Math, Boats and Canal Technology
This video for math teachers was recorded at a set of locks in Chester, England. Locks are an example of amazingly ingenious technology, invented hundreds of years ago and still working today. Without...
View ArticleMath at Stonehenge & Cardiff Castle
My wife and I visited family in in England, Scotland and South Wales, and so had opportunities to visit various sites near where family members live. Two of these locations are featured in this week’s...
View ArticleTeach Roman Math
Teach your students about Roman civilization with a math connection! © Peter Price I visited Chester in North England, where my brother lives with his family (he appears briefly in the video with his...
View ArticleMath & Secret Codes
While travelling in the UK, I was thrilled to visit Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes, UK. This little town, around 45 minutes north of London, is not that well known, but was the centre of a major war...
View ArticleTeaching Mathematics from a Museum
Another podcast in the series from our trip to the UK and Europe. Royal Signals Museum This time the video comes from the Royal Signals Museum in Blandford, Dorset, England. This museum is situated on...
View ArticleMath in the Cemetery
How can you use a field trip to a cemetery to teach mathematics? I visited Richmond Park in London with my brother, and while there visited the East Sheen Cemetery to film a podcast. [display_podcast]...
View ArticleWhere is Zero on the Earth?
This is another in the series of podcasts from our trip in Europe. Knowing exactly where you are on the earth’s surface is pretty important for most of us, and absolutely vital for airline pilots,...
View ArticleUsing Math to Make Sense of History in Korea
This week, my wife and I are in South Korea to visit family. I have noticed when visiting museums that I am often able to use math to make sense of information that is presented in Korean, a language I...
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