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

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.

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.

This STEM project uses operations with rational numbers in a real-life situation. While not necessary, the project is designed to be cross-curricular with math, social studies, and ELA. Students study the biomes of a certain continent or region and create a poster which analyzes the rainfall throughout the year. Students then design, re-design, and create a rain gauge to collect and measure rainfall locally; the rain gauge is built from recycled materials.

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 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.

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.

This bundle includes a PowerPoint presentation which has step by step instructions for finding interquartile range both with and without a graphing calculator. Additionally, the bundle includes a hand-out for students with step by step directions for finding the interquartile range, both with and without a graphing calculator. Finally, there is an activity sheet with problems for students to determine interequartile ranges and interpret box and whisker plots.

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 bundle contains two projects. The first is Resizing the Classroom: Creating Scale Drawings of Everyday Objects. This project is a straightforward activity in which students create a scale drawing of an object in the classroom. The second project is the Monument STEM Project. Here, students design and build a scale model of a monument for a mathematician or scientist. The second project is easily converted into a cross-curricular project by using cultures studied in Social Studies and incorp

This bundle combines a powerpoint presentation and a student activity. Both products look at scatter plots, trend lines, equations of lines of best fit, correlation coefficients, residuals, and predictions. In the powerpoint, there is an example which can be reviewed by the teacher followed by an examples students can work on. Embedded in the presentation are instructions for using the STAT function on a graphing calculator to determine the equation of line of best fit and the correlation coeffi

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 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.