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This is the activity sheet and graphic organizer for a Classroom Casino. This a great activity where students get an opportunity to display what they've learned about Theoretical and Experimental Probability. Students really get the opportunity to use their probability knowledge in an authentic learning experience. My kids had a great time with their casino. I provided the games hosts with "money" and invited two other classes who each had money to spend. Afterwards, students are prompted to w

This is a fantastic learning task for mathematics if you want to differentiate your instruction. Students explore a variety Mnemonics for doing metric conversions and are tasked with creating and displaying their own in a unique and creative way. Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2013 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only.

This assignment will allow you to assess student understandings in Fractions, Percents, Ratios, & Data Management. Students are provided guided towards an interesting task related to creating their own preferred school schedule! The task itself is quite engaging and should provide a varied sample of results throughout your class. After representing their choices in different ways, students are lead to present their results and do some compare and contrast analysis. This is great for the kids as

This inquiry unit guides students through an exploration of the concept of "Happiness." Students will investigate through a variety of activities, their own conceptions of happiness, how it influences relationships with others and finally how it is measured on a global scale of sustainable well being. Within this unit, 12 lessons (some with multiple parts) are provided for you, using a 3 part framework and uniquely designed graphic organizers. Multiple opportunities for technological integratio

In these Learning Tasks, students will be guided to inquire and reflect on their identity as math learners.Engaging lessons, complete with graphic organizers are provided so that you may learn with your students about how they see themselves as math students and more generally as learners. The platform is also set for Goal Setting and reflection on both student and teacher agency in contributing to students success. These tasks can be both an engaging learning experience for your learners at the

This inquiry unit guides students to think critically about the dynamics and challenges of communicating effectively in virtual space. This unit includes multiple learning tasks and graphic organizers to support students exploration of both creating and deciphering unique message in virtual space. Throughout the unit, students are challenged to think critically about how messages can be interpreted by different societal groups. Each of the 4 detailed learning tasks engage students in rich authen

Are you concerned about the summer "Brain Drain?" The summer time is a great time for students to engage in STEM learning outside of the classroom! I've created this journal template as a way for students to keep track of challenges they are identifying around the house and taking steps to design innovative solutions. Students will have the opportunity to continue their engagement with Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics throughout the summer! I have built in a reflection piece so tha

This template is great for the introduction to Data Management as students can collect and record data easily on this graphic organizer over the course of a week. At the end of the week, the class data can be compiled and presented in any number of graphical forms. I collect the sheets and compile the data so students can manipulate classroom data with interactive softwares like Tinkerplots or Fathom. Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2013 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Permis

In this learning task, students are guided through the process of exploring Social Justice Data as model and then are afforded the opportunity to investigate and collect data on a social justice issue that is of interest to them. Students are guided to ask critical questions and then to use those question to collect and display primary data via various technologies. Technologies include: Google Forms, Infographics, and QR Codes This package includes, Learning Goals, models, and assessment cri

During our Data Management unit, this graphic organizer was designed for my students to engage in a Financial Inquiry where they would have an opportunity to research future choices in the areas of Education, Employment, and Area of Residence. As students collect the data, there are asked to generate related survey questions for their peers. The culminating piece was a Google Forms - Critical Survey to be shared with their peers. Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2018 Ryan Richards All ri

I created this page so that the students could have their "Wars" in the Trade Simulation using electronic dice. I've re-posted the conflict rules on the 2nd page. This file is built to work on the Smartboard or an program that uses Smart notebook. In my experience, the kids have enjoyed engaging with number cubes on the Smartboard. Enjoy! Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2013 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribut

This is a graphic organizer for a math reflection journal with an accompanying rubric. Please feel free to share your feedback! Be Great! Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2017 Ryan Richards

This is a graphic organizer that I designed as in introduction tool for analyzing critical social data. My students were exploring the 2015 Toronto Hate Crime and Bias data. Please feel free to share your feedback! Be Great! Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2017 Ryan Richards