Bringing Math Forward

In the Mini Me project, students help each other measure lengths of their bodies such as arm, foot, and face lengths. (No measurements are taken "around" a student.) Students then create a scale drawing of themselves. A list of appropriate measurements is included so that students have enough information to create a good drawing. Students may either determine an appropriate scale factor or the teacher may give them the provided scale factor. This project can be used for distance learning, especi

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.

In this STEM project, students will design, build, test, and redesign straw rockets to collect data on flight time and distance. Students will then use lines of best fit, slope, and y-intercept to analyze the data they have collected and make recommendations as to the best design.

In this project, students will work to find formulas that are used in different sports, write an algebraic expression to represent the formula, define variables for the expression, use the expression to determine sports statistics. Students may work individually or in pairs, and the project may result in a physical or electronic presentation.

This project uses simple probabilty and candy to reenforce this statistics topic. Students may use small packages of candy or may use a virtual candy box (which is in my store) to determine theoretical and experimental probability and to compare and constrast the two. Teachers then have the option to require students to create a presentation of the information. There are two different formats included: one in which students can write answers on the project sheets and one where students use their

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.

This activity allows students to explore quadratic functions in a real-life scenario, braking distances for cars travelling at different speeds. Students will research braking speeds through a webquest and will then answer questions both on reading comprehension and math skills. Then they will create a graph and use it, and the quadratic function, to answer questions about braking distances and speeds.

In this project, students operate with decimals and fractions to solve real-life problems including determining taxes, paying apartment rent, buying a car, and more. The project can be done by individual students or pairs of students. The teacher has the option to assign the project in pieces or in its entirety. There is also an option for the students to create a final presentation of their findings. Rubrics for all parts are included. Also included is a list of 30 occupations with salaries.

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 worksheet includes two types of problems: students are asked to describe graphs of quadratic functions without graphing and students are aksed to graph functions. There are two formats included: one with spaces for student answers and one without. Answer key is included.

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.

This worksheet allows students the opportunity to determine axes of symmetry and vertices for simple quadratic functions of the form, y = ax^2. Additionally, students are able to graph different functions. Two forms of the worksheet are included, with and without space for student graphs. An answer key is included.

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 product contains two activities. The first is an activity of 16 quadratic equations to solve. The second is a STEM activity in which students solve a quadratic equation and then use the results to build a scale model of a storage container. Both are based on an every day application - determining the dimensions of storage containers. Additionally, the STEM project may be differenentiated as you may assign problems of a certain difficulty to students based on their skill levels. An answer ke

In this packet, there are notes for students about finding standard deviation - both with and without using a graphing calculator. There is also a student exercise in which students find standard deviation with and without a calculator. Additionally, students are asked to create and analyze a histogram of the data.

This packet contains three student worksheets and accompanying answer sheets. The worksheets cover simple probablity, compound probability, and mixed probabililty. All problems are unique; that is, the mixed probability problems are different than the simple and compound probability problems. While the worksheets have a candy theme, they can be used at any time as well as near Valentine's Day.

In this project, students will use the Engineering Design Process to design and create a monument to honor a mathematician or a scientist. Students to design a monument, determine the scale measurements, and the build the scale model. If necessary, the students will re-design the monument. This project can easily be made into a cross-curricular project by using cultures from Social Studies class and writing skills from ELA.

This product is a worksheet on graphing quadratic equations of the form y = ax^2 + bx + c. An answer key is provided; the answer key has the vertex and three sets of coordinates on both sides of the axis of symmetry so that you have the coordinates no matter which side of the axis your students choose to calculate them. There is a link to a Google doc which contains the student problems only. Also, there are two forms of the worksheet included: one with space for students to write their answer a