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***THIS PAGE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS, being built up by Kourtney for her project***

 

MATHEMATICS

Mathematics is often excluded from discussions of using popular culture in the classroom. However there is a wealth of resources out there that not only provide examples of mathematics in popular culture (which could be shown in class and used as a discussion platform) but also many resources for specific ways to incorporate popular culture in the mathematics classroom. In addition to using popular culture to teach and spark interest in the actual curriculum content of mathematics, popular culture would be a great way to invite students to think about what the nature of mathematics. A lot of research in the field has been done concerning the role of beliefs about mathematics in the classroom; certainly it would be beneficial to get students to analyze their own beliefs and look with a critical eye at some of the stuff out there. In a algorithm-driven test-heavy society, we need help getting the students to understand that math is so much more than just numbers.

 

WEBSITES: CURRICULUM AND LESSON PLANS

 

WEBSITES: CURRICULUM AND LESSON PLANS

• The Simpsonshttp://www.mathsci.appstate.edu/~sjg/simpsonsmath/

• Numb3rshttp://www.weallusematheveryday.com/tools/waumed/activities_season3.htm

• Donald in Mathmagic Land: http://adisney.go.com/educational/2002/store/77A83VL00.pdf

• Lewis Carroll: http://www.lewiscarroll.org/logic.html

• Teaching with Movies: http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/stand-and-deliver.html

 

BOOKS (mathematics as popular culture)

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• Sir Cumference books, http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=sir+cumference&x=0&y=0

• Lasky, Katherine, The Librarian who Measured the Earth http://www.amazon.com/Librarian-Who-Measured-Earth/dp/0316515264

• Scieszka, Jon, The Math Curse http://www.amazon.com/Math-Curse-Jon-Scieszka/dp/B0009HARMA/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209082710&sr=1-1

• Tang, Gregory, The Grapes of Math http://www.amazon.com/Grapes-Math-Gregory-Tang/dp/043921033X/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product

  

ARTICLES about teaching with Popular Culture and Media in the Math Classroom

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BOOKS about teaching with Popular Culture and Media in the Math Classroom

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• Appelbaum, Peter. 1995. Popular culture, educational discourse, and mathematics. Albany NY: State University of New York Press.

 

RADIO/PODCASTS

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ONLINE VIDEO, SHORT FILMS & MOVIE CLIPS

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EXAMPLES OF STUDENT-PRODUCED RELEVANT WORK

• "I Know All About Math" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooa8nHKPZ5k

• "Math Rules" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRawnUv-gL8&feature=related (Some parts are pretty cheesy and useless, but this might be a good source to show students examples of how they might use mathematics in a pop culture related project.\

 

 

 

 

 

WEBSITES ON MATHEMATICS IN POPULAR CULTURE

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