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12 Mar 2017 16:46:55
Can I say a huge well done mr murty, very well organised, that's just showed me how bad mark warburton was, he would never have lined up like that. great draw today, but we really could have nicked that there.
1.) 12 Mar 2017 17:15:24
It was actually just basic tactics tbh. warbs was to caught up in the 'barca way' of playing which only wrks for Barcelona type players. i actually thought murty won the tactical battle with brenda.
2.) 12 Mar 2017 17:44:24
With what i seen of the game i thought they played well. And proves that there isn't that much difference between them. Murty should take great pride in the job he's done these last few weeks. And although there's still work needing done the team look a lot better.
3.) 12 Mar 2017 23:05:48
agreed fellow bears, Murty and the players deserve great credit for result and performance today - just shows what you can do with some basic tactics, organisation and togetherness, sadly lacking for too long under MW
For long periods we held our own in the game and had a few great chances - a proper poacher wld surely have stuck 1 or 2 of them in the pokey.
I just wonder what Pedro made if it all and what his plans are for a very average squad - hopefully he sees like the rest of us a whole new spine is needed espesh 2 cntr halves 2 strong cntr mids (if hyndmans loan isn't extended) a poacher and quality winger with pace sorry baz you were poor today wee man and shoved aside and lost the ball far too easily.
4.) 12 Mar 2017 23:30:53
No wit bugs me rite we no our team isn't up to scratch and seam to be struggling in games but we no that but for Celtic thay think thay are great am looking forward for this semi final
5.) 13 Mar 2017 13:05:04
Somewhere the Loafy One is preaching to a bunch of wide-eyed 19 year olds in some clapped out old college PE course that passing the ball to death sideways is the way to go and they'll learn from it.
First class!
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10 Aug 2017 14:45:35
Regarding big wes to Forrest, tell warburton to f right off. but Harry forrester is for sale, but something tells me he won't want him.
12 Apr 2017 21:31:47
Players that I would love to get rid of this summer,
Maybe offer hill one more year, definitely keep miller
Try and get rossiter and cranjcar fit.
That would get us money and free up big part of the wage bill, but only if some other club wants them.
1.) 12 Apr 2017 21:38:33
A fit kranjcar would be a massive player for us next season. Wondering if rossiter will ever find full fitness. Hill and miller should definitely get another year. Bring in a winger, striker (maybe 2) a right back, a defensive midfielder and a central defender
2.) 13 Apr 2017 15:44:28
Here's the players i would like caixinha to sign for rangers in the summer! Aberdeen holding midfielder ryan jack, vladimir weiss/ jamie walker wingers, christophe berra centre half, sumalia centre half, a class striker! I agree JD90,niko kranjcar if back to full fitness will be tremendous for us, the guy is a class act, there's no doubt about that! Jordan rossiter can be a big player for us, if we can get him fit! I'd most definitely give both kenny miller and clint hill, one year contracts!
3.) 13 Apr 2017 15:46:47
IF we can have a fully fit Krancjar AND Rossiter its 2 new quality signings! Really feel for Rossiter but still think its odd that our medics didn't see anything during medical OR Warbs knew but took the gamble! Its astonishing as the lad was playing for the England Development Squad when we signed him! Anyways having him and Nico hungry and in shape will be fantastic!
Regarding Transfers I can see us doing a few deals that include a player plus Fee, players like O'halloran Forrester Halliday may go but these deals will be for up and coming players at Clubs either in the SPFL or Lge One. Do you think that these players have done enough to merit any interest from elswhere? Wish this wasnt the case but Halliday etc will be off to Clubs like Bury.
If these players dig there heels in over wages then the only other option imo is to loan them out recouping as much in wages as we can as paying them off is something I do not want to see us doing. Think Waghorn may generate some interest and i'd let him go for 500k and got a feeling Warbs may come in for Tavs.
We could offer Kiernan or O'halloran as part of a deal for say someone like Patterson or Crawford BUT will they go due to money we may need to actually give outgoing player a pay off which i think we will do!
4.) 13 Apr 2017 17:17:13
Would like to think we will told more about Rossiter and how he is with his injury but prob most likely that we'll know what's happening if the lad is involved in our pre-season.
Also heard that Crooks got injured but no news as to how serious, totally agree about the involvement of the younger lads and if we see Atayaki Burt and the other lad who was on the bench against the sheep get game time on top of Bates and Beerman would be fantastic.
To have 5 players involved and all 5 to perform well to stake a claim could not come at a better time! Also to get these players in the first team and stay there would be great for the future of our squad.
To build a team of players from that age obviously need a mix of experience in there too would mean having a solid squad on the pitch, I know its a bit soon but we cannot afford to let these guys go especially for a fee that in 3-4yrs time could be so very different.
This may too make Glamour think about leaving as this could be the makings of a very good TEAM and having the likes of Miller Hill and Krancjar would surely help these guys.
Caixinha must make sure that if these lads have potential that they are not only signed up but have decent minimum fee clauses in their contracts to stop cheeky Premier League and Championship clubs offering 500k-1m for a player, as this sum of money is a pittance to them.
its far too easy for these clubs to offer 2-3 times the amount weekly wages to up and coming players. So with fingers crossed the intro of these 5 players will save us money on transfers to then use on a better calibre of player.
5.) 13 Apr 2017 17:19:59
Kranjcar will not play for Rangers again. Caixinha won't be interested in a player who is returning from serious injury and nor should he be. We need a strong squad next year with no passengers. Kranjcar is a special player but i fear he won't figure in our plans
6.) 13 Apr 2017 18:48:23
Clint hill should never get a new contract.
7.) 13 Apr 2017 22:51:17
I'd let Hill go as well, he's average at best and its only because the other CBS are so bad he's looked slightly better. if we could get 2 good CBS in and Wilson can keep up his recent good form i'd be happy.
8.) 14 Apr 2017 16:55:55
Can't believe someone wants to sign berra. He's well past his best.
11 Feb 2017 14:22:08
Looks like the club will have another legal battle, but the board have made a great call, if it's true that warburton and weir and mcparland tried and failed to work their ticket to Forrest then good on the board, so much for warburton showing respect to the club that payed his wages, well done rangers board members.
1.) 11 Feb 2017 14:29:17
Seen that mate, and if true then they have dealt with it superbly.
2.) 11 Feb 2017 14:32:40
Totally agree Delboy, I have criticised the board's actions on many occasions, but with this decision they are spot on, and all credit to them for calling it correctly.
09 Feb 2017 23:04:07
I wish someone at the managers presser would ask about Jordan rossiter, I'm quite surprised that nobody has asked him about rossiter in a while, considering he was only 2 weeks away 2 months ago.
1.) 10 Feb 2017 04:04:10
Training today with Krancjar!
2.) 10 Feb 2017 10:38:23
yes i would also like to know more about young Rossiter's situation as it would stop us from speculating, why haven't Rangers sent him away to get him the best treatment? or have we? we just don't know!
3.) 10 Feb 2017 12:26:14
At the same presser, i wish someone would ask " Mr Warburton, tell us WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?
4.) 10 Feb 2017 12:30:52
TOMUSA, can I just ask how you know Rossi ter was out training with Kranjcar the other day. There were several photos of Niko on the club website but none of Rossi ter. Not saying you're wrong, just wondering how you know?
5.) 10 Feb 2017 13:57:52
Thanks Tom I also never saw any pics of him training though
03 Feb 2017 09:21:34
Shoot me down all you want but if the gaffer was to get sacked I would want billy Davies with Barry Ferguson as his number 2,,,I know most fans would prob disagree with me but I,ll tell you one thing they would bring passion and blood and thunder back to ibrox,,but that's me and I don't have a say on what's happening
1.) 03 Feb 2017 10:20:12
I believe everyone said no when we were linked with him before warbs.
2.) 03 Feb 2017 11:06:52
King wouldn't want Billy Davies as he is not a yes man and if he wasn't getting the funds for players and wages that he wanted he would soon say so.
As for BF, what is about his management of Clyde that makes him a candidate for our #2?
3.) 03 Feb 2017 11:51:12
Naz I think they would be a great partnership at ibrox, as for Barry being at Clyde it's a totally different ball game than coming to ibrox, but both of them know the club inside out, both would walk to ibrox if given the chance to manage the club, and I, ll tell you one thing, they would make us hard to beat strait away, then build up the quality, warburton is doing it the other way around, I would love to know how much of a say David weir has at ibrox, because surely he can't be happy with that defence of ours.
4.) 03 Feb 2017 12:41:16
He woukdnt want billy davies because he became a laughing stick in the media when he was at forrest, don't think he could handle the pressure of being rangers manager, he also got slated for not playing youth players
5.) 03 Feb 2017 13:12:16
If Billy Davies becomes rangers manager I will be giving up my season ticket. Awful person and manager.
6.) 03 Feb 2017 16:41:48
I agree with you delboy1979! I've said on here ages ago how much i rate and like wee billy davies as a manager! Everything you say about davies I reiterate mate! Very good shout delboy1979!When i wanted davies as our new manager before warburton got it, i was shot down in flames, so don't worry about it my friend! All people could say was he's not the right man because of things in his personal life, allegedly! What he does away from ibrox is his business obviously within reason but there's one thing, the wee man can most certainly manage and coach! He would take a flamethrower to the weak players we have just now, such is the wee man's passion!
7.) 03 Feb 2017 16:48:17
weir said we don't have any defensive worries a couple of weeks ago if I remember right. he has his favourites aswell.
but an old man who is the slowest player in our league is our br at the moment and I don't understand why the management can't see that
21 Apr 2017 18:26:53
Hyndman won't be here next year.
21 Apr 2017 18:25:48
I'll never forgive is those fans that all left the club high and dry, it was the yanks and goian who stood by us, and a couple of others, of course they weren't going to play 3rd division football, but they should have got the club money, even if the club never got it, at that time nobody knew how much of a crooked board we had.
18 Apr 2017 10:15:41
17 Apr 2017 12:39:16
Omg that just proves how stupid hibs fans are, it's called taking the mick
16 Apr 2017 19:16:09
Totally agree about McKay and o'halloran, but I think the gaffer likes waggy, if he gets his head down and starts scoring again he could be here next year
05 Aug 2017 13:33:33
McKay is a clown, he was the leak for the press, that's why pedro punted him
24 Apr 2017 10:09:42
Clear penalty all day long, humped 2-0, never thought 2-0 could be classed as a humping, but they were miles better, get the money out mr King or be happy to finish 2/ 3rd every season, but at least tell the fans what our aims are next year/
24 Apr 2017 10:07:03
Listen it's warburtons players, they all need to go, not fit to were the jersey, btw I'm talking about players he signed, we must try and get rid of as many as possibly.
24 Apr 2017 10:06:17
What do you mean no excuses, they are miles better than the players we have, I'm glad we never won yesterday, that was the worst thing we done last year, now the board must find serious money, if they want challenge Aberdeen then Celtic.
24 Apr 2017 10:03:38
Was king there yesterday?


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|Application number
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|Jul 24, 1984
|Filing date
|Nov 5, 1982
|Priority date
|Nov 5, 1982
|Fee status
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|Maurice Yang, Carlyle A. Mounteer
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|Gulton Industries, Inc.
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|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (6), Referenced by (56), Classifications (23), Legal Events (9)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the field of transducers of the solid state strain gauge type.
2. Art Background
It is well known to fabricate pressure transducers by defining patterns or regions of materials having strain gauges on a flexible diaphragm. In general, commercial embodiments of these transducers are either diffused regions in a monocrystalline diaphragm or a thin film on a metal or other diaphragm.
The solid state semiconductor approach to these transducers (diffused regions in a monocrystalline substrate/diaphragm) has the advantage of using well developed semiconductor processing. This processing includes such steps as growing oxide layers, depositing layers by evaporation sputtering and plating, masking, as well as diffusion, chemical and plasma etching and ion milling. These steps allow the simultaneous fabrication of many identical transducers and compensating circuits, including active networks on the same substrate at a relatively low cost. For an example of such fabrication, see U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,764,950 and 4,033,787. However, these prior art devices have some drawbacks. The current density in the doped regions can be sufficiently high to cause continued diffusion of the dopant into the substrate which changes the resistivity of the gauge. In addition, the deflection of the substrate may cause the relocation of crystal dislocations which may influence carrier mobility, and thereby change the strain gauge resistance. Moreover, mobile ions which pass to the gauge junctions may cause conductivity changes which will also affect stability.
Aside from the above mentioned problems which historically are common in semiconductor strain gauge transducers, the devices possess non-linear thermal sensitivity characteristics when subjected to changes in temperature. In addition, semiconductor transducers will not operate well at temperatures above 125� C. It is commonly required that temperature compensating and calibration resistors be externally coupled to the strain gauge in order to balance the circuit and provide substantially the same electrical output for various temperature environments. The addition of these external resistors results in increased transducer cost. Furthermore, the difference in thermal mass between the resistors and the strain gauge structure and/or the existance of a thermal gradient across the transducer may require a warm-up period of up to several hours before expected precision can be achieved.
As will be described, the present invention provides a semiconductor strain gauge transducer with integral temperature compensating and calibration resistors on the same silicon substrate on which the transducer is formed. Thus, the system of present invention does not require the use of additional substrate or other material, and due to the resistors' location on the same silicon substrate as the transducer, possesses the same warm up characteristics as the strain gauge itself. In addition, the compensating and calibration resistors are formed from the same films which are used to form the strain gauge and adhesion layers as well as the contact pads.
A transducer operating on the strain gauge principle having integral temperature compensation and calibration resistors is disclosed. In the presently preferred embodiment, a silicon dioxide layer is disposed on a silicon substrate. Platinum alloy strain gauge resistors are disposed on the silicon dioxide layer and form a Wheatstone bridge circuit configuration. Laser trimable chromium nitride, platinum alloy, and gold temperature compensation and calibration resistors are formed on the silicon dioxide layer from the same films which form the strain gauge, to permit the transducer to be calibrated such that its electrical characteristics conform to desired specifications when the transducer is subjected to various temperature environments. The gold layer which forms the temperature compensation resistors also provides the necessary contact pads and conductive leads to interconnect the various resistors. Conventional masking and etching steps, well known in the art, are used to define the strain gauge resistors and contact lines and pads. It has been found that chromium nitride's negative thermal coefficient of resistivity (TCR) tends to compensate the platinum alloy resistors' positive TCR, thereby promoting temperature compensation for the transducer as a whole.
FIG. 1 is a cross sectional view of the strain gauge transducer of the present invention mounted in a package.
FIG. 2 is a cross sectional elevation view of a silicon substrate with several layers on its surface. This substrate with its layers, after processing, forms the transducer (strain gauge, temperature compensation and calibration resistors, and diaphragm).
FIG. 3 is an electrical schematic of the invented transducer showing the general Wheatstone bridge resistor configuration, and the integral temperature compensation and calibration resistors which are formed integrally on the silicon substrate.
FIG. 4 is a plan view illustrating the top surface of the invented transducer.
A transducer operating on the strain gauge principle having integral temperature compensation calibration resistors is disclosed. In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous details are set forth, such as thicknesses, materials, and other dimensions, to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art the inventive concepts disclosed in this application may be practiced without employing these specific details. In other instances, well known structures and processes, such as masking and etching steps, are not described in detail in order not obscure the present invention unnecessarily.
In the presently preferred embodiment, the present invention utilizes the teachings of U.S. Pat. No. 4,287,772 issued on Sept. 8, 1981, which is assigned to the Assignee of the subject Patent. The above referenced patent is hereby fully incorporated into this specification by reference.
Referring now to FIG. 1, the assembly 10 of the present invention includes a strain gauge transducer 12, within a housing 14. As illustrated, the transducer 12 is mounted within the housing 14 such that its central area is free to deform in response to gas pressure applied through passage 15 into the housing 14. The transducer 12 is mounted on a support 16 and is bonded to the support by an electrostatic seal 18 or the like. Lead wires 22 are wire bonded to appropriate pads on the semiconductor transducer 12 to permit the electrical characteristics of the transducer to be sensed, and thus the induced strain on the device determined as is well known in the art.
With reference now to FIGS. 3 and 4, the upper surface 26 of the transducer 12 includes 4 active strain gauge resistors 28, 30, 32, and 34. These resistors are coupled in a generally Wheatstone bridge configuration. Each of the four resistors has equal nominal resistance, and in the presently preferred embodiment comprises a platinum alloy, specifically platinum which includes approximately 3% tungsten. Other metals, such as tantalum, nichrome, or rhenium, may also be used for the strain gauge material. The general serpentine pattern of each resistor (as best shown in FIG. 4) is formed from 0.5 mil wide lines of strain gauge alloy separated by 0.5 mil wide spaces. In addition, trimable platinum alloy resistors 33 and 35 are provided as shown for gross calibration purposes. Thus, nodes A,B,C,D, and E may be defined as shown in FIG. 3.
In the presently preferred embodiment, the lower surface of the transducer 12 is etched to define a thin diaphragm region having two unetched regions referred to as "mesas". The strain resistors 28, 30, 32 and 34 are formed over these thinner areas where the strains due to diaphragm distortion under applied pressure are confined, in order to improve transducer output sensitivity. The particular structure of the transducer substrate and the etching steps utilized in the presently preferred embodiment are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,287,772. However, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that the teachings of the present invention may be used in any thin film or semiconductor strain gauge without the necessity of mesa formation.
In prior art strain gauge devices, external temperature compensation resistors must be coupled to the strain gauge resistors in order to stabilize variations in the electrical characteristics of the transducer 12 when the transducer is subjected to different temperatures. In addition, external calibration resistors are typically required in order to balance the Wheatstone bridge configuration such that the induced strain on the transducer may be determined from a zero reference. The present invention provides integral temperature compensation and calibration resistors formed on the substrate on the transducer 12, such that the problems associated with external resistors are avoided.
With reference now to FIG. 2, the transducer substrate 40, in the presently preferred embodiment, is a monocrystalline silicon material 15-16 mils thick. This material is not employed for its usual semiconductor quality, thus various grades of silicon not otherwise suitable for semiconductor processing may be employed. Silicon is used since it has excellent elastic characteristics with low hysteresis, making it ideal for use as a strain gauge diaphragm. In addition, silicon is easily processed with existing semiconductor technology.
The fabrication process simultaneously fabricates a plurality of sensors on a single wafer as is commonly done in the fabrication of integrated circuits. In the following description, the processing of only a single substrate is discussed. However, it would be obvious to one skilled in the art that the steps are performed for the entire wafer and that the wafer is then "diced" into separate "chips" or sensors.
After well known cleaning and lapping steps, 14,000 Å of SiO2 is grown (in a wet oxygen atmosphere) on both the upper 42 and lower 41 surface of the substrate 40. The SiO2 layer is shown as layer 44 in FIG. 2. Next, on surface 44 a chromium nitride layer 46 or approximately 400 Å is sputtered onto the SiO2 layer 44. This chromium nitride layer is used since it adheres to the silicone dioxide layer and promotes adhesion of the noble metal film. In addition, as will be described in more detail below, chromium nitride possesses a negative temperature coefficient of resistance making it suitable for use as a temperature compensation means.
The active strain gauge resistors, as well as temperature compensation resistors 33 and 35, are formed from a platinum alloy layer 48. In the presently preferred embodiment, this strain gauge material comprises platinum with 2-4% tungsten. This layer 48 which is approximately 400 Å thick is sputtered onto the chromium nitride layer 46, although other well known means may be employed to deposit the layer.
A gold layer 50 which is approximately 1 micron thick is next formed on the platinum layer 48 by sputtering or other well known means. It has been found, that the gold layer 50 possesses a temperature coefficient of resistance higher than the platinum alloy strain gauge material.
A photo-resist mask is next formed on the surface of the transducer 12, to define the pattern shown best in FIG. 4. Well known photo- lithographic techniques may be employed to define the pattern of serpentine shaped resistors 28, 30, 32 and 34 such that the resistors are etched into (and through) the gold layer 50. This is done by forming the resistor pattern (in a negative form) with the photo-resist and then etching the gold with a aqua-regia based gold etching solution. Next, in the presently preferred embodiment, a step which diffuses the gold into platinum alloy occurs, as is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,287,772.
By maintaining the substrate with its associated layers at 225� to 600� C. for approximately 30 minutes, the gold diffuses into the platinum. This diffusion allows the platinum layer to be chemically etched in a subsequent step. For further description of this process, see U.S. Pat. No. 4,287,772. An alternate method to accomplish the platinum etch is ion milling.
It has been found, that the chromium nitride layer 46 has a negative thermal coefficient of resistivity (TCR) and thus partially compensates the strain gauge platinum alloy resistors which have a positive TCR. In addition to providing a bonding means and partial intrinsic temperature compensation for the various layers on the substrate 40, the chromium nitride layer is formed into temperature compensation resistors 50 and 52, by appropriate photo- lithographic masking steps. Moreover, the chromium nitride compensation resistors are defined on the substrate 40, such that they are laser trimable as shown in FIG. 4.
A photo-resist mask is also formed on the gold layer 50 in order to define additional compensation resistors 56 and 58 as best shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. In addition, gold resistor 60 is formed for use as a monitor resistor. Gold leads and contact pads, as well as conductive lines interconnecting the various contact pads with the active strain gauge resistors are defined, using well known masking and etching steps.
Once the strain gauge transducer 12 has been fully fabricated, in accordance with the above discussion, each transducer 12 is tested and balanced. In the presently preferred embodiment, a computer controlled calibration system applies calibrated temperatures and pressures to the transducer and automatically laser trims the various chromium nitride, platinum alloy and gold compensation and calibration resistors, in accordance with the requirements of each transducer in order to obtain a specified performance. In practice, each transducer 12 is tested at 0�, 25� and 100� C. for proper transfer function characteristics, and resistors 33, 35, 50, 52, 56 and 58, are laser trimmed to the appropriate values needed to balance the bridge configuration and to bring it into conformance with thermal specifications.
Thus, a transducer having integral temperature compensation and calibration resistors has been described. The present invention utilizes the physical temperature coefficient properties of platinum alloy, chromium nitride and gold in order to naturally obtain temperature compensation. In addition, while the present invention has been shown and described in conjunction with a strain gauge pressure transducer, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that the invention may be used with other transducers.
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Play Doh/clay activities for older elementary?
I have some kinesthetic learners and I'm trying to teach them in a pretty distracting environment. Other teachers are working in the same room, some kids are loud, there's a lot of ambient noise. I can't really do anything about this. Some of my kids have trouble focusing and they will fidget, sometimes distracting themselves or damaging stuff.
I'm bringing stress balls for them to hold while they listen to me, or while they read out loud. But I'm also looking for a way to use play doh as a part of my lesson. I'm looking around now and most of the available play doh lessons seemed to be for younger children. I'm focusing on my 4th graders, particularly building their math skills but suggestions for reading and writing skills are welcome too.
So far I guess I can just let them make their own manipulatives by rolling the play doh into balls. I know they'd enjoy this.
Thanks in advance for any other suggestions
It sounds to me like you have two problems. One a room not conducive to teaching them, and two lack of resources for kinesthetic learning. The good things is I love clay and playdoh as a learning tool. Ice can be a good one too for this age. So I'll share some ideas that might help with both problems.
I hate noise in the classroom when it affects how others are learning. If it's really noisy, which sounds like the bigger issue perhaps try to get creative and find a way to have them wear headphones/earmuffs in class. Headphones and earmuff can both be quickly removed and put back on if they need to listen to you speak or have a question.
I have taught several students who had concentration issues with a handful of Ipads and made a recording of the lesson and saved it to the Ipad. (With what you are considering simple, inexpensive mp3 players could work too) The biggest thing that helped was making sure that I was talking even slower than usual and made pauses for them to work. I downloaded a paint app and they could write and erase and follow along with what I was teaching. I taught them how to take screen shots so I could see their work at the end of the lesson or throughout as I came around checking. At any point a student could pause the recording to ask me a question and I'd come over and answer it for them and then they'd go back to the lesson.
I was still as busy as if I was talking the whole time so it wasn't meant to free up my time. For students who couldn't handle noise it was simply an amazing tool! It helped students focus who would otherwise be lost. Plus, it gave me some practice at what I was going to be saying to the rest of the room. Because the majority of the room followed my regular lesson.
If you only have this handful maybe getting earmuffs for them to wear could be really helpful. If you're working closely with them they just need to slide off their earmuffs to hear you otherwise it helps block out noise. For this to work, having written instructions will be necessary though.
Kinesthetic Learning
Play-doh or clay can definitely be used with mathematics. I love Play-doh because unlike clay (unless you have the air dry stuff you don't need a kiln to fire it) you can bake Play-doh in an oven and it will harden and can be painted. You can have them make their own "slates" to use for reading or writing. They can make letters and numbers to use to work out sentences, spelling or math problems.
Math Applications
Fractions and division
Give them a number of problems to solve. Divide the clay in half, 1/3 and 2/3, etc. (This is also dividing by 2, dividing by 3, dividing by 4 etc.)
If you have them divide the clay in 4 equal parts. They have ¼ of the whole. If they add 2 ¼ pieces how much will they have? Of course you know it's ½ but they get to work out the problem on their own and now they are adding fractions.
For division problems you can do the same thing. Having the divide 10 by 2 using clay you have them make equal sized parts that represent two and see how many make 10. Or you give them what "2" and what "10" is knowing that if they make 5 shapes equal to the "2" shape they will get the right answer. Once they understand that you can go into explain remainders and multiplication.
Basic Algebra Equations
Once that is mastered you can get into Algebra by making different shapes and create equations (ex: What do you get when you add 4 cubes and 3 spheres if 1 sphere equals 2 squares) (show them how to take each sphere and make cubes out of them, then add up all the cubes) Then you can show them the same equation using x and y in written format.
There are many other ways to use it. Get creative and think about what kinds of problems you can give them to solve that meet your requirements and objectives for the year.
Using Ice
This is a great age for it, but it is more of a merging of science and mathematics. But, kids love it!
Melting Ice
First experiment: Does Ice Melt Faster in The Hand or on The Table?
You need two ice cubes that are the same size.
One you place on the table, the other you give to a student. If it gets too cold he passes it to his neighbor and they keep passing it until it melts. There should still be a piece of ice on the table, with a puddle of water around it.
Then discuss the results and let them speculate why it melted faster by holding it.
When they discover it must mean their bodies are warmer than the table and the air itself it's pretty incredible. They know what it means to have a fever. But they are probably not old enough or tall enough to change a thermostat to know the air is a different temperature than our bodies.
To confirm your hypothesis you should study this in alternate locations, perhaps outside, in the cafeteria, wherever the school will allow you to travel.
Then you can ask if they think it'll still be true if the cube is a different size. If they aren't sure then you can test a different size.
Second experiment: Does the larger one melt slower or faster than a smaller one?
For this you'll need to place the ice on a measuring cup (with a flat top) that is clear. Use a paper plate with a good lip and poke a few holes in the bottom of the plate where the ice will be placed so it can drip into the measuring cup.
In theory they should melt at the same rate (the same amount drips into the measuring cups) even if the smaller one is gone first.
But most students will think that it melted faster because it disappeared first. This is where the math part intersects. You look to see that the same amount of water was melted so it's melting at the same rate, and have them try to figure out why the smaller one disappeared first then (Obviously because it was smaller and therefore had less water to melt)
Note: Adding food coloring to the ice will help you see the measurements better. And having them be different colors can also help them remember which one is which since they are kinesthetic learners. (Just keep in mind that food coloring can stain fingers and hands, though it should wash out of clothes)
A great follow-up assignment to this is to send them home with the assignment to make ice cubes. One tray with hot water and another with cold water and see which one freezes first. Have them make their hypothesis at which will freeze first. (Almost everyone will say cold water) However, because the molecules are closer together in hot water it actually freezes first. Make sure this is something they can test over the weekend so they can peek in the freezer throughout the day and not miss the excitement of seeing things begin to freeze.
Mathematics inherently is used in these science experiments and you can even give them some math problems that go along with it. Like learning how to use the measuring cup, labeling and marking how much ice is converted to water in an hour. They'll have to use subtraction to figure out the amount.
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Tourism Policy and Planning
Hong Kong offers visitors the opportunity to experience the glimpse of its culture which is a fascinating experience as this great city has successfully combined the essence of an ancient and a modern world. Hong Kong acquired independence from Britain and became part of main land china in 1997. This transition changed tourism in the city a lot as many infrastructures were built afterwards. Natural parks, Disney land, and different hotels were built later. Since then, tourism has become an important role of Hong Kong. (Tsang, 2007). According Kwong (1997), Hong Kong has at least 118 hotels with about 43,866 rooms with an average tenancy rate of 85 per cent and an average length of stay of overnight visitors of 4 nights. The Tourism Commission (TC) of Hong Kong was mandated in May 1999 by the government of mainland china to put in place a variety of tourism growth efforts and to provide better policy hold up and leadership on the part of government to the growth of tourism in Hong Kong. The commission aims to make Hong Kong Asia's premier international city and a world-class destination for leisure and commerce tourists. The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) and the government work in agreement to bring in the community. ...
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Tourism Policy and Planning Professor University State Date Introduction This research paper focuses on Hong Kong as a major tourism destination in the world. I will focus on the development of tourism in Hong Kong before and after 1997.Over the last decade, Hong Kong has changed into a modern and exciting city…
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