Applications for a Digital Camera
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Digital Camera Mathematics |
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Digital cameras are excellent tools for moving away from isolated problems in a drill-and-practice format to one more rooted in authentic experiences and problem solving. |
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Digital Cameras have huge potential for motivating students |
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| 1001 Uses for a Digital Camera | Ideas for the classroom |
| Going Digital | creative educational applications for digital camera |
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Digital Camera Lesson Plans (NJ Math Standards) |
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| 4.1. Number and Numerical Operations | |
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Student estimate how many objects are in a picture then use estimates to determine mean, median & mode |
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Students will be able to change form of rational number between fractions, decimals, and percentages. |
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Students determine how many combinations are possible. |
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Students will learn about fractions by manipulating images |
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Students will create a clay animation |
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| 4.2. Geometry and Measurement | |
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Students will identify a right, acute, straight, and obtuse angles, identify sets of parallel and perpendicular lines. |
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The students will be able to identify symmetry and geometric shapes in pictures. |
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Students find real examples of geometric terms with the camera. |
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Students experience nontraditional measurement systems, measurement, data collection, data analysis, ratio and proportion, surface area and volume. |
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Students use digital camera to find geometric shapes in the real world |
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Students make their own scrap book of Geometric photos |
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| 4.3. Patterns and Algebra | |
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Students will understand the difference between combinations and permutations |
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| 4.4. Data Analysis, Probability, and Discrete Mathematics | |
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Collecting data, analyzing and graphing data, autobiographic writing |
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| 4.5. Mathematical Processes | |
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Students determine the least expensive and most expensive cars. |
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Math Trail |
Real world math problems for and by students |
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Students create math games with digital pictures |
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