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Help your students explore tessellations and geometric transformations with this fun, hands-on Tessellation Math Art Project. This engaging middle school math activity gives students the chance to create their own repeating designs while practicing translation, reflection, and rotation. It also includes a tutorial video to walk students through the stencil-making process, making setup and directions even easier for you. This activity empowers students to discover the beauty of geometry by cr

Area and Circumference of Circles Project | Design a Park & PlaygroundThis real-world project for 7th grade math places students in the role of junior park designers helping a city council plan a new community park. Working through four structured parts, students calculate the circumference and area of circular features (including a semi-circle), convert scaled measurements, calculate costs, and apply every skill in an open-ended performance task where they design their own park layout and justi

These no-prep, color-by-number worksheets gives students plenty of practice finding scale factors of similar figures while revealing a fun polygon mosaic. With two differentiated versions included, you can easily support students who need extra guidance while still challenging those ready for on-level practice. The smaller, compact coloring image means maximum practice time without the usual time drain of large coloring pages! Two Differentiated Versions Included Version A – Supported Practice S

This 6th grade geometry project is an engaging, project based learning (PBL) resource where students apply area, perimeter, surface area, and volume of rectangular prisms to redesign zoo animal enclosures. They evaluate animal habitats, calculate measurements, redesign enclosures, build a 3D tank model from a net, and create a scaled zoo map on the coordinate plane based on real AZA Guidelines. Use this week-long project as a full project-based learning activity, an end-of-unit performance tas

Turn scale factor and similar figures into an exciting challenge with this Digital Escape Room for Google Forms! Students solve a variety of puzzles as they practice proportions, identifying similar figures, finding corresponding sides and angles, finding unknown measures, scale factor, and actual distances & lengths - all aligned to 7th grade geometry standards. Printable worksheets of the digital puzzles are included as a paper backup (great for when their device is not charged, computer priv

This set of 8th grade Geometry Transformations Worksheets helps students understand how figures move across the coordinate plane through translations. Students will identify, describe, and graph translations using both directional language and coordinate rules. With scaffolded worksheets, logic puzzles, and a cut-and-paste task, this resource makes learning translations visual and engaging -perfect as an introduction to your 8th Grade Transformations Unit! BenefitsReinforces coordinate plane s

Looking for engaging end of year math activities for middle school that still review important math skills? This End of Year Math Projects Bundle for 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade includes 10 real-world math projects that help students stay focused and motivated during the last weeks of school. If your students are checked out after testing, tired of worksheets, or need a more creative way to review, this bundle is a great fit. These projects give students the chance to apply math throu

In this hands-on project, students take on the role of cake designers while applying their knowledge of surface area and volume of prisms, cylinders, spheres, and cones to create, budget, and present a custom cake. Students will plan their design, calculate surface area for icing and volume for batter, and compare costs to a set budget before completing a final presentation. It’s the perfect blend of real-world math, creativity, and problem-solving. Suitable for 7th grade and 8th grade, this p

Give your students fun, interactive practice with Similar Figures, Scale Factor, Proportions, and Scale Drawings - all in one no-prep bundle! These 4 interactive activities are perfect for your 7th grade geometry unit and support CCSS 7.G.A.1. What’s Included: Digital Escape Room (Google Forms): Students crack codes and solve puzzles while practicing Similar Figures and Scale Factor. Finding the Scale Factor Coloring Activity: Two differentiated versions for enlarging and shrinking figures - qu

Make surface area and volume fun with this end of year project for 7th grade and 8th grade! This Surface Area and Volume Sandcastle Design Project gives middle school students an engaging way to apply geometry skills through building, measuring, calculating, and designing. Students create a sandcastle model using 3D shape nets, calculate the surface area and volume of their shapes, and finish by drawing a scaled blueprint of their final design. This printable geometry project is a creative an

This bundle of low-prep, high-impact projects for 6th grade math combine creativity with rigorous, standards-aligned practice. Each project is designed to keep the class focused, wrap up a unit topic, and offer an engaging alternative to traditional review. Covering essential topics like ratios, equations, geometry, statistics, fractions, and the coordinate plane, this is a flexible, classroom-tested collection you can use all year long! Each project includes clear instructions, teacher guides,

Need a meaningful math activity for your slope or linear equations unit? This Slope Waterslide Design Project aimed for 8th Grade gives middle school students a fun, real-world way to practice calculating slope, graphing linear equations, creating tables of values, and explaining mathematical reasoning through an engaging waterslide design challenge! Students are “hired” by Splash City Waterpark to classify existing waterslides and design two new waterslide experiences. They’ll calculate estima

This bundle of low-prep, high-impact projects for 7th grade math combine creativity with rigorous, standards-aligned practice. Each project is designed to keep the class focused, wrap up a unit topic, and offer an engaging alternative to traditional review. Covering essential topics like integers, percents, probability, proportions, equations, surface area, and circles, this is a flexible, classroom-tested collection you can use all year long! What’s Included:Fun & Games Probability Project – Ex

This Geometry Transformations bundle of comprehensive resources gives you the tools you need to teach 8th Grade transformations easily - through visual models, hands-on projects, scaffolded worksheets, puzzles, and coordinate-plane practice. Covering all rigid motions ( translations, reflections, rotations) plus tessellations and dilation activities, these activities are classroom-tested, student-approved, and ready to go! Students will graph figures, describe rules using coordinate notation, d

Make findings the area of parallelograms fun and engaging with this creative Build a Sandcastle activity! Students will use base and height to find area and missing dimensions while solving problems and customising their own sandcastle. As students work through the questions, their answers guide how they design their sandcastle - adding towers, windows, shells, and more - keeping them motivated and engaged the entire time. Perfect for reinforcing concepts after instruction or as a fun review a

This set of geometry transformations worksheets helps students understand how figures reflect across the coordinate plane (x-axis and y-axis) with multiple activities! Students will identify lines of reflection, describe coordinate rules, and draw reflected images on the grid. With scaffolded practice pages, logic challenges, and a mystery picture activity, this visual and interactive resource is perfect for introducing reflections in your 8th Grade Transformations Unit! Benefits Builds foundati

Turn the Pythagorean Theorem into an exciting challenge with this Digital Escape Room for Google Forms! Students solve a variety of puzzles as they practice identifying right triangles, finding missing sides, identifying and calculating the hypotenuse, applying the Pythagorean Theorem to real-world problems, and using the theorem on the coordinate plane - all aligned to 8th grade geometry standards. Printable worksheets of the digital puzzles are included as a paper backup (great for when their

This Halloween-themed Color-by-number activity gives students plenty of practice finding scale factors of similar figures while revealing a fun Pumpkin mosaic. With two differentiated versions included, you can easily support students who need extra guidance while still challenging those ready for on-level practice. The coloring piece is quick and purposeful, designed so students spend their time on the math rather than endless coloring. Includes two versions:Version A – Supported PracticeMostly

Your students will love practicing finding the Area and Circumference of Circles - including word problems and diagrams- to solve the four-puzzle escape room! This resource includes a link to a digital, Google Forms as well as a PDF for printing. Students must get the correct combination to Puzzle 1 before advancing to the next Puzzle. 4 Puzzles (16 questions) in total to escape! All four puzzles are available for printing - perfect for group work or math stations. You will love this self-chec

Your students will love this digital, easy-to-use resource for practicing Translations - including recognizing Translations, Translating Objects across 4 Quadrants, and Writing the Image Translation Rule.  These 10, interactive Google Slides are designed for independent practice, making them ideal for in-class work, homework, or even virtual assignments. The interactive format and fun activities keep students motivated and on task! Recently Updated! Your students will love the digital version