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Idea Galaxy

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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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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 Adding and Subtracting Integers Bingo Game - Partner Activity Practice Review

Adding and Subtracting Integers Bingo Game - Partner Activity Practice Review

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Integers Bingo is a great game to review adding and subtracting integers with the whole class. It is fun and gives students many repetitions with adding integers in different forms. This resource includes: -36 unique bingo playing cards -36 adding and subtracting integer problems -answer key -bingo markers
Preview of Adding and Subtracting Integers Maze Activity | Positive and Negative Integers

Adding and Subtracting Integers Maze Activity | Positive and Negative Integers

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Adding and Subtracting Integers Maze- Great for Practice! This adding and subtracting integers maze activity is a fun and quick way to practice addition and subtraction with positive and negative integers. These 3 math mazes can be used as classwork, homework, or as an informal assessment. Students love solving problems with integers in a novel way, and these mazes are perfect for getting those extra repetitions in! A great alternative to traditional worksheets, these fun math mazes present stu
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 Absolute Value Maze Activity

Absolute Value Maze Activity

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Absolute Value Maze is an activity that consists of of 3 digital mazes that will give your students an engaging activity to practice finding absolute value. It is great for differentiation, stations or centers, partner work, or homework. ***INCLUDES DIGITAL VERSION OF ALL 3 MAZES IN GOOGLE SLIDES. EASY TO ASSIGN IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM OR OTHER LMS. *** Includes: -3 mazes (1 with positive and negative integers, 1 with fractions and decimals, and 1 with negatives on the outside of the absolute val
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 Slidesâ„¢ 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 Solving One Step Equations Activity - Tic Tac Toe

Solving One Step Equations Activity - Tic Tac Toe

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This is a fun way to practice one step equations in many different form. This resource can used as partner work, a game, a small group activity, for fast finishers, or for a whole class activity. Students will enjoy playing tic tac toe and forget they are practicing solving one step equations. What you'll get:There are 8 games included. They increase in complexity from addition to subtraction to integers to multiplication and division: One Step Equations Addition (all positive numbers)One Step
Preview of Adding and Subtracting Integers Game Bundle

Adding and Subtracting Integers Game Bundle

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This Integers Game Pack is a collection of 3 types of math games for practicing adding and subtracting integers for 7th and 8th grade. This resource is intended to be classwork, homework, bellwork, a partner activity, cooperative learning, and/or engaging. The following resources are included: Adding and Subtracting Integers MazeIncludes: -3 integers mazes -answer keys Adding and Subtracting Integers Tic Tac ToeThis game includes: -2 tic tac toe games -answer keys Adding Integers BingoThis res
Preview of Distributive Property Activity - Bingo

Distributive Property Activity - Bingo

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This is a great way for students to practice applying the distributive property. This version of distributive property bingo includes negative numbers on many of the question cards. It includes 36 unique game cards as well as 30 question cards. You might also like: Distributive Property Tic Tac Toe and Maze Game Distributive Property Cootie Catcher Game Distributive Property Matching Game Distributive Property Puzzle Distributive Property Game Pack We hope you and your students enjoy this
Preview of Distributive Property Activities Bundle

Distributive Property Activities Bundle

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This pack is a series of games to help students practice how to use the distributive property. This is intended to be used as review games for the whole class, in math centers, small group instruction, or cooperative learning activities.This distributive property activity pack includes a cootie catcher, tic tac toe and maze, matching game, and puzzle. Included in this collection: Distributive Property Tic Tac Toe and Maze Game Includes: 2 Mazes (24 problems) 2 Tic Tac Toes (50 problems) A
Preview of Operations with Scientific Notation Activity (Riddle)

Operations with Scientific Notation Activity (Riddle)

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This math riddle is an engaging activity for students to get some repetitions applying various operations with scientific notation. Students will be presented with problems that ask them to multiply, divide, add, and subtract numbers written in scientific notation. Plus, they'll have fun at the same time. Upon successfully answering all questions, the answer to a riddle will be revealed. This activity is great for math centers, homework, independent practice, and more. This riddle activity comes
Preview of Dividing Fractions Activity Maze Practice Worksheets

Dividing Fractions Activity Maze Practice Worksheets

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Dividing Fractions Maze is a collection of 3 engaging math mazes that help 6th and 7th grade students practice how to divide fractions. The mazes increase in difficulty. These 3 dividing fractions mazes can be used in several ways in the math classroom to help students get practice in a fun way. This download includes both a printable and digital version of this resource. Here's what you'll get:3 printable math mazesDividing Fractions Maze #1Dividing Fractions Maze #2: includes improper fraction
Preview of Solving One Step Equations Bundle

Solving One Step Equations Bundle

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This game pack is filled with activities for students to practice solving one step equations in a fun way with or without a partner. One Step Equations Mazes -4 mazes -answer keys -teacher instructions One Step Equations Cootie Catcher -2 Cootie Catchers -Answer keys -student record sheet -how to fold the cootie catcher -Teacher instructions One Step Equations Tic Tac Toe -8 tic tac toe games -answer keys -teacher instructions We look forward to hearing how this resource works in your class
Preview of Multiplying and Dividing Integers Bingo

Multiplying and Dividing Integers Bingo

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This bingo game will help your students practice multiplying and dividing integers in a fun and engaging whole class game. The questions are multiplying and dividing integers with one or two negatives. This resource includes: -30 Question Cards -36 Unique Bingo Game Cards -Answer Key -Bingo Chips
Preview of Combining Like Terms Activity Bundle

Combining Like Terms Activity Bundle

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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 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 Solving Proportions Activity Bundle

Solving Proportions Activity Bundle

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This is a series of 3 activities that will engage your students while practicing solving proportions. This resource can used as partner work, homework, review activity or for fast finishers. Your students will have fun and will forget they are practicing proportions. We hope you and your students enjoy these games and activities! Idea Galaxy
Preview of Combining Like Terms Review Game

Combining Like Terms Review Game

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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 Operations with Scientific Notation Foldable Notes: Grade 8 Interactive Notebook

Operations with Scientific Notation Foldable Notes: Grade 8 Interactive Notebook

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This is a simple activity for the interactive notebook that will give your students a reference as they are practicing problems related to scientific notation with all four operations. This resource includes: -blank foldable notes page -filled in foldable notes page -fill-in the blanks foldable notes page You might also like: Converting Scientific Notation Cootie Catcher Game Converting Scientific Notation Tic Tac ToeScientific Notation BingoScientific Notation Game BundleScientific Notation Gr
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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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