kendalyn+paulin

My name is Kendalyn and I hope to teach high school mathematics and perhaps even coach soccer at the high school level. I am currently observing at T.L. Hanna High School and I play ultimate frisbee for the Clemson Women's Club team as well as the Charleston Based Touche Women's Club team.
 * About Me:**


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 * Here is a video I found of an entertaining teacher doing an Integer Cheer. I find this very funny and it definitely sticks in your head.**


 * The following is a lesson found on www.realworldmath.com at: Measurement Lesson**

The name of the lesson is Complex Area Problems and it is under the measurements lessons. The grade level is 6-8 and the math topic involves using area formulas, measurement, rates, proportion and problem solving.  The approach is using Google Earth and selecting three fields in Minnesota. The students are to use the ruler function on Google Earth to find the area of these fields using their knowledge of parallelograms and triangles. The second part of the lesson is deciding how much profit a crop will yield after being given a problem. The students should learn how to use rates, area formulas and proportions.

One strength of this lesson is that it uses technology to show that areas can be applied to real world situations. Another stregnth of the lesson is that Google Earth is free software so that obtaining a copy is really easy. The weakness of the lesson is that not much mathematical thinking is involved. Students are given directions and they find the correct formula to use. This would be appropriate for my future math class if used as a warm up or a review. The content is a little below a high school level. I would change the content by asking the students to develop new ways to find the areas of the fields without being given formulas.


 * Google SketchUp Project**

Here is the file I created with the mathematical problem.Sketch Up can be used in multiple ways to help teachers create visual problems. It is also easy to use, and free to download. Students can even create their own problems and share with others. My problem is about the volumes of two cylinders. It is helpful to see this visually and to explore the concept with a better view than hand drawing it.