Squircle


 * I just finished a stint teaching Algebra 1 to a group of 9th graders at a local high school for 21 days in preparation for the TAKS Test. This was quite a feat since I am usually a Science gal but my goals where to motivate, build confidence and attain automaticity with regard to using the math skills they had/had not developed. A tool that became rather valuable was a Squircle I picked up at Trainers Warehouse** [|**www.trainerswarehouse.com**] **I was able to use it as I spoke of geometric shapes like square, quadrilateral, parallelogram, rhombus, and made acute, obtuse, and right angles and a line, but the greatest message hence its morphed name is that if you think outside the box...it also can become a circle because of the way it is created (flips inside out). Love it! **