Ted Talk
This Ted Talk is awesome! They have great ideas and a lot of fun! This post is all about how to incorporate dance with math, and below as you may see, are FIVE awesome ideas on how to do that. This Ted Talk, however, is full of great reasons why this is important in the math and fun ideas on how to include it in your classroom. Watch the Ted Talk before moving on! :)
Erik Stern and Karl Schaffer begin by saying "embodying the problem is memorable" and "physical energy in the classroom can be an opportunity for all ages and disciplines". I agree whole-heartedly with their views. When I get up and do an activity, a dance, sing a song, or move around I am also more inclined to remember what I learned. Some of the Spanish song and dances I learned in 8th grade still come back to me as I take an exam this semester. Erik Stern and Karl Schaffer go beyond songs and dances, and talk about embodying the problem. This is a great way to phrase this, because it makes me think about using my body and brain to solve what can be a troublesome math problem. They use dance and their bodies to solve and think about different math problems. This physical activity, as they mentioned, can be used anywhere. They focus on math (and so does this blog), but as I mentioned it can cross into Spanish and every other subject.
"what if teachers said, "Let's warm up it's time to do mathematics". This would be so exciting for students to hear!
Erik Stern and Karl Schaffer also talk about how they are "not sugar coating" math, instead they are discussing the "connection to the science of dance and art of math mathematics" . I feel like this is so perfect. They are not necessarily making math easier, because a hard problem is a hard problem, but by using elements of dance and theater students can form another level of understanding and another strategy for working through tough problems. Integrating dance into math this way, really helps the students engage in the math and have fun. They get up and move, learn about dance, and learn math at time same time. This can help them develop critical thinking as well, because as you saw in the video many of the problems were hard to follow, but using their techniques and tricks help and make it seem fun.
Erik Stern and Karl Schaffer to me, grasp and represent my idea of arts integration and math, and I hope you are inspired by this blog and by these men to integrate movement and dance into your lessons, as well as teach about the art topics.
In light of using dance in the classroom, I have collected a lot of videos of classes from YouTube doing songs and dances! They are adorable, and full of fun ideas!
Erik Stern and Karl Schaffer begin by saying "embodying the problem is memorable" and "physical energy in the classroom can be an opportunity for all ages and disciplines". I agree whole-heartedly with their views. When I get up and do an activity, a dance, sing a song, or move around I am also more inclined to remember what I learned. Some of the Spanish song and dances I learned in 8th grade still come back to me as I take an exam this semester. Erik Stern and Karl Schaffer go beyond songs and dances, and talk about embodying the problem. This is a great way to phrase this, because it makes me think about using my body and brain to solve what can be a troublesome math problem. They use dance and their bodies to solve and think about different math problems. This physical activity, as they mentioned, can be used anywhere. They focus on math (and so does this blog), but as I mentioned it can cross into Spanish and every other subject.
"what if teachers said, "Let's warm up it's time to do mathematics". This would be so exciting for students to hear!
Erik Stern and Karl Schaffer also talk about how they are "not sugar coating" math, instead they are discussing the "connection to the science of dance and art of math mathematics" . I feel like this is so perfect. They are not necessarily making math easier, because a hard problem is a hard problem, but by using elements of dance and theater students can form another level of understanding and another strategy for working through tough problems. Integrating dance into math this way, really helps the students engage in the math and have fun. They get up and move, learn about dance, and learn math at time same time. This can help them develop critical thinking as well, because as you saw in the video many of the problems were hard to follow, but using their techniques and tricks help and make it seem fun.
Erik Stern and Karl Schaffer to me, grasp and represent my idea of arts integration and math, and I hope you are inspired by this blog and by these men to integrate movement and dance into your lessons, as well as teach about the art topics.
In light of using dance in the classroom, I have collected a lot of videos of classes from YouTube doing songs and dances! They are adorable, and full of fun ideas!
Get your students up and moving!
Here are a bunch of examples of using dance in your classroom!
Geometry Review Dance!
Dance Integration with greater than or less than!
Percussive Dance and math patterns!
Geometry Song!
A Pi-namite song about Pi! This song is a blast!