roz Morris in Hoover, Alabama, for her seventh grade advanced reading class at Robert F. Bumpus Middle School. "The Novel Process" is a year-long writing project that culminates in the publication of a novel that…
Descriptors: Writing Workshops, Grade 7, Middle School Students, Writing for Publication