Bringing Math Forward

The PowerPoint presentation defines and illustrates tessellations. There are multiple examples which include different transformations: translation, rotation, reflection. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ The student project allows students to express their creativity by creating their own tessellations. They are allowed to use different transformations in order to create their tessellation. A grading rubric is included as well as a l

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 bundle contains a video and Promethean Board flipchart which clearly explain how to solve mult-step equations; they contain step-by-step instructions as well as student examples. The worksheet requires students to write and solve multi-step equations to determine the measures of angles of different polygons. The STEM project requires students to design and build one of these polygons. All three may be used together or separately or in any combination. The STEM project can be differentiated

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

In this project, students create pictures on index cards. These pictures may be from other classes; for example, they could be characters from an ELA novel, traits of a region in Social Studies, or aspects of animals/land masses studied in science. Students then use construction paper to create a matte in which to frame the three pictures. Students must use operations with fractions to determine the length and width of the required matte. This project can be done individually or in pairs.

There are three items in this bundle: an introductory PowerPoint with vocabulary and examples on both the theorem and the converse, a student worksheet with problems on the theorem and its converse, a STEM project in which students create a stained glass window.

In this bundle, three items are included. The first is an introductory PowerPoint which explains the Pythagorean Theorem and which has student examples. Secondly, there is a student worksheet where students can apply what they have learned; there is a link to a Google doc with the student portion of the worksheet. Finally, there is a STEM project in which students must design and build a home for a gnome.

In Quilt by Design, students create a quilt block from either paper or fabric. They can choose from a list of block designs or create their own. The project can be differentiated in several ways: by requiring certain shapes within the quilt block, by requiring that students create their own. There are two versions of the project included; in the second version, students are required to determine how much paper/fabric they will need for their quilt block and request that amount from the teacher.

This bundle includes an introductory PowerPoint and a student worksheet on the Pythagorean Theorem as well as an introductory PowerPoint and student worksheet with an added activity on the distance formula. Answer keys are provided for both workhsheets as well as the distance formula activity. Also included is the STEM project, Pythagoras' Stained Glass Windows.

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.

In the Go Go A Logo activity, students create a logo for a new ultimate Frisbee team and the logo must be according to the owners' specifications. One requirement is that the logo contain at least one transformation (dilation, translation, reflection, rotation). Students are required to explain their transformations and their logos. The videos which accompany the activity explain the four types of transformations. Also, the videos include vocabulary, notes, and/or student problems to help insure

This bundle contains the four videos for transforming figures in the coordinate plane. Each video has vocabulary, notes, and/or student problems to the help teachers identify students who have watched and participated in the videos. Each video is accompanied by an ActivInspire flipchart. The titles of videos, their lengths, and the student requirements may be found in the free "Summary of Student Requirements for Videos" found in my store.

This project can be used in a multitude of ways: as a STEM project or a PBL activity with STEM, using fractions or decimals, by individual students or pairs of students. Students must use the given information and their knowledge of area to design and create a paper pattern for a device to hold a baby safely in a high chair. Included in the teacher notes is a link to a Google doc with the student portion of the project.

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.

This bundle has a PowerPoint presentation and a student activity, both on the distance formula. The PowerPoint presentation inclues the derivation of the distance formula from the Pythagorean Theorem, student examples, and an exit ticket to check for student understanding. The worksheet contains distance formula problems with integers, fractions, and decimals as well as an added color by number activity. The activity can be done on hard copies or virtually.

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.

Hold on, Baby is a STEM project which can be used as a PBL project, which can be used with fractions or decimals, and in which students use their knowledge of area. The PowerPoint includes pictures of the high chair with fraction and decimal measurements as well as pictures of a possible solution.

This PowerPoint serves as an introduction to the Pythagorean Theorem. Included in the presentation are vocabulary, step-by-step instructions, and student examples. The converse of the Pythagorean Theorem along with examples are also included.

This PowerPoint presentation introduces students to the distance formula. First, the distance formula is derived from the Pythagorean Theorem. Then, several examples are presented which can be done with students or by students independently and checked as a whole class. Finally, there is an exit ticket to check students' understanding.

In this project, students must design a trap to catch a dragon from the mystical kingdom of Tayva. Students are required to modify their original design and describe those modifications and whether or not they have been successful. Additionally, they must write a parapraph to describe their trap to the queen and king as well as persuade them that the trap will work. After building the final prototype of the trap, students must calculate its surface area and the cost of painting it as well as the