The first new Algebra 2 student screencast playlist of the year is now online!
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Carl Sagan’s Birthday
Yesterday was a grand day — It was Carl Sagan’s birthday!
Here are three great ways to learn more about one of the most legendary humans ever to walk the earth.
Astounding Carl Sagan Quotes About the Wonders of the Cosmos
The Pale Blue Dot – Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey
Also, if you have access to Netflix, I so very highly recommend watching Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.
Anyone else up for hosting our own Carl Sagan Day here at Williston?
STEM Scholarships at Elms College
Check out this great opportunity:
Elms College, with a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), will begin awarding full scholarships in the Fall of 2015 for first year students majoring in Biology (except pre-medical and education tracks), Chemistry, Mathematics, or Computer Information Technology (CIT). The scholarships range from $3,800 – $10,000 a year until graduation at Elms College. Review of applications will begin February 1st 2015, and applicants will be informed of scholarship decisions in late March 2015.
In addition to the scholarships, the Elm STEMs program will include science field trips, career seminars, research opportunities, and science and tech internships. For more information on the Elm STEMs scholarship and applying to Elms College, please see our website http://www.elms.edu/elmstems.
Nina Theis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
Director of Elm Stems NSF grant
Elms College
291 Springfield St
Chicopee, MA 01013 U.S.A.
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New things to check out!
A few fun items were shared at today’s math department meeting that are worth checking out:
A interesting article (with lots of comments) written by an educator who shadowed a student for two days.
Fluid Math, a math program for tablets:
Two super fun math-related movies coming out soon!
“The Imitation Game” about Alan Turing, premiering on 11/28/14:
“The Theory of Everything” about Stephen Hawking, premiering on 1/1/15:
Is math discovered or invented?
TED-Ed just posted a great new video.
Thoughts?
New student screencasts: Arc length
A brand new playlist of student screencasts just went up in AP Calculus BC: 8.2 – Arc Length
Turing and Parametric Equations
This morning I have a presentation promoting the Math Team during Parents’ Weekend assembly:
Also, a new student screencasts playlist is now online: 4.8 – Parametric Equations
The whole department!
We had a fantastic time today during our @WillistonNS math dep meeting! The whole band was together! @iWilliston pic.twitter.com/ULVyWsd6p8
— Josh Seamon-Ingalls (@MrJoshSeamon) October 23, 2014
New student screencasts
A new and super awesome round of student screencasts is now online:
7.4 – Algebraic Identities & Trigonometric Substitutions (AP Calculus BC)
New student screencasts
The first student screencasts of the school year are now online:
Lots more to come!