Simplex & The Science Of Burger Making
The simplex algorithm, sometimes dubbed the world’s most powerful, sits at the heart of linear programming. Classically the subject of tertiary-level study, Dantzig’s simplex algorithm can be used to solve important problems like how to make a ‘better’ burger patty. …
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General Resources, Videos for Learning
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CLASSPAD FXCP400, FXCG20/50AU
DOGBALL 2.0 – A Study of Bounce – Part 1
Dogball is an enigma. The bouncy toy exterior hides a rich yet accessible modelling task within; a delicious intersection of maths and science, a potential PSMT/Folio task for Stage 1 Mathematical Methods featuring low floor, high ceiling and room for …
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General Resources, Videos for Learning
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CLASSPAD 300/330, CLASSPAD FXCP400, FX9860GAU, FXCG20/50AU
DOGBALL 2.0 – A Study of Bounce – Part 2 (Solution)
Below is a video outlining a solution answering the questions posed in the resource “Dogball 2.0 – A Study of Bounce – Part 1“. It is not intended to be the best or only way to answer these questions. It …
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General Resources, Videos for Learning
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CLASSPAD 300/330, CLASSPAD FXCP400, FX9860GAU, FXCG20/50AU
As Big As Can Be
The introductory videos introduce students to a complete unit of work, a study of quadratic functions. The unit starts with a geometric optimisation problem (paper folding) that prompts students to ask the question “is that as big as can be?” …
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Replacement Units, Videos for Learning
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CLASSPAD 300/330, CLASSPAD FXCP400, FX100AU, FX82AU, FX9860GAU, FXCG20/50AU
Generosity – an approach to fractions and percentages.
This unit uses the context of generosity to introduce a need to have a fractional way of thinking about something.
It develops a way of thinking about fractions – the for-every idea – that is the elusive multiplicative model.
Developed over about 5 years, this approach has been tried and seems to work. 🙂
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General Resources
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CLASSPAD 300/330, CLASSPAD FXCP400, FX100AU, FX82AU, FX9860GAU, FXCG20/50AU
Logarithms – when adding is multiplying (9860)
This unit aims to provide a simple/useful way to thing about logarithms when first meting them.
We use two examples of “hard” to graph data (due to the extreme range in the values) to alert students to the idea of thinking about a number as its power, as opposed to its absolute value.
The rest of the unit aims to establish a way to think about calculating with logarithms that will set a sound foundation for later on and that builds on their knowledge of ‘indices’ from previous years.
Exponential and trigonometric functions
A selection of documents that share some nice ideas about exponential functions, trigonometric functions and a lovely context where both concepts come together.
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General Resources
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CLASSPAD 300/330, CLASSPAD FXCP400, FXCG20/50AU
A quick list of sample means.
Download a program that will creates the number of samples you desire, of a size you define from a normal population with standard deviation and mean you define.
Developing ways-of-thinking about the ideas that form calculus
This video and documents outline a 4 session course that aim to assist students to develop the optimal ways-of-thinking about the ideas that underpin calculus.
The Confidence Interval for a Proportion
Understanding the confidence interval for a population proportion (p) This video is a Zoom-recording of a virtual lecture/talk, in which the presenter shares a tried and proven way to present the ideas that underpin the confidence interval for a population …