With this activity, students will practice simplifying expressions by adding and subtracting polynomials. As students simplify the expressions, they will fill in an abstract space according to their answer with a pattern to reveal a beautiful, fun Zen design! Students can color their final products or leave them in black and white. Either way, your classroom will be decorated with beautiful artwork as the students practice their Algebra skills!

This no-prep activity is an excellent resource for sub plans, enrichment/reinforcement, early finishers, and extra practice with some fun. It is especially useful for end-of-year practice, spiral review, and motivated practice when students are exhausted from standardized testing or mentally "checked out" before a long break (hello summer!). Teachers and students alike enjoy motivating activities, so engage your students today with this relaxing activity!

If you like this, you may also like my other Zen Math activities:

Operations with Exponents

Systems of Equations

Simplifying Radical Expressions

Solving Inequalities

Translating Verbal Expressions

Solving Equations

This activity can also be found in my Zen Math Algebra I Bundle.

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