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How many ways are there to prove the Pythagorean theorem?

By TED Ed | Sep 19, 2017

What do Euclid, 12-year-old Einstein, and American President James Garfield have in common? They all came up with elegant proofs for the famous Pythagorean theorem, one of the most fundamental rules of geometry and the basis for practical applications like constructing stable buildings and triangulating GPS coordinates. Betty Fei details these three famous proofs.

Raju and the money tree

By Worth Sharing | Sep 1, 2017

The Reserve Bank of India has come up with a series of illustrated stories addressing the need for financial literacy among the school students in June 2007. Here is one such eBook Join Raju in his journey beyond the money tree.

Effective use of classroom board

By Editor English | Aug 29, 2017

Even in 2017 in the era of so-called smartboards, Eleanor Watts' The Blackboard Book holds its ground on using the blackboard space. It aims to help teachers develop two important skills:

Understanding geometric construction and quadrilaterals

By Swati Sircar | Aug 4, 2017

In this presentation by Swati Sircar from Shikshamitra hints at the shapes who are behind the constructions.

Identifying and Constructing Triangles

By Swati Sircar | Jul 27, 2017

Get introduced to triangles, in this presentation by Swati Sircar from Shikshamitra - what they are, what they aren't, the parts that make up a triangle and the different types of them

Playing with distance and measurement

By Pratham Books | Jul 14, 2017

This book How Far is Far by Sukanya Sinha can engage the kids in understanding the concept of distance, measurement and units. Don't miss the Fun with Measuring activities at the end, which can be easily done in any classroom.

Weekend Activity Make your paper sundial

By Arvind Gupta | Jun 23, 2017

Make a paper sundial that is accurate enough to measure both hours and minutes. Also check how local latitude affects your measurement very significantly.

Algebraic identities visualized one more time

By Swati Sircar | Jun 21, 2017

Here are two possible layouts of the models needed to show the following identities.

Does playing chess make you smarter?

By The Conversation | Jun 13, 2017

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How to count to 1000 on two hands

By Worth Sharing | Jun 12, 2017

Typically when we think of counting on two hands, we count up to 10, but fingers can contain much more information than that! This video shows how to think about counting in binary.

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