Math Mermaid

Practice math fluency of knowing which sign will be the outcome of numbers raised to a power. Quick game that students love. Can be repeated as many times as you want. Gets competitive! *My students always had issues with this concept and it was the #1 mistake I saw on tests until I started doing this activity. I did it daily (only takes about 5 minutes) until they mastered the concept (which took about a week). By the end of the week, I flew through the powerpoint clicking with less than a se

This is part of a larger unit on Anthracite Coal Mining. This is a simple six question worksheet with addition, subtraction, division and multiplication problems. The students can then use the maze to check whether their answers are correct. This is a great warm-up activity or would work as an excellent station or homework assignment. This also adds some history by including information relating coal veins to mazes.