Make Learning Fun

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 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 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

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