At the end of a lesson, unit, or week I like to incorporate
something fun at the end of class to make students happy and get their minds off
of the topic at hand; I feel this is useful because it gives students a mental
break. A cool way to do that and look like a math genius at the same time is by
following this video. You can use this trick any time and it will get the whole
class engaged and they will never figure out how you are doing it! It will be a
very fun component added to class whenever you feel it would be useful. Then,
when you decide to teach your class this trick, you will have a class full of
math geniuses.
Cool trick! Thanks for sharing. I think this is a great introduction for primary students trying to understand relationships between numbers (e.g., what two digits add to 9?) as well as just a super cool trick!
ReplyDeleteI really support the idea of doing something different and fun for students from time to time. It really eases the tension and seriousness that could exist in a mathematics classroom at times. Showing them something like this could really get them thinking at a deeper level than usual and motivate them to increase their understanding of mathematics so that they themselves can use tricks like this on their family and friends.
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