Comments on: How Do You Turn Something Interesting Into Something Challenging? /2010/how-do-you-turn-something-interesting-into-something-challenging/ less helpful Sat, 20 Jul 2013 22:41:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Price of Liquids | WNCP Orchestrated Experiences for High School Math /2010/how-do-you-turn-something-interesting-into-something-challenging/#comment-979579 Sat, 20 Jul 2013 22:41:41 +0000 /?p=5633#comment-979579 […] This activity is modified from Dan Meyer’s version. […]

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]]> By: Nik /2010/how-do-you-turn-something-interesting-into-something-challenging/#comment-567543 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:22:33 +0000 /?p=5633#comment-567543 Looks awesome Dan,

I’m gonna use this to kick off the work we do on ratio and best buys for my GCSE resit students in a couple of weeks.

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]]> By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » [anyqs] Speed Of Light /2010/how-do-you-turn-something-interesting-into-something-challenging/#comment-319524 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:10:58 +0000 /?p=5633#comment-319524 […] another. Again, these are push-ups to me. If I don't make an exercise out of turning interesting things into challenging things, the result is that I become less interested in things altogether. Here's the original thing that […]

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]]> By: Matt /2010/how-do-you-turn-something-interesting-into-something-challenging/#comment-300964 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:07:53 +0000 /?p=5633#comment-300964 Best Maths lesson ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This worked so well. I really left them hanging to calculate the unit volume on their own. Kids who I have rarely seen use a calculator ended up getting one and giving it a go. Brilliant!

]]> By: Number of Kids Per Family Problem « Between the Walls /2010/how-do-you-turn-something-interesting-into-something-challenging/#comment-276315 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:35:32 +0000 /?p=5633#comment-276315 […] similar ideas for making mathematical problems more engaging for students.  To me, Dan Meyer still provides the gold standard for crafting engaging, challenging problems around interesting […]

]]> By: Christine Lenghaus /2010/how-do-you-turn-something-interesting-into-something-challenging/#comment-276055 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:01:30 +0000 /?p=5633#comment-276055 That’s why printers are so cheap, the companies make their money because we have to continually buy ink (you buy one printer but many ink cartridges!)

This style of activity also is possible with (lemonade/soda) cans: I have various sizes (airplane =250mL), standard Australian size = 375mL, European (?) size = 330mL and the “special” that they occasionally have which is 500mL. Which can is the most economical to produce (amount of material (tsa) v volume ratio) ? Why are the last three sizes all the same radius but the variable is the height (why choose that radius in the first place? eg suitable for adult male hand to grab) and the questions go on….

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