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In this hands-on, editable project, students will use what they learned about complementary, supplementary, adjacent, and vertical angle relationships and unique triangles to create their own quilt squares and compile them into a class quilt. This project is perfect because it is completely customizable to the needs of your class. I have also included tips and suggestions to make cross-curricular connections and make this project interdisciplinary. My students loved this project, and yours will,

This is an excellent, low prep activity perfect for middle or high school math students! I have used this personally with math students in 7th grade, 8th grade, and Algebra 1 at the end of the school year. The activities push students to make connections with geometric concepts while also asking them to reflect on the movie's bigger picture. Instructions and draft sub plans are included to make using this resource easier than ever. The movie itself is NOT included in the resource, but can be fo

This is a wonderful multi-day project I have used for the past two years with my 8th grade math and honors Algebra 1 students! It is low-prep, takes around four 60-minute class periods, and is perfect for the end of the year after testing. Students select an image to trace in the free, online Desmos graphing calculator. They trace their image by creating functions and limiting the domain and range. 8th grade math students stick to basic images and linear functions, while Algebra 1 students can

This low prep activity is an excellent algebra or pre-algebra project to make connections to graphs of systems of equations! It is great to use during winter or the holiday season. I've used this project with my own eighth-grade math students. Students will cut out snowflakes and analyze how it represents the following mathematical concepts: - Systems of equations - Slope and y-intercept - Symmetry The following is included in this resource: - Project Introduction Slides (Editable) - Student P

This scale drawing project is a rigorous, hands-on activity you can implement to have your students fully grasp the concept of scale factor and scale drawings! It is a group project where each class is split into groups to scale up and reconnect sections of one whole piece. I created this to use with my 7th grade math students and they LOVED it. It is super versatile in that you can bring in art from any time period, and you can easily connect it to other subjects. (I've included multi-disciplin

This is the ULTIMATE proportional relationships project! I created this for my 7th-grade math students to complete at the end of their unit on proportional relationships. This detailed activity connects real-world applications to have students show their knowledge of proportional reasoning. Like in the Food Network show Restaurant: Impossible, students are in charge of improving imaginary restaurants. They will research and improve the cost, profit, seating capacity, and schedules of restaurants

Combine geometry and algebra with this project relating street maps to mathematical concepts! I created this project to use with my own 8th-grade math students at the end of the year. Students will identify a real-life intersection that meets at a non-perpendicular and calculate the following: - Angle measurements - Vertical angle pairs - Slope and y-intercept - Solution to system of equations The following is included in this resource: 1. Teacher Instructions 2. Project Checklist/Rubric - Edita

This is a great end-of-year project to use to review important geometry and statistics concepts. I created this project and used it with 7th-grade math students. Students build and "sail" boats made out of aluminum foil. The following mathematical concepts are covered over the course of the project: Surface Area and Volume: Students calculate the volume of their boat as a composition of prisms. They draw a net of their boat design to calculate its surface area.Mean, Median, Mode, and Range: As a

This is the perfect worksheet for a field trip or even a stand-alone activity in class that builds real-world connections. My students loved this, and it helped percents "click" for many of them. This activity covers the following math topics: - Numbers & Operations: Adding and subtracting positive & negative numbers - Percents: Taxes, mark-ups, and discounts - Inequalities: Writing inequalities based on real-world scenarios This activity can be printed or assigned digitally. I have also inc

I created this activity for a math rotation during my 7th grade students' field trip to the aquarium! It is the perfect worksheet for a field trip or even a stand-alone activity in class that builds real-world connections. My students loved this, and it helped percents "click" for many of them. This activity covers the following math topics: - Numbers & Operations: Adding and subtracting positive & negative numbers - Percents: Taxes, mark-ups, and discounts - Inequalities: Writing inequali