My name is Bridget Simon and I am currently teaching the Algebraic Functions class. It has been a busy week at WKU, which is one reason why this is the first blog I have created. As a brief introduction, I have been teaching high school math for six years and am currently finishing my master’s degree. I have two little girls, Brookelyn (4 years) and London (1 year). Needless to say they keep me very busy. I have also been married to my husband Anthony for 8 years.
As for the classes at WKU I believe I have been challenging the students and expanding their knowledge of Algebra. Tuesday they started learning the material and worked in stations. Yesterday started the hands-on experiments. All of the students gathered data based on an experiment they were performing. Some students got to eat Twizzlers, some had fun bouncing tennis balls, and the others got to measure their arm span against their height. Today the students were given the opportunity to research a topic and use Excel to create a scatterplot. I found out that some students were really good at using Excel and done an awesome job of helping their peers.
Overall, this has been a wonderful week and I have enjoyed getting to know each of these exceptional kids.
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The lessons that you have given to the kids sounds FUN! Thanks for making Algebra exciting for our kids! Sarah is loving it at SCATS!
Your time and efforts are appreciated!!
Thank you so much. That means a lot.
I am trying to make it as interesting as possible. Thank you for your comment and I have enjoyed getting to know Sarah.
Your spaghetti challenge sounded similar to an Odyssey of the Mind “Structure” problem. We had to build a spaghetti bridge to see how much weight it can hold without breaking! Certain design and structural elements emerged from the winning designs. How was yours conducted? I’m sure Sarah enjoy working with you and her fellow “Scampers” in your class. Math is FUN!