Bringing Math Forward

This project allows students to create a tessellation using a shape they determine and any transformations that they can use. The project allows students to use only translations or to add in reflections and/or rotations. More points are awarded for using multiple transformations and for creativity. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ If you purchase this project, a link to a Google doc with the student info is included in the purchase.

This document contains two student activities: a worksheet with multi-step equations and a STEM project. Both involve students using information about an animal pen in different shapes. For the worksheet, students must write and solve equations to determine the measures of angles of pens in the shapes of different polygons. In the STEM project, students must design and build a model (but not a scale model) of the pen which the teacher assigns them. There are links to Google docs for the workshe

Using the Pythagorean Theorem, students design and create right triangles. They then integrate these right triangles into a stained glass window. This STEM project can be cross-curricular with ELA as students will describe impressions of their observations of stained glass windows. A detail rubric is included to help with assessment. The final products look beautiful when posted on a sunny window.

There are four projects included here. Two are STEM projects which have students design and build composite figures with constraints on volume and surface area. The other two have students design the figures but there is no requirement to build them. The latter two projects can be used for distance learning or when less time is available. Solids used are cones, hemispheres, cylinders, prisms, and pyramids.

In this project, students are placed in the role of a gnome architect and builder and are tasked with designing and creating a home for a gnome. They are required to have right angles in the home but are not allowed to use a protractor; thus, they must use the Pythagorean Theorem to ensure all angles are right angles. In the teacher notes, there is a link to a Google doc with the relevant student portions that can be shared with a class.

This worksheet includes problems on the Pythagorean Theorem and its converse. Two forms of the worksheet are included: one with room for student work and one with only the problems. An answer sheet is included. A link to a Google doc with the student portion of the document is included in the teacher's notes.

This packet contains two activities. The first is a student worksheet containing 15 problems on the distance formula; problems include integers, decimals, fractions. The second is an activity in which students create a picture by using their answers to color in appropriate squares; this activity can be done on a hard copy or electronically.