Now THAT’S A Practical Application Of The Curriculum!

My daughter is a teacher, and one of her fellow teachers wanted to teach how to calculate the area of a circle. She decided to make it fun and educational with more than just some math formulas.

She put the price and size of pizzas from several local shops on the board. She then taught them how to calculate the area of a circle and had the students calculate the price per square inch of the pizzas. Her students had a good time and were amazed at the differences in value based on both size and company.

I always wondered how many of those students sat down with a calculator the next time the family ordered pizza, and how many carried that over into college.