Mathalicious!

Getting students interested in math by asking better questions
把數學變得更可口！ -  好問題，讓學生對數學更有興趣

Former middle school math teacher Karim Kai Ani often faced a classroom full of bored students. But he couldn't get upset because he agreed with them - the lessons really were boring! That's why he became a math coach, a job that allowed him to help other teachers design better lessons. Then in 2009, he founded the math-teaching website Mathalicious, so he could devote himself completely to designing lessons. Unlike lessons in traditional math textbooks. Mathalicious lessons ask open-ended math questions with real-life applications.

For example: Do people with small feet pay more for shoes? How long must a person exercise to burn off a Big Mac? Each lesson includes handouts, a teacher's guide and a short multimedia presentation. Also, each lesson requires students to use specific math skills included in the Common Core State Standards.

While the site does offer a handful of free samples, the lessons are based on payment. But for many math teachers, the cost is worth it. Mathalicious gives them the tools they need to turn bored students into inspired ones!

Grammar Gym:
"While the site does offer a handful of free samples, the lessons are based on payment."
"while" -usually mean that " how two things were happening at the same time.
For example: Jim waited in the car while Teresa went to buy coffee.
"while" here mean "although" 
 Although the site does offer a handful of free samples, the lessons are based on payment.
While cats are generally known to not like water, tigers do enjoy swimming.
While tourists are not allowed to walk into the palace, the palace gardens are open to the public.

Vocabulary Tips:
open-ended :there is not right or wring answer, but you need think about it...开放式的，没有预定目标或结论的。1
*The meeting has an open-ended agenda.没有特定的议题。
*This open-ended task requires independent thinking and the ability to solve problems.自由发挥的任务，需要的是有独立思考和解决问题的能力。
application -something you can use every day in your life, not just one time or two.应用，运用。
*There are a lot of practical applications for what the students learned in their physics class.物理。
申请。
*All scholarship applications need to be submitted by this Friday.
burn off = burn up - consume, to get rid of it, use all off it. 燃烧，烧尽。消耗掉。
*jogging regularly can burn off excessive calories.烧尽过多的卡路里。
*Pamela went swimming after dinner to burn off the steak and potatoes she had eaten.
inspire (v) -encourage you to think of it and want to do it eagerly. 鼓舞，激励，激发灵感。
*My drama teacher inspired  me to become an actor.
inspired (adj) -被某事物所激发的或所影响的。
*a Japanese-inspired hotel. -具有日本风格的旅馆。
devote - give time or your energy and life to it, the object can be big but also can be very small.
*devote sometime to study English.
coach / teach -教练/老师。
coach- someone who leads the team.
teach - someone who teaches in class.
multimedia - multi (many kinds, more than one), media -such as video, power point, picture on slice show...媒介，媒体。。
Mathalicious - a make up word, from Mathematics and delicious.

Language Tips:
bored (人的感受。） / boring - （事物）
interested (人的感受。） / interesting -（事物）
excited (人的感受。） / exciting -（事物）
bored - （人）感到无趣的。
I'm bored.-我觉得无聊的很。
I feel bored. 我感到很无聊。
She feels bored.
boring -（事情，事物)无聊，无趣。
That's a boring book. 那是本无聊透了的书。
I am feel boring / I am boring - 我是个很无聊的人。把自己当成了东西，事物了 -指自己是个很无聊的人，自己本身很无趣。
a classroom full of bored students.- 满了感到无聊的学生们。对象是人。
The lessons really were boring.! （事物）这课。
excited / exciting : 兴奋。
I am so excited. / What an exciting movie!


Taking note of study "Studio Classroom".