60 teams, a 36-hour ticking clock, and all the chaotic energy of coding, debates, and lack of sleep that characterize a Hackathon. Unlike most teams formed by students from the same school and class, our team was Frankensteined a week before the competition with three young gentlemen from different cities and campuses, who were unfamiliar with each other and had diverse expectations for the event. Spoiler Alert: it turned out to be a key for their success! Robot me wanting to

Figure 1 Have you ever wondered why some rows at the movie theater fill up super quickly or have a different price? Or why did Sheldon (in The Big Bang Theory TV series) start changing seats and doing soundproofing before the movie started? See the video below. Since they don't have Sheldon's superpowers, my G10 students used math to find the best row given the cinema characteristics: screen size, the distance between rows, inclination angle, etc. Keep reading to find out ho

Yes, I now upload videos on YouTube, too! Check the channel, John Hernandez Edu. Are you a teacher? Let's discuss what works for you, or let me know if you have taken this approach before and how did it go. Teaching is something that, for me, constantly evolves. The methods we use to instruct our students to help them be future-ready must remain relevant for their present and next stages in life. The integration of technology in the classroom is something that most internatio

When dancing with the beautiful girl or an elegant boy called Integration on the prompt night, which theme is Calculus, you may figure out by now that they don’t always dress according to the dress code. And your job during this party is to discover what is going on with the dress your partner decided to shock you with. Partial fractions have proven to be a vital tool for solving complex problems. This blog post will explore partial fractions, how they work, and why they’re s

This is how I went through the process. Everything here is subjection only; you should adapt them to your scenario in your school. Let’s warm up with the Hour of Code video. If you don’t know what it is, visit HourOfCode (or wait for my post about it). You may like to paste the posters around your school’s campus, involve parents, promote the activity in the morning assemblies, etc. Well, you would need permission first, and I suggest you talk to the school’s leaders in advan

We know the words algebra, Trigonometry, and hard-to-see geometry can be one of the most painful never-ending experiences during student school life. Students can lose all their interest and energy in solving questions that require only memorization, calculation, and numerical solutions. Terence Tao divides mathematical education into three stages (Tao, 2018): Pre-rigorous, where math is taught informally and intuitively. Rigorous, where we work and think much more precisely

It is not a secret that many students turn their face in other directions when you mention math, programming, physics, or engineering. The case wasn't different when I first met my G8 students beginning the school year. The plan was to teach them how to start coding using Python as part of the Computer Science (CS) curriculum, and I wanted to create an environment where they find coding fun and valuable, as I believe it is. During the first semester, I taught them the basics