Make it Middle School

Inspired by Building Thinking Classrooms by Peter Liljedahl, this math content bundle encourages your students to think creatively and collectively.  The tasks in this bundle are designed to have your students working together in a vertical learning format.  All 171 problems focus on the standards and expectations in a middle school math class.  These problems, although designed for group work, can also be used for assessment and individual practice.

At the best of times, the study of fractions is still a difficult thing to do. The following game is meant to make fractions a little more fun. After you have worked through some of the basic operations and problem solving, this Powerpoint game can be used to assess student understanding. Students can also be put into groups and play against each other. You can modify some of the questions without changing the programming of the game too. It’s both fun and diagnostic at the same time!

These algebra riddles are a great way for kids to think creatively and imaginatively about algebra, variables, and equations.  There are 25 different puzzles, labelled as either easy, medium, or difficult. With medium and difficult puzzles, students may need to go through guess and checks, or they might need to rework equations and substitute into other equations. These puzzles serve as models for your students to create their own.  Although it’s algebra, the themes are meant for kids to have f

The video "Did You Know" has many interesting statistics about the world we live in. Whether it be the number of jobs a person will have in their life, or the number of users on Facebook, the world looks a lot different than it did 30, 20, even 10 years ago! An interesting comment comes up on this video. At one point, there is a suggestion that “we live in exponential times.” The purpose of this data management assignment is to try to understand what it means to live in exponential times. T

The video "Did You Know" has many interesting statistics about the world we live in. Whether it be the number of jobs a person will have in their life, or the number of users on Facebook, the world looks a lot different than it did 30, 20, even 10 years ago! An interesting comment comes up on this video. At one point, there is a suggestion that “we live in exponential times.” The purpose of this data management assignment is to try to understand what it means to live in exponential times. T