Math's Course at Stanford

At our school we are did a Stanford university math course.This was to help break the bad stereotype math has each lesson there was 3-4 videos to watch then there was also question you had to answer thought the lesson. We did this for 25 - 30 minutes every Monday.At the end of every lesson we had to write a couple of sentences  covering the whole lesson and what we learned.

Task one - Write down the main messages you learned in lesson 1 for someone of your age. What are 3 important things you learned today that everyone your age should know? 

There lots of things you can do to help your maths like building with  Lego, playing board games and some computer games. Math isn't all about numbers and equations it is about finding that struggle to help you with the rest of your learning. In maths we need to have a growth mindset. 

Task two - What are some important things you learned today that everyone your age should know? 

That you need to pick challenges that help you  with your learning. You should never call someone smart as it puts a stereotype on them, and they won't want to challenge themselves.When you phase someone for having a growth mindset and giving the question ago. 

Task three - What are some important things you learned today about mistakes, struggle, and speed that everyone your age should know? 

In maths we need to make sure we struggle as it helps our brain grow.You do not need to be fast at maths to be good at maths,most of the best mathematicians are slow.If you think slowly it gives to time to get deep into the ques ton so you can understand it properly.

Task four -  Write about some of these important ideas for someone of your own age. In a paragraph explain to them why these ideas are important for their learning.

Sometimes math isn't about using all the rules. Math is not just rules and strategy. It can be changed to suit you.You can make it to help your learning.Your learning style might be different to your friend or siblings.To make your maths better you need to talk to someone you are not expected to just do it by yourself.

Task five -  In this session we have talked about making sense, drawing and representing, using intuition, and looking for the big idea.

You need to make sure to not over think and confuse your self. Sometimes you need to take it back to basic and use visual. Don't be afraid to use them they can really help your learning.Look for the big idea it is important you have a clear understanding of the big idea.You do not need to mesmerise every single strategy you just have to know the key ideas. 

Task six - 
Task six we just recapped on all the important things about maths like 
- Anyone can achieve high levels in math 
-The brain grows from experience 
- Stereotypes like ink and blue isles are bad for maths 
- A growth mindset  is a belief that you can get smarter with hard work (This is a big thing with success)
- Mistakes math your brain grow 
- Being good at maths does not mean being fast it is better to think more deeply then fast
- Number flexibility is important and valuable 
- Talking about math is helpful and important 
- Math is a connected subject and is important to make mathematical connections 
- Intuition is important in maths 
- It is helpful to represent math visually and well as physical objects 
-  It is important to focus on the big idea in maths 
- Math is about pattern finding 
- Math is everywhere in nature 
- Math is everywhere in sport 
- Math in the real world is about connections,Drawing,Reasoning and applying ideas not formulas
- Good apps and games teach math conceptually and visually  

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Reading task

This week I am sharing my reading work with you.My goal for this week is... 
Use questions to challenge the text, question the author, establish the authenticity of the text and state opinions.

First of all we look at what a opinion is vs what a fact is. After we read a book called Driving us into the future
Then we had to write 4 questions and a statement on way we think it relates to our PBL,What will the future ask of us.Along with commenting on another persons question if we can answer it or if we agree.
This is my work  - 

PBL Statement - This relates to our PBL as it is looking into the future I think with the technology growing these cars could be the news car  of the future 

Question 1 - Why are the electric cars so expensive
Question 2 - Do we need more public transport so people don't have to speed there money on an electric car
Question 3 - What makes electric car more expensive then petrol  
Question 4 -  What happens if your electric car runs out of power

Do you have an answer to one of my questions

Fitness

Today I am going to share my fitness circuit I made with you.The reason we had to make this is so people stay on task in their fitness slot.We had to include a anaerobic aerobic and muscular endurance.We had to make these with our PBL buddies for this term,my PBL buddy  is Ruby
- Anaerobic is a short period of time that helps with endurance.
- Aerobic is longer period of time like cross country
- Muscular endurance is your puss ups and squats

This is my fitness circuit I made with Ruby  
Would you do this circuit?

It's a new term

It's time for term 3 the holidays went to fast.Today I am going to tell you about this terms PBL .Our driving question this term is, What will the future ask of us.We have touched on this topic a few times all ready this term.The topics we have talked about all ready are Biggest problems skill sets robots have differences between us and robots.I am quite interested about this topic as it is one I have not heard about yet. 

First Topic,
 Our biggest problems Climate change and pollution are one of our biggest problems in the world to some types of pollution are global warming habitat deforestation and workplace gases.Poverty and addiction are another types of big problems.People with poverty have to find warmth shelter and food and drink.

Second
Robots, we used this website to see if our dream jobs would be taken by robots.We talked about this robots have that we don't  have.Robots are reliable and will not cheat as we may be tempted.We also watched a video about this robot named Sophia.

What do you think about this topic?

Lets reflect

This is my PBL term refection.On Wednesday the 3rd of July our hub went live for a day.Our products were on Discrimination. Harriet and I presented our poem live to the computer.They have been live streamed on you tube for many to watch.We had a day and night show so we had to present it twice.
Have you learned something from my blogs?
This is my Final product:
Poem by: Neila and Harriet

Books and elderly

Today my blog post is going to be on the book I have been listing to and Diana Issac retirement village. 

Novel - 
Throughout the last couple of weeks,we had the choice to pick one of three books to listen to while we ate.The books we could pick from are:
Boy in the striped PJ's 
Ann Frank 
and lastly Chinese Cinderella.
The book I picked is...Chinese Cinderella. This is a really good book although we have not finished it I am loving it so fa.It is a great book it listen to.

Diana Issac - 
Since week two this term,our hub has had the opportunity to go a local retirement village with the name of Diana Issac. Diana Issac it a place were the elderly can go to get looked after by heaps of staff,the oldest person this is 101! In the fist week of term we got to pick from 

• Bingo\Board Games
• Baking
• Coding\Technology
• Art
• Balloon Sports

On what we wanted to do.I choose baking on my week I made lolly cake it was so good. 

  
Do you like baking 
   

Awesome Art ^_^

This week  we did not have workshops so I can't do my weekly learning blog.Instead of workshops we did some art this art was made on google drawing.We had to make portraits of our self. I found this art challenging to do at I had to do it on my chrome book we followed a video that did step by step instructions.
This is the video we used

I have not finished my art just yet but this is my art so far
Do you like art?