[Edu] Pyramid size discussion

[Carol Townsend]

Hey math teachers -

Have you seen the recent discussion on the Icehouse list about figuring the
forumulas for the pyramids?  And now Andy's posting of what the "correct"
formula is?

I think this is fascinating - people have
attempted to extrapolate the basic similarity in the pyramids out to huge sizes
(30 pointers?) and then back down to miniscule ( -1 and -2 pointers??)

How can we capture this for the classroom?  Is there a math teacher out
there willing to take a stab at writing up a quick lesson plan for this?
 Science I can do... and I can take a stab at a math lesson.... but I'm
appealing to the great intellects and experts out there - help?

In any case, it's been a cool discussion - and you
can find it all posted (today's will get there eventually...) on the Archives.
http://lists.looneylabs.com/pipermail/icehouse/

Carol
 - she who would have loved to have a classroom filled with Icehouse Geeks
when trying to teach some cool math concepts....
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