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Ashley Taplin

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Category: real world applications

Chicken Wings and Math

Posted on October 25, 2018September 28, 2019 by ashleytaplin

This hilarious Twitter post just went viral and shows kids (and adults) why we need math. After seeing the post,… Read more Chicken Wings and Math

House Reno and Geometry

Posted on February 18, 2016November 18, 2020 by ashleytaplin

My husband and I have been renovating our house (HGTV/DIYnetwork style, sadly without the help of Chip and Jo from… Read more House Reno and Geometry

Desmos and Functions

Posted on October 11, 2015February 14, 2021 by ashleytaplin

In Algebra, we just finished our unit on functions and a colleague of mine had been talking about Desmos, so… Read more Desmos and Functions

Lions, Tigers, Math, Biology, World Geography, English, and DIM, oh my!

Posted on September 20, 2015November 18, 2020 by ashleytaplin

Okay, I know that title is cheesy… We took our freshmen students to the zoo last week for their first… Read more Lions, Tigers, Math, Biology, World Geography, English, and DIM, oh my!

Conditional Statements in Geometry and Computer Programming

Posted on September 17, 2015November 18, 2020 by ashleytaplin

While planning for the logic unit in geometry a few weeks ago, I wanted to increase the rigor and apply a more… Read more Conditional Statements in Geometry and Computer Programming

World Geometry

Posted on September 7, 2015November 18, 2020 by ashleytaplin

While planning for geometry last week I began thinking about how I could amp up midpoint and distance formulas. After… Read more World Geometry

Chicago Trip and Math

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

My husband and I just got back from a great trip in Chicago to celebrate our first year anniversary. I… Read more Chicago Trip and Math

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

Helping Nepal Through Learning About Logarithms

Posted on April 30, 2015June 1, 2015 by ashleytaplin

A few months ago I created an application investigation for my students involving logarithms in which one of the areas… Read more Helping Nepal Through Learning About Logarithms

Introduction to 3-D with Polyhedron Nets and Islamic Design

Posted on April 27, 2015April 5, 2017 by ashleytaplin

A couple weeks ago, I was planning for our last unit in geometry which is 3 dimensional solids, and as I was… Read more Introduction to 3-D with Polyhedron Nets and Islamic Design

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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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