MiddleMathLove

This product includes three booklets to guide middle school students in scientific writing and three rubrics for scoring student writing. The guidelines, tips, and rubrics included are specific for reporting on the results, discussion, and conclusion of a lab or experiment. Students are scaffolded in their writing and given tips for structuring, organizing, and fluently connecting their ideas. The information is general enough to be used for a whole-class lab as well as group or individual exp

Understanding direct variation can be difficult. We generally define direct variations as linear equations that passes through zero. But we forget to emphasize that direct variations because they represent proportional relationships! In this notes sheet, students will solve a story problem using proportional reasoning and then solve the problem using the direct variation method. This process demonstrates the relationship between proportions and linear equations and emphasizes that problem so