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Queen Creek, Arizona, United States
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The two of us at Idea Galaxy have been in education for a combined 33 years. We have taught 7th-8th Grade Math, Math intervention, 6th-7th English Language Arts, and English as a Second Language (ELL) for kindergarten through adult learners. We've also enjoyed many opportunities to provide professional development to fellow educators on a variety of topics.
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Preview of Combining Like Terms Maze Activity - Print and Digital Practice and Review

Combining Like Terms Maze Activity - Print and Digital Practice and Review

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Idea Galaxy
Combining Like Terms Maze In this combining like terms activity students will be using one variable, two variables, and one of the mazes has negative numbers. It is great for differentiation, stations or centers, partner work, or homework. After using these 3 mazes students will be more familiar with combining like terms. ***INCLUDES DIGITAL VERSION OF ALL 3 MAZES IN GOOGLE SLIDES. EASY TO ASSIGN IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM OR OTHER LMS. *** Supports CCSS 8.EE.A.3, 7.EE.A.1, 6.EE.A.3, 6.EE.A4 TEKS 6.7
Preview of Scientific Notation Maze Activity

Scientific Notation Maze Activity

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Students love this scientific notation activity to get great practice! These three mazes are an engaging activity to practice working with scientific notation and converting to and from scientific notation. With the scientific notation maze, students will forget that they are practicing scientific notation, they'll be having way too much fun! ***INCLUDES DIGITAL VERSION OF ALL 3 MAZES IN GOOGLE SLIDES. EASY TO ASSIGN IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM OR OTHER LMS. *** Supports 8th grade standards: CCSS 8.EE
Preview of Square Roots and Cube Roots Activity - Maze

Square Roots and Cube Roots Activity - Maze

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This activity is perfect for practicing square roots and cube roots. It's a short and easy way for students to practice square roots and cube roots and to have fun while doing it. ***INCLUDES DIGITAL VERSION OF ALL 3 MAZES IN GOOGLE SLIDES. EASY TO ASSIGN IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM OR OTHER LMS. *** Here's what you'll get:3 printable math mazesSquare Roots MazeCube Roots MazeSquare and Cube Roots MazeGoogle Slides™ version of each maze. Students complete the maze path with drag-and-drop arrows.Answer
Preview of Rules of Exponents Review Game (Properties of Exponents)

Rules of Exponents Review Game (Properties of Exponents)

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Students will love reviewing the Rules of exponents in this interactive game supporting CCSS 8.EE.A.2. This game can be played with or without an interactive whiteboard or projector to practice the rules of exponents with increasing complexity, including negative exponents. Can be downloaded into Google Slides. ***This resource is also included in the Properties of Exponents Unit Bundle with other great resources at a great price*** This game is ideal for whole class review. It provides an opp
Preview of Combining Like Terms Activity Bundle

Combining Like Terms Activity Bundle

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Idea Galaxy
This collection of combining like terms activities will get students practicing combining variables and integers. They will get to combine like terms and have fun at the same time. Supports 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade math standards: CCSS 7.EE.A.1, CCSS 8.EE.C.7, 6.EE.A.3, 6.EE.A.4, TEKS 7.7A, TEKS 8.8A. Included in this download are: Combining Like Terms Dot Game-Teacher Directions & Tips -3 game boards (one with only positive integers, two with both positive and negative integers) -
Preview of Combining Like Terms Review Game

Combining Like Terms Review Game

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Idea Galaxy
Students will love combining like terms in this interactive game supporting 7th and 8th grade math standards CCSS 7.EE.A.1 and CCSS 8.EE.C.7, TEKS 7.7A and TEKS 8.8A. This game can be played with or without a SMART board or interactive whiteboard, or projector to practice combining like terms with increasing complexity, including using the distributive property and one find the error item. It can be downloaded to Google Slides. This game is ideal for whole class review. It provides an oppor
Preview of Equations & Word Problems Task Cards 7th Grade 7.EE.B.4a Printable & Digital

Equations & Word Problems Task Cards 7th Grade 7.EE.B.4a Printable & Digital

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Equations and Word Problems Task Cards: Use these task cards instead of worksheets to get students practicing solving equations (8 problems), writing equations from real world situations (12 problems), and generating their own story problems represented by a given equation (4 problems). These task cards come in both printable AND digital formats. The digital format is built in Google Slides to easily assign to students, and includes answers so students can check their own work. Support 7th gr
Preview of Perfect Square and Cubes Exponents Digital Resource

Perfect Square and Cubes Exponents Digital Resource

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This collection of 3 maze games is perfect for practicing perfect squares and cubes and basic exponents. It's a short and engaging way for students to practice squares and cubes and to have fun while doing it. ***INCLUDES DIGITAL VERSION OF ALL 3 MAZES IN GOOGLE SLIDES. EASY TO ASSIGN IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM OR OTHER LMS. *** Supports 8th grade standards: CCSS 8.EE.A2 and TEKS 8.2B Included in this product: -3 maze games, one is only squares, one is only cubes, and one is squares and cubes mixed.
Preview of Solving Multi-Step Equations Partner Activity

Solving Multi-Step Equations Partner Activity

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Use these task cards instead of worksheets to get students working with multi-step equations and solving for x with multi-step equations that use the distributive property and fractions. This resource can used as partner work, a game, a small group activity, for fast finishers, or for a whole class activity. These multi-step equation task cards support 8th grade math standard 8.EE.C.7 Choose from a variety of engaging task card activities to meet the needs of the learners in your classroom worki
Preview of Properties of Exponents Digital Activity

Properties of Exponents Digital Activity

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These three digital mazes are a great way to practice a variety of properties of exponents. They can be used for homework, centers, partner work, or assessment and are a great alternative to traditional worksheets. For example, I use a maze everyday for bellwork to start class off on the right foot. ***INCLUDES DIGITAL VERSION OF ALL 3 MAZES IN GOOGLE SLIDES. EASY TO ASSIGN IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM OR OTHER LMS. *** The Properties of Exponents Mazes Include: *Questions that review properties of exp
Preview of Properties of Exponents Activities Bundle

Properties of Exponents Activities Bundle

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Idea Galaxy
Students love getting practice with the properties of exponents with this variety of games and activities. These 8 resources include a presentation, notes, foldable graphic organizer, mazes, tic tac toe game, a whole class review game, puzzles, and more!
Preview of Square Roots & Cube Roots Task Cards- Paper & Digital Resource

Square Roots & Cube Roots Task Cards- Paper & Digital Resource

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Use these task cards instead of worksheets to get students working with square roots and cube roots of perfect cubes. Students will practice identifying the perfect square root and cube roots of numbers, solve for square roots and cube roots in an equation, and solve for x when the perfect square has a -1 exponent. These task cards support 8th grade math standards CCSS 8.EE.A.2 and TEKS 8.2B These task cards come in both printable AND digital formats. The digital format is built in Google Sli
Preview of Properties of Exponents Digital Activity (task cards)

Properties of Exponents Digital Activity (task cards)

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This is a set of 24 task cards that help reinforce using the 6 properties of exponents. These task cards can be used in a variety of ways in the classroom including small groups, task card games, cyclical review, math stations, etc. Problems increase in complexity to allow for differentiation. These task cards come in both printable AND digital formats. The digital format is built in Google Slides to easily assign to students, and includes answers so students can check their own work. Includes
Preview of Additive Inverse Task Cards Digital and Printable

Additive Inverse Task Cards Digital and Printable

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Use these task cards instead of worksheets to get students practicing identifying the additive inverse of numbers, using number lines to model expressions with positive and negative integers, and interpreting number line models to write mathematical number sentences. Supports CCSS 7.NS.A.1 and TEKS 6.3D These task cards come in both printable AND digital formats. The digital format is built in Google Slides to easily assign to students, and includes answers so students can check their own work.
Preview of Math Interactive Notebook Toolkit

Math Interactive Notebook Toolkit

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Math Interactive Notebook Toolkit Are you looking for ways to transform your students' notes into a powerful learning support? This resource includes 17 tools, foldable notes, and graphic organizers that will make your math interactive notebook epic. The Math Interactive Notebook Toolkit includes a wide variety of tools that will support organization and learning in your math interactive notebook. There's a table of contents and tabs to help get students organized. Also, it features some begi
Preview of Expanding and Factoring Expressions Task Cards- Printable & Digital Resource

Expanding and Factoring Expressions Task Cards- Printable & Digital Resource

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Expanding and factoring expressions are both explored with these task cards. Use these task cards instead of worksheets to get students practicing generating equivalent expressions using the distributive property with multiplication, addition, and division. Students will also practice combining and collecting like terms and rewriting expressions with common factors. Supports 7th Grade CCSS 7.EE.A.1 These task cards come in both printable AND digital formats. The digital format is built in Go
Preview of Halloween Math Activity - Integers

Halloween Math Activity - Integers

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Students will love adding and subtracting integers with this Halloween themed game. This game can be used with or without an interactive whiteboard. Happy Halloween! This game is ideal for whole class review. It provides an opportunity for formative assessment, giving a look at what students know about adding and subtracting integers, with a fun pumpkin twist. What’s included:A projectable game board that’s simple to use with an interactive whiteboard or other projectorStudent scorecard. Thi
Preview of Adding and Subtracting Fractions Digital Resource

Adding and Subtracting Fractions Digital Resource

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Adding and Subtracting Knockout Challenge is a game that can be played with the whole class that reviews adding and subtracting fractions of all types. It would be great to use with gifted or advanced learners but, will not work well for students who are just getting a grasp of the concept. This game can be played with or without an interactive whiteboard. Can be uploaded to Google Drive. Included in this product: Student score card to record student work Powerpoint show interactive game with 2
Preview of Square Roots and Cube Roots Game

Square Roots and Cube Roots Game

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Idea Galaxy
This download gives students hands-on practice matching square roots and cube roots with their roots and a description. With six sets of 9 cards including the square roots and cube roots 2-9, students will get practice with 18 different roots. This is intended to be used as a game for the whole class, in math centers, small group instruction, or cooperative learning groups. ***This game is also included in the Square Roots and Cube Roots Game Bundle*** The Square Roots and Cube Roots Matching
Preview of Approximating Irrational Numbers Activity Bundle

Approximating Irrational Numbers Activity Bundle

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This bundle gives students lots of opportunities to practice working with approximating irrational numbers on a number line. Students will have a chance to work with a partner, independently, or as a whole class.
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Experience

The two of us at Idea Galaxy have been in education for a combined 33 years. We have taught 7th-8th Grade Math, Math intervention, 6th-7th English Language Arts, and English as a Second Language (ELL) for kindergarten through adult learners. We've also enjoyed many opportunities to provide professional development to fellow educators on a variety of topics.

Teaching style

I like to experiment with different methods and see what works.

Awards & shining teacher moments

Being able to see those "light bulb" moments with students.

My own education history

Between the two of us we have three masters degrees and two bachelor degrees. We have a B.A. in Teaching History, a B.A. in Linguistics, minors in English, Physical Education, and Teaching English as a Second Language (TESOL). We also each have a M.Ed in Bilingual and Multicultural Education and one M.Ed in Educational Leadership- Principalship.

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