Elementary mathematics

Exploring Coding Introduction The MYP packet was an extraordinary help to get me started on this assignment. It began with asking the question of what my three main interests were at the time; science, art, and technology. Focusing on the latter, I decided to do this project on something I’ve always been fascinated by, the world of coding. After getting a taste of it the previous year through being in the CyberPatriot program at school, which lets students find weaknesses in computer models and…

As we learned in the text this week, no scientific hypothesis, theory or law is valid unless its predictions are in agreement with with experimental results (Shipman, 2016, p. 4). I think Sir Isaac Newton's application of the scientific method made him more successful in his research. Though there were others involved in the "scientific revolution" of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Newton stands out in his work reevaluating concepts of motion, and devising laws of motion that we still…

There are a lot of things that people do to make their home more comfortable, beautiful and worth a bit more money if they were to sell. Should you decide that an outdoor living space would be the perfect addition to your home, you'll have a lot to think about. How you want it to look, how much you are willing to spend and what features you want are all important, but you'll always have to decide if you will do the job yourself or hire a professional contractor. Before you start your outdoor…

October is a long month with no vacation days and many school events. This can be stressful for teachers so they may start a game. The game can consist of something like the Spoon game last year where teachers attacked each other for others spoons. But this proved a bit too stressful for teachers. So this year the game being played by these teachers is a chip game. Who is the Mastermind behind it all? Brian Thomas-Reed, Assistant Principal of Animo Pat Brown Charter High School is the man…

Mathematics is the motor which drives the sciences and is essential to many other subjects. The sciences approach the truth but it is only through the purity of mathematics that we can arrive at complete truth. I am particularly interested in contributing to this research and furthering my understanding of the complex field of mathematics. My inspiration is Alan Turing. I am currently reading the cleverly named 'Alan Turing the Enigma' by Andrew Hodges and marvel at his contributions to the…

fixed. American schools should fix the way we teach mathematics by asking critical questions, changing the textbook examples, and changing the way we come about the right answer. American students are struggling greatly with mathematics. This is a huge concern for our country. One way we can fix how mathematics is taught in America is by asking critical questions. In the article The Art of Asking Thought Provoking Questions in the Mathematics Classroom, by Carmen Bellido, Uroyoán R. Walker…

There was a boy that loved science. His name was James. He was 10 years old. He went to the school and he was the best students in the science class. He was tall. He was intelligent. The days that he goes to school he learned all of science, he knows all the famous scientist, and he knows all the elements of the periodic table and the theory of the atom. He was awesome. In science he got the best grades in the class. After school he goes every day to the museum of science. He likes the museum…

I never thought that I could do 60% of 7th grade math on my own in 2 weeks, and it just seemed like an impossibility! Over the next few days I pondered over what my decision should be. Should I just quit and be placed back in standard math, or should I put in the extra effort to make it into accelerated math? I decided to try and see what I could get done, and it ended up being one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I’m at my desk in math class and suddenly I hear “Sam, would you come here…

The science fair is a way for students to show their science knowledge, problem solving skills, and to show their academic ability. The projects are meant to allow the students to learn more about a subject by creating a question and trying to answer it by question. The science fair is a large project to better the student and help fulfill the desire for knowledge in the science department. For many jobs, task, or even just exercise you need a snack. Lightweight snacks are the easiest to eat…

When I first started high school, I enrolled in the STEM program. Being apart of the program meant I had to double up on science, take accelerated classes, and all of my core classes have a focus on science and math. I struggled in high school, with such a large workload, but STEM taught me to persevere and never give up. One of the qualifications needed to graduate with a STEM medal, is that at the end of high school I had to take an Honors Research class. In this class, I completed a year…