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Photographs

Happy Thanksgiving Eve! I take photos all the time in my engineering classes. I hang them up on the wall, post them to our school website, and have my students use them in their projects. To me, a photo is … Continue reading

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Shadows, Mirrors, Scale Models, & School Measurement

I’ve been itching to do this for days, but clouds and rain got in the way. The past two weeks have been overcast and have had rain in the forecast nearly every day, so I was excited yesterday when at … Continue reading

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Paperless/Lesspaper teaching

Back in August, I set myself a goal of nearly paperless teaching.  For several reasons, I have not been able to go completely paperless, but I am certainly using less paper this year than previously. I still usually print out … Continue reading

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Vector Video

I was thinking recently about how best to teach trigonometry, and especially how to teach the long and difficult processes of vector analysis and truss calculation.  Now, it seems to me that these processes aren’t really going to sink in … Continue reading

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We wish you a merry August and a happy new year!

Hello, world!  A new blog; a new school year; a new beginning! Today here in Maryland, students begin a new year of school.  Teachers (like me) started last week, and have had a week full of meetings:  department meetings, academy … Continue reading

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