#movemeon – the book

Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: December 22nd, 2009
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What happened when Doug Belshaw asked educators to share hints and tips using Twitter and the #movemeon hashtag?  Lots of people joined in to share their ideas and create a really interesting crowd-sourced resource.

Doug created an archive of the tweets using Twapperkeeper, which is great,  but it’s not likely to reach teachers that [...]

Lining Up

Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: November 16th, 2009
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I really like using photos as a starting point to get my students talking about maths. I used this slideshow [PowerPoint] with Y7 to get them talking about parallel and perpendicular lines.

Parallel Perpendicular View more presentations from Lois Lindemann.

All the photos are taken in Sheffield; I’ve found that pictures of our local [...]

STEM Trail at Weston Park Museum

Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: November 15th, 2009
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The museum in Weston Park, Sheffield is an interesting place to visit, with exhibits that cover a wide range of subjects – the museum describes itself as being a place to “explore the world and its past, from millions of years ago to the present day”.

Unfortunately, my planned trip there last week was something of an epic FAIL. We were supposed to be trying out a STEM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Maths) trail that I’ve written, but alas, as a result of good old circumstances beyond our control our trip was cancelled.

In view of the fact that this was the best school trip that I’ve never been on, I thought I’d blog it anyway! (On a less flippant note, other teachers at my school are going to use this trail, and I have to put the teacher notes somewhere, so here they are.)

The STEM trail is intended to encourage students to explore Weston Park Museum and learn from some of the displays, but it could easily be adapted to suit other locations or projects.

The trail [Publisher file] [pdf] (uses three sections of the museum [map]:

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Teachmeet North West

Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: October 5th, 2009
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I’ve wanted to go to a Teachmeet for ages, but somehow other things kept getting in the way. Last Friday, I finally made it.

(If you are thinking, ‘What’s a Teachmeet?’ then click here)

A few friends and colleagues clearly thought I was a bit mad (You’re driving to Manchester? The rain! [...]

The Link

Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: October 1st, 2009
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I’ve been trying to find a way to share ideas with my colleagues in the maths department, but I’ve been finding this much more difficult than I expected. This is no reflection on my colleagues – they’re a great bunch of people who are really open to new ideas. It is a reflection on my [...]

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