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ACMS class gets lesson on math In the real world

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By Jennifer Kemp

Students in Mrs. Kemp's 7th grade math classes at Adair County Elementary School, Columbia, KY, were educated through a different perspective Wednesday, March 25, 2009. Not by a teacher, but by someone who actually uses math and geometry in his field of work everyday.To wrap up a unit on Geometry, Larry Russell Bryant gave Mrs. Kemp's students a glimpse of the wide variety of geometric concepts he uses when doing construction work and road boring. The students even did some hands-on simulations with homemade compasses he made for each student.




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Larry Russell Bryant teaches math in real world



2009-03-27 - Adair County Middle School, 322 General John Adair Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Jennifer Kemp.
BUILDING CONTRACTOR LARRY RUSSELL BRYANT gave students in Mrs. Jennifer Kemp's 7th grade math class at Adair County Middle School some practical applications of geometry he uses in his business every day. Students in picture are Morgan Chamness, Jarred Dishman, Jesse Anderson, Tyler Willis, Trent Hadley, and Alex Magsam

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