Questions & Activities to Make Math Better.
I was perusing Twitter this morning and saw some choice boards people made from Stephanie Howell's (@mrshowell24) Make & Take Session on YouTube. The first block gives students the choice to watch a video or look at an infographic. I do the exact same thing in my classes and realized I have only shared one… Continue reading Transformation & Symmetry InfoNotes
If you've listened to any of the podcasts I've been on, or heard me speak at a conference or webinar, or read my blog, then you know I love to have students write and create in my math classroom. One project that I particularly love is the Transformation Comic activity. This year, I wanted to… Continue reading StopMotion Superhero Transformations
I love to create in the math classroom. It's a great way to connect with students who may not LOVE math but love to create. However, I want the projects we create to enhance their understanding of math, and not just end up an art lesson. This project, with the addition of a critical thinking… Continue reading Creative Critical Thinking
What do you do at the end of the year when students have already turned in their laptops? Tessellations. This was a great review of transformations and students were able to show their creativity. We learned how to make tessellations that translate, rotate, and reflect and then students could choose which 2 of the 3… Continue reading Tessellations
This is a lesson that I originally found here. It has gone through many iterations. You can see the progression of these on my sister blog Infinitely Teaching if you want a paper version of this project. I love this project because students have to take the transformation words and work them into their comic. They also… Continue reading Transformation Comics
Make Math Not Suck 