Integer Jim's Math Adventures

• The race car project is a fun way to teach students about time, distance, and speed. It can also help them understand traction. • It will take roughly 3 to 4 forty minute class periods. This can be shortened if the students build their cars at home. • In building the cars, it is important that students only use the materials listed for this project. This assures that everyone has an equal advantage. • I provide cardboard, soda straws, craft sticks, rubber bands, and hot glue gun. Students must

Use math to calculate speed and altitude while building and flying rubber band rocket planes. It's a fun way to learn how math can help solve real-world problems. Students love it! This project will enable students to Experiment with aerodynamic design. Calculate speed (rate) using the formula R = D/T. Calculate altitude using basic trigonometry. Included are detailed plans and instructions for building the rocket planes and for calculating speed and altitude. Materials needed: printer paper

This is a fun math project for first through fourth grades. Everything you need is included in this booklet. The project is based on the story of David and Goliath, one of the most popular stories in the Bible, recorded in the 17th chapter of the book of First Samuel. Even people who know very little about the Bible, are familiar with this story. The key element in the story is how a small shepherd boy who trusts God is able to defeat a huge giant that everyone else is afraid of. The lesson is

A simple and fun way to teach students how to manage a checking account. This booklet comes with complete instructions on implementing my very simple, no-fuss system. The streamlined method I devised creates very little extra work for the teacher/banker. Includes masters for checks, checkbook covers, balance record, deposit slips, and a poster that illustrates how to write a check. FYI: this project works great with my math buck learning incentive which is FREE to download.

Making tessellations are a very popular, fun activity combining math and art. However, tessellations can be quite complicated for teachers to teach and students to draw. This simple method shows two easy ways to draw tessellations. Students will be able to create an entire sheet of tessellations in less than twenty minutes!

A really challenging and fun math activity which is especially great for review. My students absolutely love this game. They solve a series of problems which are the clues to discovering the "treasure." This FREE download includes complete instructions, a sample handout, and all the forms you'll need to create your own math treasure hunt games. When I first started making these treasure hunts, I would invariably make mistakes in the clues. (That was embarrassing!) The forms are a way to insure t

Here's a creative way to help a student master fractions and decimals -- make it into a game! This 40-page booklet of worksheets is great for one-on-one instruction especially in a homeschool or tutoring setting. It guides the student from the basics through conversions, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Each time the student does a good job on a worksheet, he or she gets to advance toward the summit! If they don't do well, it's an opportunity to reteach. This is a fun, no-pr

7 Word Search Puzzles using math terms, and each puzzle contains a secret message! Students solve the word search puzzles and the letters that are not used will spell out a hidden message. The puzzles contain math words that are used with arithmetic, fractions, decimals, percents, geometry, and number theory. These are words that students should know – words such as: add, subtract, multiply, divide, fraction, decimal, simplify, percent, numerator, denominator, hundredth, line, point, plane, tria

Mental math practice for the multiplication facts using this popular round-robin classroom game. Included are a set of cards for up to 30 students to play. There is also a blank template for making your own cards. Suggestions for making the game more challenging and fun for your students.

This is a well-known trick based on binary numbers. My version has a clean, professional appearance. Students think of a secret number 1 - 60. The teacher then shows 6 charts and asks which of the charts contain the number. The teacher then announces the number correctly! The trick is an excellent way to introduce binary numbers.

This is an amazing trick with numbers. Students think of a 2-digit number, perform 2 simple calculations, and find a symbol that corresponds to their numbers on a chart. The teacher picks the correct symbol. The trick is repeated two more times, and each time the teacher picks the correct symbol. The last page uses algebra to explain how the trick works.

This round-robin game for practicing math operations is popular with teachers and fun for students. It's a great way to reinforce math skills. This packet has a set of 30 pre-made cards (for practicing one and two digit addition) plus a template for making your own sets of cards.

This is a fun way to introduce the concepts of fractions & percent while engaging the students in a Star Wars type game where they can knock out the monsters representing fears of making math mistakes. This game should help them overcome math phobia and introduce them to how fractions and percents are calculated. First, each student makes a rubber band ray zapper. Follow the simple directions for gluing, cutting, folding, and taping. Page 3 has the step-by-step instructions. Page 4 has the cut-o

It is always helpful to establish a strong positive working relationship with parents. Keeping parents informed and up to date is vital. One of the methods I've used successfully is a weekly report which is sent home with each student at the end of the week to be signed and returned the following Monday. I used the reports for math students but they can be adapted for any subject. The reward for the student is a Math Buck (one of my TPT FREE products). If a student fails to return the signed por

This bingo game is fun for students, excellent for reviewing working math problems, and requires minimal preparation by the teacher.