Posted by Angie on Wednesday, Mar 30, 2016
The Big Idea this week was learning how to be spies by solving coded messages, cracking codes to find treasure, and ending by coding their own phone number!
So what math did we use tonight as we were training to be spies? Number recognition, pattern recognition and completion and associations between sets.
By the end of class we all used our super-stealthy math skills to become super-secret spies – and to ace math class in school! The kids all took home their magnifying glasses, codes, and clues to practice more math sleuthing!
Tune in next week for high flying marshmallows and more mischievous math!
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Angie is the Children's Services Coordinator at the Iowa City Public Library. You can find her in the Ellen Buchanan Children's Room or occasionally on the Bookmobile.
Cherokee author Traci Sorell and Métis illustrator Natasha Donovan trace Ross’s journey from being the only girl in a high school math class to becoming a teacher to pursuing an engineering degree, joining the top-secret Skunk Works division of Lockheed, and being a mentor for Native Americans and young women interested in engineering. In addition, the narrative highlights Cherokee values including education, working cooperatively, remaining humble, and helping ensure equal opportunity and education for all. Mary Golda Ross designed classified airplanes and spacecraft as Lockheed Aircraft Corporation’s first female engineer. Find out how her passion for math and the Cherokee values she was raised with shaped her life and work. -Angie