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Parabolic Solar Cookers

Posted on May 14, 2015August 23, 2019 by ashleytaplin

I am excited for our final project in Algebra II…parabolic solar cookers! After we did an in class investigation of the… Read more Parabolic Solar Cookers

Nuclear Culture

Posted on February 5, 2015November 18, 2020 by ashleytaplin

We just finished a 3 week long interdisciplinary unit on nuclear energy. I am very grateful to have the opportunity to… Read more Nuclear Culture

One of My Favorite Projects

Posted on February 4, 2015November 18, 2020 by ashleytaplin

I am starting off blogging by sharing one of my favorite projects that I created with my dean a few… Read more One of My Favorite Projects

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When I talked with my colleague about ideas to support adults as we go back to school next week, she called it self-compassion and that notion stuck with me. Stress will be heightened balancing work and home life, and I know I don’t always practice self-care when I need to most. So, creating this with her reminded me that these simple strategies can be powerful to recenter ourselves when so much lately seems out of our control.

UPDATE: I also included a 1-10 scale as mentioned in a comment here...loved the idea to check in on readiness to dive back into learning (1-I am still feeling effects and it’s hard to focus, 10-I can focus and feel ready to get back to school).

Since Algebra 2 has studied so many functions and will soon move on to another (exponentials), I wanted a way to have students compare and contrast graphs. When I started building in Desmos it got a bit cluttered, until I found this @desmosinc build in a collection by Andy Malbouef and recreated it for our functions. I loved the idea of sentence stems he included and then I also added in a word bank for additional support.

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