Pixy Stix Segments and the Midpoint Connection.

McClintock, Ruth

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ERIC Number: EJ478313

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1993

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Pixy Stix Segments and the Midpoint Connection.

McClintock, Ruth

Mathematics Teacher, v86 n8 p668-75 Nov 1993

Presents a cooperative-learning lesson in which high school students visit stations equipped with different tools to establish the midpoint of a Pixy Stix, a brand of candy-filled straw. Provides solutions for two potential stations, suggestions to extend the activity, and two activity worksheets. (MDH)

Descriptors: Analytic Geometry, Classroom Communication, Cooperative Learning, Discovery Learning, Geometric Concepts, High Schools, Learning Activities, Manipulative Materials, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Measurement, Plane Geometry, Problem Solving, Worksheets

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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