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''Math Extra'' are notes by parent volunteer [[Dave Barker]] while he does math with enthusiastic 4th & 5th graders at [[Sagamore Hills Elementary School]].
''Math Extra'' is a parent volunteer [[Dave Barker]], coming into [[Sagamore Hills Elementary School]] once a week during normal math class to give some extra math.


==Next==
See also: [http://sagamorehillspta.org/mathclub Sagamore Hills Math Club]


# Work on, "Math Problem Solving Challenge Test / Grade 5 / 2006–2007", from pages 9–10 of "[http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~mic/sagamore/tex/talk5-07.pdf Sagamore Math Tournament Fernbank Afterschool Practice Dec 17 2007 Grade 5]" <br />(from http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~mic/mathtourney.html (linked from http://sagamorehillspta.org/mathclub ))
==Videos==
# Pythagorean Theorem

## [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odfhFSnLaaw Pythagoras Without Words - YouTube]
* Fractals
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB9n2gHsHN4 Fractals are not self-similar]
## [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfHpsW6LBtE The Spider and the Fly - YouTube]
* Fun!
** Spirals, Fibonacci, and Being a Plant: parts [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahXIMUkSXX0 [1]], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOIP_Z_-0Hs [2]], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14-NdQwKz9w [3]]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIVIegSt81k&list=PLaNzoFtkQ7rbt5ac9qdi76iNKuqZWQkB3&index=1 Hexaflexagon Series]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmb3TCvlETk Base Number Jokes Explained - Numberphile]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJQWtGm3eIs Math Jokes Explained - Numberphile]
* Googol
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JOAoiX1LHA Googol Song - Numberphile]
* Imaginary Numbers
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65wYmy8Pf-Y&list=PLiaHhY2iBX9g6KIvZ_703G3KJXapKkNaF&index=5 Imaginary Numbers Are Real [Part 5: Numbers are Two Dimensional]]
* Infinity
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elvOZm0d4H0 Infinity is bigger than you think - Numberphile - YouTube]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swm8tTLWirU Transcendental Darts - YouTube]
* Logarithms
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzu2POfYv0Y Logarithms, Explained - Steve Kelly - YouTube]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-7tcTIrers How I Feel About Logarithms - YouTube]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuA2EAgAegE e (Euler's Number) - Numberphile - YouTube]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sULa9Lc4pck Triangle of Power - YouTube]
* Math
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TINfzxSnnIE 9.999... reasons that .999... = 1 - YouTube]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLn5H69lS0w&index=9&list=PLiaHhY2iBX9g6KIvZ_703G3KJXapKkNaF Imaginary Numbers Are Real [Part 9: Closure]]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmJ-4B-mS-Y The Map of Mathematics]
* Operations on the number line
** [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKXWoWb0qgQ_WaXoCd_nrq01ApxHpiKxD Transformations of the Number Line]
* Order of Operations (PEMDAS)
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWkVv1rSlD0 PEMDAS is Wrong! - The True Order of Operations: Part 1 [fbt]]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClYdw4d4OmA&index=7&list=PL238F98B2C6422A95 Introduction to order of operations | Arithmetic properties | Pre-Algebra | Khan Academy]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piIcRV2dx7E&index=8&list=PL238F98B2C6422A95 Order of operations: PEMDAS | Arithmetic properties | Pre-Algebra | Khan Academy]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9h1oqv21Vs The Order of Operations is Wrong]
* Pi
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpyrF_Ci2TQ Pi and the size of the Universe - Numberphile]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG7vhMMXagQ Pi Is (still) Wrong.]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtxmFlMLYRI A Song About A Circle Constant]
* Pythagorean Theorem
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odfhFSnLaaw Pythagoras Without Words - YouTube]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfHpsW6LBtE The Spider and the Fly - YouTube]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJYmyhnaaek All possible pythagorean triples, visualized - YouTube]


==Meetings==
==Meetings==

===Next===

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===2019-02-26===

# List on whiteboard various numbers: 0, 1, i, e, π, Φ. Review.
# Talk about rational numbers, their repeating decimals, and how some of the afore mentioned numbers are not rational
# Watch, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuA2EAgAegE e (Euler's Number) - Numberphile - YouTube]

===2019-02-19===

# Play on the whiteboard, introducing logarithms
# Watch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-7tcTIrers How I Feel About Logarithms - YouTube]
# Write out sample logarithms and see how they grow differently than multiplication

===2017-05-04===

# Completed, '''"Math Problem Solving Challenge Test / Grade 5 / 2006–2007" page 2 problems 11–17''', on page 10 of "[http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~mic/sagamore/tex/talk5-07.pdf Sagamore Math Tournament Fernbank Afterschool Practice Dec 17 2007 Grade 5]" <br />(from http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~mic/mathtourney.html (linked from http://sagamorehillspta.org/mathclub ))
# Video of math in plant growth, parts [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahXIMUkSXX0 [1]] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOIP_Z_-0Hs [2]] of 3 (too much for this age)

===2017-05-04===

# Completed, '''"Math Problem Solving Challenge Test / Grade 5 / 2006–2007" page 1 of 2''', page 9 of "[http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~mic/sagamore/tex/talk5-07.pdf Sagamore Math Tournament Fernbank Afterschool Practice Dec 17 2007 Grade 5]" <br />(from http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~mic/mathtourney.html (linked from http://sagamorehillspta.org/mathclub ))
# Introduction to the Pythagorean Theorem with, "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odfhFSnLaaw Pythagoras Without Words - YouTube]", and application through, "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfHpsW6LBtE The Spider and the Fly - YouTube]"


===2017-04-20===
===2017-04-20===
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** Explore bases (10, 2, 3, 12, 8)
** Explore bases (10, 2, 3, 12, 8)
** Order of operations
** Order of operations

==Videos==

* Fractals
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB9n2gHsHN4 Fractals are not self-similar]
* Fun!
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIVIegSt81k&list=PLaNzoFtkQ7rbt5ac9qdi76iNKuqZWQkB3&index=1 Hexaflexagon Series]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmb3TCvlETk Base Number Jokes Explained - Numberphile]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJQWtGm3eIs Math Jokes Explained - Numberphile]
* Googol
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JOAoiX1LHA Googol Song - Numberphile]
* Imaginary Numbers
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65wYmy8Pf-Y&list=PLiaHhY2iBX9g6KIvZ_703G3KJXapKkNaF&index=5 Imaginary Numbers Are Real [Part 5: Numbers are Two Dimensional]]
* Math
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLn5H69lS0w&index=9&list=PLiaHhY2iBX9g6KIvZ_703G3KJXapKkNaF Imaginary Numbers Are Real [Part 9: Closure]]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmJ-4B-mS-Y The Map of Mathematics]
* Operations on the number line
** [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKXWoWb0qgQ_WaXoCd_nrq01ApxHpiKxD Transformations of the Number Line]
* Order of Operations (PEMDAS)
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWkVv1rSlD0 PEMDAS is Wrong! - The True Order of Operations: Part 1 [fbt]]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClYdw4d4OmA&index=7&list=PL238F98B2C6422A95 Introduction to order of operations | Arithmetic properties | Pre-Algebra | Khan Academy]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piIcRV2dx7E&index=8&list=PL238F98B2C6422A95 Order of operations: PEMDAS | Arithmetic properties | Pre-Algebra | Khan Academy]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9h1oqv21Vs The Order of Operations is Wrong]
* Pi
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpyrF_Ci2TQ Pi and the size of the Universe - Numberphile]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG7vhMMXagQ Pi Is (still) Wrong.]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtxmFlMLYRI A Song About A Circle Constant]


==Notes==
==Notes==
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Using [https://youtube-dl.org/ youtube-dl]:
Using [https://youtube-dl.org/ youtube-dl]:
<pre>youtube-dl --format 'bestvideo[ext=mp4][height<=720]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/bestvideo[ext=webm][height<=720]+bestaudio[ext=webm]/best[height<=720]' --verbose</pre>
<pre>youtube-dl --format 'bestvideo[ext=mp4][height<=720]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/bestvideo[ext=webm][height<=720]+bestaudio[ext=webm]/best[height<=720]' --verbose</pre>

Ensures the video is no larger than 720p—to save space on portables—and prefer mp4—for portability.


==See also==
==See also==
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