Kelsey

Every year I get my students excited about the NCAA Men's Basketball March Madness Tournament. I see articles written year after year from statisticians, sports journalist, celebrities, etc. about predicting the perfect bracket. Regardless that most have accepted it is nearly impossible, it has not deterred these enthusiast from finding an algorithm or a machine that can predict the outcomes. This packet guides students through 1) An explanation of what March Madness is all about 2) A reading a

I created this packet on tree diagrams for my probability unit so that students could work with one another to learn how to create a tree diagram on their own without my direct instruction. This gave me the freedom to help students that needed more individualized instruction and guidance. This packet was great to use before introducing the fundamental counting principle.

Help students understand how the distributive property works with an application they already know a lot about - food! This worksheet is used as an introduction and engagement to distributive property. Included in the file are pictures to print and laminate as a demonstration to the class, as well as notes and practice for the students to follow along.

This is the template that I used to create my QR scavenger hunt for Functions. All the locations for the scavenger hunt are generic to any school (but can easily be changed on a QR generator website if needed). I have taken out my questions and answer options, so that you can adjust this to work with any lesson. I have also included the key that tells you which answer choices are the correct ones and the locations that each answer choice leads to. My students love this activity and I know yours

In this project, students must design a mall that meets the criteria of the "developers". Certain stores must meet a required area, there must be a minimum amount of space for walking room in the mall, the blueprint must follow a specific and consistent scale, and more. After designing the mall and calculating the area for they stores and halls of the mall, students use the requested paint and flooring prices to calculate how much it is going to cost them to add the flooring and paint. They w

I used this for the Rational Numbers unit for students to practice converting different forms of numbers and placing them in the appropriate spot on a number line.