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 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

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

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