Ellen Ward

If you find Trigonometry repetitive and boring, look no further! This trigonometry scavenger hunt will get students outside, moving around, and engaged. Students begin by building their own sextant to measure angles. You will need: -A protractor -A straw -Tape -String -Small weight, such as a washer Once students have built their sextant, they will go outside and measure objects around the school building. In the worksheet they are measuring a tree, windmill, school sign, basketball hoop, goal

Do your students struggle with writing equations from word problems? Using these "cheat sheets", students will have step-by-step help for each type of equation. Cut out and paste these to a piece of cardstock or construction paper, then have students write all of the words that mean add/subtract/multiply/divide inside. They then have a safety blanket to use when tackling these kinds of questions. My grade 7's found it very helpful and I noticed their understanding vastly improved.

This assignment provides students with a real-life example of how integers are used. In this assignment, students record their food/drink intake and their exercise over two days. They then use that data to determine the numbers of calories they've consumed (+ number) and the calories they've burned (- number) and calculate how healthy they are. While the focus of this assignment is on positive and negative numbers, it can also be used to build up to unit price. My students really enjoyed findi