Triangle congruence is coming up soon. I've always done some kind of activity where students construct triangles and discover which ones are congruent. One activity is Road Kill Cafe shared with me by @craigklement. I'm not sure where it originally came from, sorry. Below is another construction activity we have done very similar to Road… Continue reading Stop Motion Triangle Congruence
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Choose Your Own Adventure *Updated*
A lesson is only as good as the updates you make. This activity, which I first blogged about here and here, came from Ditch That Textbook by Matt Miller. I love this idea and now use it as an alternative assessment activity. Please go back and read how this started for me. One reason I… Continue reading Choose Your Own Adventure *Updated*
Fly Swatter, Parabolas, & Math Snaps
Key features of parabolas are important to understand the why behind quadratic graphs. It seems intuitive, and it is provided an image, but often the situation is represented as a graph with only words to guide students. My students can graph them but seem to struggle with where things are on the graph. We approached… Continue reading Fly Swatter, Parabolas, & Math Snaps
Geometric Jack
I created this project my first year of teaching (we won't talk about how long ago that was). It used to be a teacher-guided activity, but with the use of technology, it's now a perseverance activity that meets the Geometry construction standards for constructing an equilateral triangle and regular hexagon. We also have a discussion about… Continue reading Geometric Jack
Parallel & Perpendicular Memory Game with Google Slides
I try to incorporate an activity into every lesson. My goal is to make math not suck and sitting and taking notes is not the way to do it. A colleague found this memory game in an investigation for parallel and perpendicular lines from Wapakonta High School (sorry, I don't know who to credit.) I love this… Continue reading Parallel & Perpendicular Memory Game with Google Slides
Math Talk – Functions
I am always trying to include student discourse and critical thinking in my lessons. This activity started as a sort that we would do AFTER the lesson was completed. This year I decided to change it up and created this slide deck as a lesson opener. The students were told which ones were functions and… Continue reading Math Talk – Functions
Solve for y
I have a fun activity I created with @AliceKeeler using a Google Expedition and spreadsheet activity to reinforce WHY we need to solve for y or another variable in literal equations. [I will link here when I post this activity, didn't realize I hadn't posted this activity!] For some students, this is enough, but for… Continue reading Solve for y
Geometry Notation Project
Last year I posted a vocabulary activity I've done many times with Geometry and our circle unit. Our students love this project so much we decided to use it for other units as well. Our first unit in Geometry is basic vocabulary and notation. My colleague, Tessah Wood, wrote the activity and, once again, our… Continue reading Geometry Notation Project
Solar Eclipse Breakout
The Total Solar Eclipse happens at the beginning of our school year. Since we will still be in the introduction/relationship building phase and won't have learned new content, I wanted to create a BreakoutEDU that included prior knowledge. I searched online to see if any already existed and stumbled upon a digital one created by… Continue reading Solar Eclipse Breakout
Circle Vocabulary
I don’t give vocabulary assignments very often. I usually teach it as we go in context of the lesson. Every now and then front-loading vocabulary will make lessons flow more smoothly. That’s the case with our circle unit. I can’t take credit for creating this project, but I really do like it. Students have to… Continue reading Circle Vocabulary
Make Math Not Suck 