by Jonathan ADAMS | Jan 11, 2018 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary Maths, The Grades
If you ever wished you could lock up a room of kids… well this is what we did this week in STEAM. Students were flung into a cavern and were required to solve a variety of puzzles to advance from one room to the next. Their next challenge is to create their own...
by Jonathan ADAMS | Dec 14, 2017 | Grade 10, Secondary Maths, The Grades
Grade 10s have come a long way since the introduction of trigonometry a few weeks ago. We started with what might be described as a dance around the campfire as a means to remember the right-angled ratios… chanting SOH CAH TOA. They have come so far,...
by Jonathan ADAMS | Nov 16, 2017 | Secondary Maths, The Grades
It is so easy to find enjoyment as a teacher working at ABIS, but my true joy comes as a parent. As a parent, I know both my girls are loved by wise and caring professionals. As a parent, I treasure the time given to me by teachers who are cautious about homework...
by Jonathan ADAMS | Nov 9, 2017 | Grade 12, Secondary Maths, The Grades
Missing most of grade 12 to the MUN trip, Isaac and David remained and attacked an extension problem related to the current topic: trigonometric identities. Ask them to reproduce the proof for each of these claims, using a rotated rectangle: Sin(θ+α) = sin(θ)cos(α) +...
by Jonathan ADAMS | Sep 28, 2017 | Grade 12, Secondary Maths, The Grades
Differential calculus is hard; integral calculus is harder… but they are both so cool! Grade 12 students have been working hard to visualize volumes of 3D rotated curves. Calculating these without the use of simple geometry was impossible prior to the work of...
