Monday, January 3, 2011
Teaching surface area at a shopping mall
By: TeachersTV
Jumping off point: Ever walk around a shopping mall checking out the triangles on the floor, wondering about their surface area? This video is a nice connection between a simple math concept and real life.
Can you use Pythagoras as easily as the guy in the video suggests his theories can be used?
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