"The sphere is nature's most efficient shape"
In MYP2 we are asking ourselves "What is nature's shape?". We stopped to look at the sphere from the BBC series called The Code.
Stuff about Mathematics - this blog was set up for the Mathematicians at my school in Thailand. I migrated the contents when I left, so please excuse any images that didn't make the journey. They are bouncing around somewhere in the blogosphere. Image is from my travels in Argentina, 2013. The beautiful natural geometric patterns found in Humahuaca 2013
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Friday, 27 September 2013
Ajarn Hugo shared some very cool stuff that has lots of mathematics to make it so...
please enjoy and click on the link Wave Garden
please enjoy and click on the link Wave Garden
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| 4 of 4 Surfer Quaid Birchell of Morrow Bay CA by Mike Baird licensed under CC by A |
Friday, 20 September 2013
Teeny and Huge Things - magnitude
When we study teeny tiny things and large things from whales to the universe we use scientific notation and names.
Here are some of the sites we used in MYP5 today:
Scale of the Universe
cells and scale - slidy thing
And some more mathematical treats
xkcd measuring the universe
Here are some of the sites we used in MYP5 today:
Scale of the Universe
cells and scale - slidy thing
And some more mathematical treats
xkcd measuring the universe
Tuesday, 17 September 2013
MYP5, Speed of Light - Good Geekery with Minute Physics. Minute Earth
Today we answered some of our bigger questions that emerged from wondering how long light from Earth takes to get to the moon. We used this to explore scientific notation, exponents, large numbers and more.
When I have big questions one of my favourite Youtube Geekery Channels is minute physics - hope you like it too.
We wondered if light would travel forever in the universe and if we could see the light (from a torch) on the moon when we turned it on and off. What can we see from the moon on Earth?
More questions emerged after these videos what is the speed of light in a vacuum (space)? what is the speed of light in water (space)? can animals see more stars than us?
Here are some cool geek videos that answer questions but make you ask even more...
and this for does the torch light beam widen and more
When I have big questions one of my favourite Youtube Geekery Channels is minute physics - hope you like it too.
We wondered if light would travel forever in the universe and if we could see the light (from a torch) on the moon when we turned it on and off. What can we see from the moon on Earth?
More questions emerged after these videos what is the speed of light in a vacuum (space)? what is the speed of light in water (space)? can animals see more stars than us?
Here are some cool geek videos that answer questions but make you ask even more...
and this for does the torch light beam widen and more
Monday, 16 September 2013
Monday, 9 September 2013
"didn't realise it was going to be so hot" - building melts cars in London
One of my favourite articles of the week - so much mathematics in it.
Tall Glass Building Melts parked cars in London in the Guardian, but this next article is just crazy. The architect who designed the car melting buildings in London made the same mistake before, in Las Vegas!
Check out the building making it hot enough to fry eggs in the street.
Tall Glass Building Melts parked cars in London in the Guardian, but this next article is just crazy. The architect who designed the car melting buildings in London made the same mistake before, in Las Vegas!
Check out the building making it hot enough to fry eggs in the street.
Is Maths Real?
A couple of students asked me if numbers were real or did we make them up. How about the bigger question that surrounds numbers, Mathematics itself.
Thanks to Ajarn Brian for sharing this video with me so that I can now share it with you.
Thanks to Ajarn Brian for sharing this video with me so that I can now share it with you.
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