Kara Root

This scavenger hunt has 15 problems in which students will evaluate trigonometric functions at any angle. This can be used with a unit circle or without. Print out the 15 problems and place them around your room. Give each student an answer worksheet and assign them a place to start. You can do this individually or in pairs. The answer they get will lead them to their next problem. They continue looping around until they have completed all 15 stations or time is called. This activity is great

These are task cards that I use in my Precalculus class when working with trigonometric identities. The product includes 28 questions along with the answers. The questions can be printed out with just one side (the question) or two-sided (question on front and answer on back). I usually print mine with the answers on the back so that they can check their work and know if they are right. I have used this product in a couple of ways. First, I use it for them to work in pairs and practice s

This resource has 10 translated functions that students need to pair with the parent functions. The functions used are quadratic, cubic, absolute value, square root, and cube root. They then need to match the descriptions of the translated function with the proper equation. Next comes the table of values, where they will need to write out the original table and a table for the new function. The last column is a graph. I have supplied the graphs of all the parent function and the students wi

In this activity, students will roll two dice and record the sum. They then need to make a frequency table, histogram and find the probability of each sum. They are asked question throughout the activity to lead them. The second part is to then find the probability as a class for each of the sums. At the end, they need to figure out the theoretical probability and compare to their probability. I have used this activity with small and large groups. I like to tie in to the fact that the mo

In this experiment, the students learn about the basics of probability and what happens depending on the sample size. The students predict based on a sample what is in their bag and then find out if the are correct. Then using the actual data the students calculate probabilities based on individual, group and class results. They graph this information as well. There are questions along with this activity that ask why and get at their thinking. In the end they compare the class results wit

Students will use the Inverse of the given matrix to decode a secret message! I have included four messages to decode (one for each period that I teach). They would need to put the numbers into a 1 x 3 matrix and use the 3 x 3 matrix to decode the message. The messages are as follows: FIRST PERIOD IS AWESOME SECOND PERIOD ROCKS THIRD PERIOD IS WONDERFUL FANTASTIC FOURTH PERIOD If you are interested in any that are not listed, send me a message and I can make them for you.