Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label education. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Geometry of Nature, Educational Strategy - Video and News

The founders of Geometry of Nature explain the company and the Aboard Spaceship Earth program.

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 Geometry of Nature, Educational Strategy - Video and News.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Geometry skills are innate, Mundurucu Amazon tribe study

Tests given to an Amazonian tribe called the Mundurucu suggest that our intuitions about geometry are innate.

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Geometry skills are innate, Mundurucu Amazon tribe study.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Mind map for the van Hiele Model of Geometric Thought

The van Hiele model is a theory that describes how students learn geometry.

Graphic organizers are visual representations of knowledge, concepts or ideas.
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Mind map for the van Hiele Model of Geometric Thought

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Montessori Students: Sergey Brin, Google Co-Founder - Video and News

At the Breakthrough Learning in the Digital Age conference at Google, Sergey Brin talked about his Montessori education, and how he learned to program a computer.

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Montessori Students: Sergey Brin, Google Co-Founder - Video and News

Montessori Method - Index

The Montessori method is an approach to educating children based on the research and experiences of Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori (1870–1952).
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 Montessori Method - Table of Content.
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Montessori Method - Index


Montessori Visual: Hexagon, Triangle, Parallelogram for Children - Video and News

Using a hexagon, teach your children triangles. Learn how to use the hexagon box in this free educational video clip.

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Montessori Visual Activities: Hexagon, Triangle, Parallelogram for Children - Video and News

Montessori Methods: Geometric Solid for Children - Video and News

Geometric solids help your child identify prims, rectangles, cylinders and more. Learn how to use geometric solids in this free educational video clip.

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Montessori Methods: Geometric Solid for Children - Video and News

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Van Hiele Model Index

In mathematics education, the Van Hiele model is a theory that describes how students learn geometry.

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Van Hiele Model Index.

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Van Hiele Model Index

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Caterpillar Mining Education: Reclamation

"Ground Rules: Mining Right for a Sustainable Future" follows the development of new and operating mines as geologists, engineers and mine managers tackle complex problems and draw on the experiences and achievements of other mine sites to illustrate creative and core concepts of sustainable development and social responsibility. Video presented by Caterpillar Inc.

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 Caterpillar Mining Education: Reclamation.
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Caterpillar Mining Education: Mining and the Environment

Mining and the Environment, Caterpillar Education

"Ground Rules: Mining Right for a Sustainable Future" follows the development of new and operating mines as geologists, engineers and mine managers tackle complex problems and draw on the experiences and achievements of other mine sites to illustrate creative and core concepts of sustainable development and social responsibility. Video presented by Caterpillar Inc.

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 Caterpillar Mining Education: Mining and the Environment.
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Caterpillar Mining Education: Mining and the Environment

Mining and the Community, Caterpillar Mining Education

"Ground Rules: Mining Right for a Sustainable Future" follows the development of new and operating mines as geologists, engineers and mine managers tackle complex problems and draw on the experiences and achievements of other mine sites to illustrate creative and core concepts of sustainable development and social responsibility. Video presented by Caterpillar Inc.

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 Caterpillar Mining Education: Mining and the Community.
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Caterpillar Mining Education: Mining and the Community

Caterpillar Mining Education: Going Underground

"Ground Rules: Mining Right for a Sustainable Future" follows the development of new and operating mines as geologists, engineers and mine managers tackle complex problems and draw on the experiences and achievements of other mine sites to illustrate creative and core concepts of sustainable development and social responsibility. Video presented by Caterpillar Inc.

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 Caterpillar Mining Education: Going Underground.
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Caterpillar Mining Education: Going Underground

Caterpillar Mining Education: Engineering Challenges

"Ground Rules: Mining Right for a Sustainable Future" follows the development of new and operating mines as geologists, engineers and mine managers tackle complex problems and draw on the experiences and achievements of other mine sites to illustrate creative and core concepts of sustainable development and social responsibility. Video presented by Caterpillar Inc.

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 Caterpillar Mining Education: Engineering Challenges.
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Caterpillar Mining Education: Engineering Challenges

Friday, January 15, 2010

Caterpillar Mining Education: Mining and the Modern World

"Ground Rules: Mining Right for a Sustainable Future" follows the development of new and operating mines as geologists, engineers and mine managers tackle complex problems and draw on the experiences and achievements of other mine sites to illustrate creative and core concepts of sustainable development and social responsibility. Video presented by Caterpillar Inc.

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 Caterpillar Mining Education: Mining and the Modern World.
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Caterpillar Mining Education: Mining and the Modern World

Caterpillar Mining Education: Modern Mining

"Ground Rules: Mining Right for a Sustainable Future" follows the development of new and operating mines as geologists, engineers and mine managers tackle complex problems and draw on the experiences and achievements of other mine sites to illustrate creative and core concepts of sustainable development and social responsibility. Video presented by Caterpillar Inc.

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 Caterpillar Mining Education: Modern Mining.
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Caterpillar Mining Education: Modern Mining

Caterpillar Mining Education: Exploration

"Ground Rules: Mining Right for a Sustainable Future" follows the development of new and operating mines as geologists, engineers and mine managers tackle complex problems and draw on the experiences and achievements of other mine sites to illustrate creative and core concepts of sustainable development and social responsibility. Video presented by Caterpillar Inc.

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 Caterpillar Mining Education: Exploration.
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Caterpillar Mining Education: Exploration

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Training Simulator for a Caterpillar 797 Mining Haul Truck

The 797F is the next step in ultra-class mining trucks, designed and built by Caterpillar using components and systems that have evolved through years of rugged mining applications.
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 Training Simulator for a Caterpillar 797 Mining Haul Truck - Video.
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Training Simulator for a Caterpillar 797

Friday, December 18, 2009

Adding technology to geometry class improves opportunities to learn

A new study co-written by a University of Illinois expert in math education suggests that incorporating technology in high school-level geometry classes not only makes the teaching of concepts such as congruency easier, it also empowers students to discover other geometric relationships they wouldn’t ordinarily uncover when more traditional methods of instruction were used.


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 Dynamic Geometry.
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Technology in geometry class

Saturday, October 24, 2009

SAT Math Practice: Essentials of Geometry

Video
The SAT Reasoning Test (formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test) is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a non-profit organization in the United States.

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 SAT Math Practice 3: Tackling Geometry.
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SAT Math Practice: Essentials of Geometry
Level: High School, SAT Prep