Today I got a call from my dear friend April who is a high school math teacher in Nevada, maybe the best math teacher ever. Top 10 at least. Anyway, April called to let me know she had my website up in her class today and was using it to teach. At first I was thinking “what not to do with an English degree” or “this is what will happen to you if you if flunk Algebra” or something about average weight and size of real cows vs. mini cows… but being the amazing teacher she is she was using a real life example to teach something about perimeter and volume or something along those lines. She pulled up the page with the baby goat slide show and the students worked out fence arrangements using gates and specific lengths of fence to design the very best baby goat pen. Then they talked about which arrangement would be best for the goats; square? Long and skinny, so they can run? She also took a moment to educate about the importance of local food, CSA’s and Farmers Markets. I said she was amazing right? Don’t you wish you had a teacher who was that cool?
So instead of spending an afternoon working out dog run arrangements these students got a special treat. A look at my website! I mean a real world math application that was engaging, fun and memorable. We just wanted to take a moment to recognize one of the fantastic teachers, without whom we would have no one to call when we have math related farm questions. Maybe next week they can work out some crop planning for us using percentages or fractions? Seriously…
So instead of spending an afternoon working out dog run arrangements these students got a special treat. A look at my website! I mean a real world math application that was engaging, fun and memorable. We just wanted to take a moment to recognize one of the fantastic teachers, without whom we would have no one to call when we have math related farm questions. Maybe next week they can work out some crop planning for us using percentages or fractions? Seriously…