A digital age library of multi-week, multi-discipline modules for learning to solve novel problems using digital age tools — spreadsheets, images, Web-links, data science, and sharing, they engage students with a “Proper Question” and a rich collection of choices and inquiries. Explorations, build on Google Slides, are free of cost, ads, or logins.
A New Quadratic Formula
“Can you invent a new way to solve quadratic equations?”
Black Holes
“Why is a Black Hole, black and a hole?”
Cause and Effect
“How would you ‘Cut greenhouse gases in half over the next decade’?”
Sand and Stars
“Are there more grains of sand on earth or stars in the universe?”
Napoleon’s Pyramid
“Could Napoleon build a 3 meter high by 1/3rd meter wide all around France with the stone from the Great Pyramid of Giza?”
Fibonacci
“Why is math called the ‘Science of Patterns’?”
Function Machines
“Why is function considered the most important idea in mathematics?”