New Perspectives

I really liked MathyCathy's first homework assignment for her 7th and 8th grade students.  She asked them to bring in an image that would evoke questions from other students.  Students brought in their image and then had a day where all the students walked around and looked at their classmates' images.  They were asked to write one question on a student's paper in their desk row.  Some of the students had some really interesting questions and she began to notice the students starting view things using math.  One student said that she saw geometry in her shirt. She encouraged her students to keep looking for images that grab their attention and she plans to use the images later on to do a project with her students.  I really liked the idea of her having the students use images that they normally see every day and then looking at them with a new perspective.