Long Live Math

Here is an activity I use when practicing the data standards for Algebra. The students take a survey and put their information in a table. The students then use the table to complete the questions. The students like completing the activity since it uses their own data!

This activity has students graphing linear functions. When finished, their graphs will have created a picture (a diamond)! They will need to know how to graph lines with fractional sloped and non-fractional slopes. They will also need to know how to graph vertical and horizontal slopes. There are only 3 linear functions like this, and since my students did not know how to do this, I decided to walk them through this part as the example. A fun way to engage the kids!

This activity has the students graph the itinerary of two teacher's trip to Disneyland on a four coordinate grid. They have to find the equation of a line using slope and a coordinate as well as understand what parallel and perpendicular lines mean. This activity is very engaging! It took two days to have the students complete it but it was well worth it! The activity is based off one of my coworkers and me, you can edit this very easily!

This station activities has students creating exponential and linear functions and evaluating them, creating an exponential and linear functions from tables, and writing equations from linear functions that are graphed.

This activity has the students assess the difference between finding the median and mean in a set of data.This includes standard deviation and box and whisker plots.

This activity is an extension activity for students who have been solving real world problems. They are asked to create their own problem they would like to solve. It is a very open ended activity that gives the students freedom to be creative while still using their math skills! I used it as an extension for my high level Algebra class and they enjoyed it!

This is an activity that I use to have students practice graphing linear functions. They must include items to make a complete graph, such as a scale, arrows, and the y-intercept labeled.