Tuesday, May 26, 2009

All the Single Letters...

Hey guys! I know...it's been a week or more since my last post. There has been lots going on that has kept me from being at school and then the long weekend. But...now it's time for another song.

This little song was written by two of my "girlz" from 4th block, Z and A, and performed by "The Gang". This was their way of remembering that when performing metric conversions, the single letter is always the base unit.

It goes a little like this:
All the single letters, All the single letters, All the single
letters, All the single letters

Now hit the bass up...
Up in this class tryin' to learn some Math
We've got our own little way
Metric Prefixes can be the trickiest
So listen if you want to know the way...
if you got a single letter know it's the base
if you got a single letter know it's the base
if you got a single letter know it's the base
if you got a single
letter know it's the base
(breaking it down...)

Hope you enjoy! (oh yeh....2nd time around is the best!)

1 comment:

  1. This approach is excellent! I enjoy the relationship between modern popular music and practical mathematics. Great way to create increased interest in a math concept that is usually not very interesting to most high schoolers. This concept gives me insight into ways of combining content areas that are not often combined.
    Shane D.

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