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Welcome to the blog of Zaq Roberts, Associate Head of School at The Berkeley School in Berkeley, CA. I blog about a wide variety of topics, from classroom moments I witness, to administrative events and conversations, to the educational blogs, videos, and books I am reading and watching, and how they are influencing my thinking. I hope this eclectic approach will give you insight into the many ways that I am engaging in advancing the school and strengthening our program, and I welcome your thoughts and comments!

This blog takes its name from a quotation by Archimedes that reads "Give me a lever long enough, and I can move the world." The TBS mission speaks directly to the need to engage a changing world, while many of the experiences in our program focus on the development of students' agency and authority. TBS is the lever by which we all - administration, faculty, students, and parents - can together move the world to be more humane, compassionate, and responsive. To borrow an important Montessori phrase, it is our way to remake the world.

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

"Pinapples, unlike people, don't have bilateral symmetry"

From Sima: Our small crew today engaged in a variety of activities:  working on puzzles that required sequencing & multiples; solving Once Upon a Time problems, involving time measurement; playing Frac-Jac and other games that practice adding fractions; or solving the Frog & Toad puzzle.  After lunch, we watched two mathematical short videos by mathemusician Vi Hart:  the club favorite Wind & Mr. Ug, about mobius strips, and Spongebob's Pineapple Under the Sea, about Fibonacci numbers.




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