Manipulating Math Minds

This file contains an editable Powerpoint game that is modeled after the TV show Cash Cab, complete with exciting sounds, a working scoreboard, and a solution key to all 30 questions. My Algebra students have gotten VERY spoiled with review games. However, they get vey excited and competitive when they play one. So, I will keep making them...Win-Win for all! Topics covered in this game are: Properties, linear equations, functions, inequalities, systems of equations, systems of inequalities,

Looking for a new way to assess mastery of a concept? Why not try a maze? Students will start the activity at the "START" arrow and continue through the maze until they reach the “END” space multiplying polynomials the entire way! I have included a color copy (if you would prefer to laminate them to use in future years as an in class activity), and a white copy that could be used as homework. Plus the solution key. My students always look forward to activities. If yours do too, you might

This file includes all you need for a fun filled day of calculating unit rates; 14 problem posters, a "word scramble" self check worksheet, and solution key. The activity is designed to have students work in groups and OUT OF THEIR SEATS! There are 14 poster that will be placed around the room. Once a problem is solved correctly, students will find its "matching" solution on another poster in the room. When all 14 problems have been answered correctly, each team will end back where they sta

Are you looking for a new way for your students to review solving equations? This game is the answer. It is modeled after the board game CLUE. This file includes all you need for a fun filled day of solving equations; 13 problem posters to be placed around the room , a logic worksheet to document the clues, and map of the property. The activity is designed to have students work in groups and OUT OF THEIR SEATS! Your students will work with a partner or in a small group and solve equations.

Looking for a new way to assess mastery of a concept? Why not try a maze? Students will start the activity at the "START" arrow and continue through the maze until they reach the “END” space solving systems of equation problems the entire way! The activity includes a fun interactive way to solve systems of equations using the elimination moethd. I have included a color copy (if you would prefer to laminate them to use in future years as an in class activity), and a white copy that could be

Looking for a new way to assess mastery of a concept? Why not try a maze? Students will start the activity at the "START" arrow and continue through the maze until they reach the “END” space solving inequalities the entire way! I have included a color copy (if you would prefer to laminate them to use in future years as an in class activity), and a white copy that could be used as homework. Plus the solution key. My students love activities to end a unit, If yours do too, you might look a

Looking for a new way to assess mastery of a concept? Why not try a maze? Students will start the activity at the "START" arrow and continue through the maze until they reach the “END” space factoring polynomials the entire way! Make sure they FULLY factor. I have included a color copy (if you would prefer to laminate them to use in future years as an in class activity), and a white copy that could be used as homework. Plus the solution key. STAAR, TEKS, Algebra, Polynomial, Factor, Core

When spring is in the air, I cannot help but think about BASEBALL!!! However, we still have several months of school remaining. So why not combine the two? This file contains 2 baseball themed quadratic equations worksheets. The first one requires students to test for factorability of quadratic equations by using the discriminant. The second requires students to use the quadratic formula to solve quadratic equations. And as always, I have included both solution keys. Together, they serve

This file includes all you need for a fun filled day of interpreting Algebraic functions in multiple ways: 12 sheets of matching cards (4 sections per sheet), work packet, and solution key. The activity is designed to have students work in groups and OUT OF THEIR SEATS! There are 12 graph matching cards that will be divided into groups of four cards per station. Students will be divided into groups of three or four. First students will look at the 16 card sections at their assigned table and mat

This is a very versatile unit, It can be used early in the year as an introduction to TI 83/84 graphing calculators for Algebra I students. Or it can be used later in the year after state testing, as preparation for the upcoming year (this is how I have used it for years). My 8th grade students are very restless and lack much interest in school after state testing, So, I break out the calculators and they are in total AWE! So, it serves as a nice break. This file contains all you need f

Looking for a new way to assess mastery of a concept? Why not try a maze? Students will start the activity at the "START" arrow and continue through the maze until they reach the “END” space determining pattern rules for linear equations the entire way! The activity includes both vertical and horizontal tables for multiple representations. I have included a color copy (if you would prefer to laminate them to use in future years as an in class activity), and a white copy that could be used as

Looking for a new way to assess mastery of a concept? Why not try a maze? Students will start the activity at the "START" arrow and continue through the maze until they reach the “END” space working systems of equations the entire way! The activity is a fun interactive way to solve systems using the substitution method. I have included a color copy (if you would prefer to laminate them to use in future years as an in class activity), and a white copy that could be used as homework. Plus the

Solving equations is a skill that has to be mastered for students to perform basic algebraic operations in later years. While it seems so logical to me, my students often struggled with what steps are to be taken first (+, -, x, ÷), even though it is just order of operations…in reverse. A few years ago, I started using “Equation Estates” to teach this, and the confusion no longer exists. We even had a little fun along the way! I teach JH, and they can TOTALLY relate to this set up! The ba

This file contains 63 word wall posters that depict Algebra 1 vocabulary for the whole year. The poster set includes: Absolute Value graphs Additive Inverse * Algebra Tiles Associative Property Binomial Box Method Combine Like Terms * Commutative Property Continuous Domain and Range Coordinate Grid * Cubic graphs Difference of Squares Distribution * Exponential Decay Equation Operations * Exponent Rules - division Exponent Rules - multiplication Exponent Rules - negative Exponents Exponent Rul

This file includes all you need for a fun filled day of determining rules for patterns and sequences; 12 problem posters, work packet, and solution key. The activity is designed to have students work in groups and OUT OF THEIR SEATS! There are 12 poster that will be placed around the room. Each poster has a question that must be solved correctly to find its "matching solution" on another poster in the room. Once all 12 problems have been answered correctly, each team will end back where they

Looking for a new way to assess mastery of a concept? Why not try a maze? Students will start the activity at the "START" arrow and continue through the maze until they reach the “END” space working monomial problems the entire way! The activity includes multiplication, division, negative exponents and the exponent value of zero. I have included a color copy (if you would prefer to laminate them to use in future years as an in class activity), and a white copy that could be used as homewor

Looking for a new way to assess mastery of a concept? Why not try a maze? Students will start the activity at the "START" arrow and continue through the maze until they reach the “END” space working slope problems the entire way! The activity includes positive, negative, fractions, whole numbers, zero and undefined slopes.. I have included a color copy (if you would prefer to laminate them to use in future years as an in class activity), and a white copy that could be used as homework. Pl

This file includes all you need for a fun filled day of real world math involving simple and compound interest; 15 problem posters, work packet, and solution key. The activity is designed to have students work in groups and OUT OF THEIR SEATS! There are 15 poster that will be placed around the room. Each poster has a question that must be solved correctly to find its "matching solution" on another poster in the room. Once all 15 problems have been answered correctly, each team will end back

This can be an individual activity or completed with a partner. Students will be given 24-30 cards (mappings, ordered pairs, graphs, tables and equations) to sort into the appropriate category: relation or function. Once the cards have been sorted, they can complete the extension WS to reinforce the images on the cards. If your student enjoy this type of student activity, you make also want to consider these: Slope Task cards: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Slope-Task-Card-Set-

Solving equations is a skill that has to be mastered for students to perform basic algebraic operations in later years. While it seems so logical to me, my students often struggled with what steps are to be taken first (+, -, x, ÷), even though it is just order of operations…in reverse. A few years ago, I started using “Equation Estates” to teach this, and the confusion no longer exists. We even had a little fun along the way! I teach JH, and they can TOTALLY relate to this set up! The ba