This is a great introductory group activity after vocabulary has been learned. Students will simulate a population sample of "mutated fish". They will also determine if things are biased or unbiased, explain their reasoning and illustrate their understanding! ***The materials you need are: Centimeter cubes and baggies/containers to hold them for each group. Print this activity for your students to use and there is a page of "Teacher Tips".
This is a fun review game! Think Jenga, mixed in with Jeopardy where you pick your own question/point value! **YOU WILL NEED YOUR OWN JENGA SET(S) THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO SEPARATE AND WRITE ON.** I have created a "Teacher Tip" page at the end of how I play this game in my 7th-grade math classroom. This review covers Ratios, Rates, and Writing/Solving Proportions. This is a Google Doc Download so you can project the instructions to the board and print the game question board and answer key.
Teaching on Halloween can be a doozy! Why not take the time to do some fun review with "Spooky Math Stations"?! Included are 6 stations with minimal prep. Mostly cutting and laminating and making some copies. Stations include finding equivalent fractions using a recipe, estimating, add/sub linear expressions, multiply integers, Halloween puzzles (easy search on the internet), and Candy rate/ratios. **You will need to do some extra prep for a couple of stations and possibly buy items like grapes,
Rubric, materials, directions, and worksheet included! Students use Tessellations and make light covers after researching the benefits of light covers in the classroom. This is a service project for the school. It helps provide essentially FREE light covers for your school, and students get to have their work displayed around the school!
Students will create a cake design using TinkerCad. They will calculate the volume, surface area, and estimate a price quote for their cake. I have attached some tips/tricks/ideas that I thought might be helpful or to extend the depth of the project. 7th grade CC standards.
Based off of the Monty Hall Problem. Students will debate and run an experiment to determine if it is better to switch or stay with the original door you choose to have the best probability of winning the grand prize.