Exploring Mathematics

*Designed for use with a TI-83 or TI-83+ calculator My algebra I students are allowed to use a graphing calculator for their end-of-the-year state exam, but many of them have had very little practice with them throughout the year. I designed this activity to introduce them to the variety of Algebra I problems (cube roots, decimal to fraction conversion, graphing linear equations, x- and y-intercepts, systems of equations solutions, and quadratic solutions) their graphing calculator is capable

This fun, fast-paced game is perfect as an end to a lesson introducing polynomials. Topics covered in the game include vocabulary (monomial, binomial, trinomial), calculating polynomial degrees, and ascending/descending order. To play, students are each given a card with a polynomial. (Thirty-six polynomials are included in the file.) Every student is also given a worksheet with a list of types of polynomials that they have to find from other students in the classroom without repeating a p

*Designed to be used with TI-83 or TI-83+ calculators The activity guides students through using graphing calculators to graph and solve four quadratic functions. Questions are designed to teach students how to relate the information in a table for a quadratic function to its graph with a focus on using the graph to solve the quadratic equation. Examples address four types of possible solutions (two integer solutions, two non-integer solutions, one integer solution, and no solution). If you

Even when students can correctly calculate interest, I find they often don't quite understand what it is or how it is used in real life. This webquest has students investigate interest rates for different scenarios they will encounter in the future (car loans/student loans/savings accounts/etc.). I use this to introduce the concept of interest and pair it with the BrainPop credit card and interest videos, quizzes, and activities using my school's subscription. The file is an editable word