March 16th Class

I enjoyed the activities we did on Monday with congruent and similar triangles. I've done the tree height activity in another class and I really like it. I think it's an activity that students would really enjoy and see a relevance for because it's rather difficult to measure the height of a tree with a yardstick. My group worked on the burning tent problem and I think the geometry of it was worthwhile, but the situation was kind of silly. If I were to teach this concept of incoming and outgoing angles needing to be equal, I would probably change the situation to something else like a race for a prize or a miniature golf hole, like we talked about in class.