Michael Mitchell

Introducing Decimals to Kids

When kids learned how to count, they basically just learn numbers as some kind of continuum that continues and continues. As they go to a higher level of schooling, children might not understand how it goes in groups of tens and hundreds and thousands. For children to understand place value, otherwise known as the decimal system, they have to learn first how to do simple additions and subtractions with small numbers. Later... (posted by Michael 5 years 29 days ago.)

Ideas for a Math Fair

Regardless of whether you call it a math fair, math carnival, school math night, or family math night, hosting one of these events at your school is a great way to get parents involved in their child’s education. The basic idea of a math fair is to have parents come with their child and participate together in various math activities. The math fair gives teachers the opportunity to show parents what the... (posted by Michael 5 years 29 days ago.)

Science Fair Project Ideas

Science is the study of the natural world. With subjects including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, History of Geology, Mathematics, History of Physics, and Technology, it is a way to find out how nature works. Science education consists of making observations, asking questions, and collecting information. This scientific method is practiced in order to make discoveries about the world. In school where... (posted by Michael 5 years 130 days ago.)

Teaching Electricity to K12 Students

Electricity is a form of energy, a result of the existence of electrical charge. Its theory and inseparable effect is probably the most accurate and complete of all scientific theories. Because of it, invention of motors, generators, telephones, radio and television, medical gadgets, computers and nuclear-energy systems have taken place. However, the many terms and definitions of electricity make it quite hard to... (posted by Michael 5 years 130 days ago.)