Make Learning Fun

This 12 minute narrated, animated PowerPoint presentation makes learning the difference between theoretical probability and experimental or empirical probability fun for students. It is intended for 7th, 8th, or 9th grade Algebra classes. It reviews a few Key terms such as probability, event, sample space, etc. and then concentrates on the famous probability birthday problem or paradox in which given a group of 50 people, 97% will share the same birthday. Three student handouts are included

This Printable lists the 15 top grossing movies of 2012. Students are to create a Box-and-Whisker plot or boxplot of the data. Hopefully they will enjoy reminiscing about movies they have seen in the past. Since there are 15 movies, the data is very easy to work with and no averages are needed. To make the problem more complicated, just eliminate one of the movies. There is an answer key provided for the 15 movies. I hope your students have fun! Thank you for purchasing my product. Please

Why not make learning fun? Kid's love to draw but they're not too crazy about reviewing material. Why not combine the two. This is a set of 4 mystery drawing games that can be used for elementary grades in English, Math, Science, History, Spelling and Art. That's because you pick the questions you want to ask. The game is the reward for answering your questions. You will need 5 questions for each game. If you download the Preview File, which is free, you will have the first game to try

This printable is a fun spin on the famous probability problem called the Birthday problem or the Birthday paradox in which given 50 people there is a 97% chance that 2 will share the same birthday. It comes with instructions for the teacher and 3 handouts for students. A list of 125 popular celebrities is included along with their birthdays, so all the time consuming work is done for you. This could align with Common Core Statistics and Probability 7.SP.5. It is appropriate for 7th, 8th, 9t

The school year is winding down and your students have worked hard and in need of a fun activity. Since their minds are already thinking of summer activities, why not show them that Math can be fun and create a box-and-whisker plot on Teen favorite summer activities? Besides, it's free. This printable contains 18 favorite activities for teens in the summer. Have your students rank their favorite ten, collect the data (all anonymous) and have them create a box-and-whisker plot or stem-leaf,

This is a 7th-10th Sequence PowerPoint with a 10 problem homework document and answer key included. It is 14 minutes long, narrated and animated. It should run automatically but needs the teacher to click to end it. It contains 7 examples worked out on arithmetic and geometric sequences and mentions the Fibonacci sequence. The exit problem is CCSS (Common Core State Standards) aligned and the answer key is included in this package. It is intended as an introduction to sequences for middle a

This is an 11 minute PowerPoint presentation for an Algebra class on Factoring Polynomials - The Difference of Two Squares. It is narrated and animated allowing the teacher 11 minutes of preparation time. It presents 11 problems ranging from the very simple to more complex problems with a GCF and higher powers. Students are presented with 4 exit problems with the answers given on the following slide. This would be useful for a substitute teacher and a summer school Algebra class or for end o

This is the second PowerPoint Mystery Drawing Game that I have created to work with all elementary subjects. You choose 5 questions for each game and learning how to draw the animal is the reward. It can be used in a review or test prep for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th grades in Math, Spelling, Art, Science, History, etc. It is intended to make learning fun. If your students like this PowerPoint (and Printable handouts for students), then check out my first set of Mystery Drawings which is

This 20 Page lesson on Rational Exponents aligns with High School Algebra Common Core (CCSS) N-RN.1. (HSN-RN.A.1) It begins with a review of integer exponents and contains several problems on negative and zero exponents before presenting rational exponents. Students are shown examples of rational exponents being converted into radicals and radicals being converted into rational exponents. Several thought provoking questions are also asked. A short 10 problem homework assignment is attaches w

This is my second Mystery Drawing Game on Teachers Pay Teachers. Like my first game on Pets, this is a Printable or a PowerPoint. It is intended for all elementary school subjects because you choose the 5 questions and the drawing is the reward. This second set, Safari Faces, contains a simple, easy to draw lion, giraffe, monkey, and elephant. It can be used as a game for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades in Art, Spelling, Math, Science, History, etc. It can also be used for Common Core q

This is my third set of Mystery Drawing Games for elementary students in any subject. It has an ocean theme and is called "Jaws" because it contains two sharks, an island, a ship, and a fish. There are 5 games in this PowerPoint. This can also be used with Common Core questions, summer school, or homeschoolers. It can be used to review material for a test in Spelling, Math, Science, History, etc. and would work well in an Art class. If you like these games check out my first two sets on pe

This 3 minute narrated and animated PowerPoint on Parabolas Min or Max works great as a bell ringer activity that still covers a Common Core (CCSS) High School Algebra topic HSF-IF.C.7a on quadratic functions minima and maxima. It should run automatically giving the teacher 3 minutes to take attendance or prepare for class. There is an exit problem with a parabola y = x^2 -3 as the answer. This would work well for summer school, substitute teachers, and homeschoolers. Thank you for viewing m

These 4 simple drawing games work well with any subject in elementary school such as Math, Spelling, Science, History, Art. You choose the 5 questions you want to ask and the reward for the student is learning how to draw an animal. There are more Mystery Drawing Games to come. I think your students will have fun and learn something too! Thanks, Karen Nath Make Learning CCSS fun

This is the printable version of my Mystery Drawing Game Jaws Set 3. It contains 5 drawing games for any elementary grade subject because you choose the 5 questions needed for each game and the drawing is the reward. Most students enjoy learning how to draw new things and hopefully this will make a review for a test or learning something new fun for them. It works well for spelling words, math problems, science questions, etc. It can also be used when asking Common Core or CCSS types of ques

This narrated, animated 3 minute PowerPoint presentation on Creating an Equation works great as a bell ringer activity for an Algebra class. It should run automatically and will give the teacher time to take attendance while giving students a Common Core State Standard (CCSS) to work on at the same time. The answer to the Exit problem is C = 12h + 3572 and should make creating an equation easy for students. Hopefully students will enjoy the topic of saving up towards their first car. This al

Your students will love this math number trick. Students will ask a person to think of any number between 1 and 15. It will appear as though they are reading someone's mind and to do the trick all they need to do is mentally add up any combination of the numbers 1,2,4 and 8. This would work great when you teach students how to mentally add numbers up to 20 which is Common Core Standard 2.OA.2) It's a simplified version of a famous trick which goes from 1 to 31. Note: All 4 cards are inclu

This is an upgrade of my first PowerPoint. It is over 7 minutes long because it includes more student involvement in the problems. It is narrated and animated. Common Core high school Algebra A-SSE. structure in an equation. It begins with a skill review of multiplying a binomial using the FOIL method and subtracting polynomials. These skills are necessary to do the practice problem which is similar to a PARCC problem. It works out the problem step-by-step and includes an Exit problem for