Questions & Activities to Make Math Better.
I attended Howie Hua's #VirtualMath21 (you can search the hashtag on Twitter but Howie seems to have disabled his Twitter account). I really enjoy a good free conference and this one didn't disappoint. I have a few things churning in my mind, but one I wanted to share immediately was Graspable Math shared by Tim… Continue reading Graspable Math
We are not giving finals this year. An idea I think I support (it has been hard keeping motivation without a final). I wanted a way to review everything we have learned this year but in a fun way. I originally planned to do a murder-mystery activity like I saw on Twitter shared by @MrsHiltnerReads.… Continue reading Get a Clue Escape Room
As the year winds down, keeping the excitement going is sometimes difficult. I have two classes with seniors, whose last day was Friday, and now I have Juniors for 2 more weeks and I need to find activities to do that do not rely on new content. I decided to make commercials for students in… Continue reading Commercials for Class
My colleague and friend, Danyelle, has done this kite construction project for a number of years during summer school. She first saw it at a conference many years ago. We decided to try it last year during the school year and then the pandemic closed school and we didn't get to do it. When the… Continue reading Go Fly A Kite
The circle theorems unit is one where I question when we will use it but see the value in helping students explore and think. One way I like to do this is by having them explore the theorems and record what they notice. I use Geogebra for the explorations. Some of these are ones I… Continue reading Circle Theorem Explorations
I follow Theresa Wills @theresawills on Twitter and she shares some really amazing math games on her blog that she creates for the platform PlayingCard.io. The really fun thing about this platform is that you can play with a partner in real time. The exciting piece of this is the customizable games. This is where… Continue reading PlayingCards.io
As promised, here is a compilation of all my area, surface are and volume projects and activities. Online Calculator click Exit Tickets click Area Area App click Application click Surface Area Application Application for Surface Area Build A Robot Bonus Activity in my book Make Math Not Suck Volume & Spheres Application Volume and Spheres Application Popcorn… Continue reading Surface Area and Volume – all the goods
I love this unit because it is so applicable. I have shared many ideas to use during this unit and next week I will combine everything together in one post so it's easier to access. This post will focus on my exit tickets. I've taught surface area and volume using the formula for all of… Continue reading Area, Surface Area, and Volume Exit Tickets
When we were fully remote and then hybrid, I wanted to give my students options in their learning and I wanted one of the learning options to be visual. When I set up my Canvas for a lesson, I have a table where the left side is read and the right side is watch. On… Continue reading Quadrilateral InfoNotes
This idea has been rolling around in my head, especially when I'm on the elliptical working out, so I'm excited to try it out with students. The idea behind this activity is to get students to think about the properties of quadrilaterals. There are so many rules to remember and there isn't a ton of… Continue reading Quadrilateral Comics
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