The 4th/5th grade math classes went on a very interesting field trip to Bee Johnson’s garage, just down the road from North Branch. The class learned about torque, centripetal force, friction and speed. All photos are by Stephanie Gross, thanks for the great shots! And thank you, Bee, for the informative and unique field trip.
Video games in math class? Yes!
Katrien’s middle school math class is doing some unusual work. As an article in The Boston Globe explains, it’s an “innovative math curriculum called Bootstrap, which uses computer coding to help students learn algebra functions in real-life applications, rather than in abstract problem-solving.” Check out this article for more information about the program! I […]
Fibonacci flowers
In Stuart’s math class today, the Seniors are learning about the Fibonacci sequence. These are the flowers they drew to illustrate the numbers.
More from Friday's assembly
At Friday’s assembly, we also listened to several recorder pieces by the Seniors, and a math presentation on fractions. All of the Seniors (24 students) played together on this song, they sounded wonderful: Charlotte’s 4th grade math class showed the school their pie graphs. They divided each class into “slices” of boys and girls and […]
