Monday, February 23, 2009
Native America meets Algebra
Do you remember SOHCAHTOA? It's an acronym to help you find missing values of right trianges using sin, cosine and tangent. I know, I know. Stay with me. So, I was working with one of my students helping to prepare them for our state's version of the high school exit exam. He needed help with question #5 and I asked if he remembered SOHCAHTOA from another class....he replied, "I think so, from US History, right?" Ladies and Gentlemen, I introduce you to our newest Native American.
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hee, hee. that's funny...
He must have been in the same histroy class as my hubby. Remember when the Sacajewea coins came out about 7 years ago??? McG asked me very loudly in line if I wanted to get a couple of Sah-cah-ga-wa coin. Now we just call her "Sackofwedgies"
Hey...it could be a new way to teach SOHCAHTOA. You could create a neat little story about a new native American....or not. It might help some of the students remember it better. What's pathetic is I still remember what it means!!
Have you ever driven in the mountains and seen the sign "Watch for Falling Rock"? Growing up my dad used to always tell me the reason the signs were there was because a long time ago a little native american girl got lost and they've been looking for her ever since. Her name was Falling Rock. I think I was about 4 when he started telling that one...
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