tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12692155561365621.post8598385213131557330..comments2024-03-18T03:18:41.021-04:00Comments on The Map is Not the Territory: Ten Times Better, Longer, Faster, Farther: Understanding ScaleMalkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09927560751422131935noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12692155561365621.post-84750061595038632062015-05-15T08:00:15.017-04:002015-05-15T08:00:15.017-04:00Yay!!Yay!!Malkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09927560751422131935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12692155561365621.post-81655458138248293562015-05-14T12:35:07.798-04:002015-05-14T12:35:07.798-04:00Great! Amazon marketplace had one second hand copy...Great! Amazon marketplace had one second hand copy, so it's on its way to me from Texas!Simon Gregghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751362728185120933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12692155561365621.post-28387836222600855612013-01-11T22:51:17.905-05:002013-01-11T22:51:17.905-05:00I have not heard of this book and now I'm goin...I have not heard of this book and now I'm going to put it on my list. Thank you! Your multiplication via measurements day sounds so fun! Much like yourself, I just memorized the tables back in school and that was that. So now it's very interesting to try to understand why things work the way they do. Have you tried using the mirror book as a multiplication tool? Maria showed it to me and I played it with my son. Also, I recently came across this site - http://iconicmath.com/arithmetic/containers/ Yelenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14694419115983802067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12692155561365621.post-79862710249215250932013-01-11T15:44:07.050-05:002013-01-11T15:44:07.050-05:00Thanks Sue! I know what you mean about 'add a...Thanks Sue! I know what you mean about 'add a zero' -- it's tempting to just teach the tricks to get the answer and then move on, even when you know it's not always the point. Somehow that 'right answer' has become the math grail, no matter how progressive the curriculum. It's also a pretty sticky web to get caught in. I have a whole other blog post writing itself in my head about how, now that we've moved into what I call 'math on the page' this year (an increased capacity for abstraction is really what it is) we are caught in that place of right answers, which makes both of us sort of dread math time. This book was a great way to get us into active exploration again...<br /><br />I think my daughter would object to the Powers of Ten video simply on the music (sort of weird, lol). I like The Scale of the Universe 2 but haven't shown it to her yet. I think, though, that at her stage in life that the more concrete we can get the better. That's why I loved the tape measure so much -- it was an immediate experience of growth 10 times in front of your eyes. Kids need that, I think -- no matter how much they like videos, it's still a passive experience. And our human brains still learn best with an integration of body and mind/brain. That too is a sticky web to navigate, even for someone like me. Malkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09927560751422131935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12692155561365621.post-42622231012959968352013-01-11T14:32:21.626-05:002013-01-11T14:32:21.626-05:00Have you looked at Powers of Ten yet? It's a b...Have you looked at Powers of Ten yet? It's a book and a short movie (on youtube). Then there's universcale (by Nikon). <br /><br />Thanks for this. I would have been terribly tempted to say that multiplying by ten "just adds a zero", but I know that's the wrong thing to do. I love that she counted up by 11's! Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.com