Do you celebrate Pi Day with your students? I think taking a break from routine and celebrating this special number is a great way for kids to have fun and and celebrate math all at the same time. If you’re looking for something new to try, check out the activities
Slope it taught in just about every course from seventh grade on up. It’s a fundamental concept that is linked to so many other topics, so it’s essential for students to have a solid understanding of slope. If you are looking for some new ideas, here are five of my
Looking for an activity idea for factoring polynomials? These “Factoring Brochures” are simple, yet one of my favorite projects. This project is described in my Algebra 1 Polynomials and Factoring Unit. Many people have asked for samples and I was excited to find some during a recent clean-out! All students
Who likes teaching properties in math? Anyone? I know, I know. They are not the most exciting topic to teach. It doesn’t help that they seem to come up in every math class from 4th grade through Algebra 2. But they are important! They help students understand the how and
Hi everyone! Back in September, I started playing around with recreating several of my activities in Google slides so students. This way, students could have the same experience, but in a digital form! So many schools are going paperless and transitioning to more of a digital classroom, so I know there
Operations with scientific notation appears to be a simple topic on the surface, however, students get easily confused when manipulating the exponent in order to make computations. I came up with the acronym “LARS” to help students remember how changing the exponent affects the direction the decimal will move. “LARS”
I love teaching systems of equations, like seriously LOVE it! I always teach it right after the linear equations unit, and it’s the perfect transition from graphing one line, to graphing two. Students catch on right away and think, “this unit is going to be easy!” Then…. we hit
This is the second post in a series I created called “Spicing up the Secondary Classroom.” This post’s focus is Scavenger Hunts! I went to a conference four years ago and listened to a speaker taught about a a similar activity in which students solved problems in loop. I was totally intrigued