Numberphile is a YouTube channel that posts many videos about many different math concepts. The channel has numerous videos on many real life examples. It is a great channel to learn about concepts not necessarily taught in school. One video that the channel contains is about a super egg, or a superellipse.
Spark your math thinking!
1. Set up your math mini spark recording page: #52: Super Egg
2. Watch the Numberphile Video and share something new you learned about math, geometry, and engineering on your recording sheet.
3. After watching the videos, click on this link and answer the questions. Write how you think you did on the quiz on your recording sheet.
4. Write 3 things you liked about the video and 2 questions you have and 1 thing you did not like about the video.
5. Share your math mini spark recording page with your teacher/EY coordinator.
*Lesson inspired by Numberphile video about superellipses.
I learned that in freshmen year in algebra you learn variables.
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