MathIsSpechtacular

This activity is a printout of slides to be hung around the room in any random order. It allows students to walk around the classroom and review percent problems with labels (mild medium and spicy) to reference how difficult the problem may be. An answer key is included as the last slide and is uploaded as a word document to allow for easy editing. mild: are meant to be one step easy questions medium: 1-2 step maybe more difficult spicy: are more like full word problems / open ended problems

The format of the review sheets ask students to describe what each word means, ask what they would "do" or "perform" if they were asked about an operation or to draw a picture to represent it. Ideally you are hoping they can compare and contrast different words like simplify and solve and other words. The file is uploaded in a word document for easy editing and adding/removing certain vocabulary words.

Students will use a straight edge to draw two convex polygons and discover the triangle sum theorem by connecting the vertices and completing a guided chart.

This is a short discovery activity for students to use logic, reasoning and patterns to discover how to multiply matrices on their own. Students are given 3 examples of a worked out problem and asked to discover HOW they were multiplied in order to create a formula. This project works best with limited interaction between student and teacher so students build their reasoning skills.