Mullen Magic

Hey teacher friends! I have found that my students have a better understanding after this activity! This is 2 part activity that could be done in a 60 minute block. First part- Real Number Sort - Give out the bags and tell students to sort the numbers as they see fit into the five categories. - Check as they finish and remove numbers from wrong categories, but don’t tell them why. You want them to figure out criteria on their own and have the mathematical discussions. Second part- Real Num

This PowerPoint is an intro lesson to factoring polynomial expressions involving GCF. It shows different methods for factoring terms, finding GCF, and ultimately factoring the GCF out of polynomial expressions.

In this project, students interview someone about how Math relates to their career. They could be a stay at home parent, a cashier, a doctor, etc... This project helps shed light on the ever important question- When will I use this?

A fun project I've used in middle school several times. This file is fully editable for teachers to customize. I provide four URLs to help find different mathematicians. TWO grading sheets are included- one for a poster and one for a PowerPoint/Keynote presentation.

This is my favorite bulletin board ever. I saw the idea on Facebook and recreated all the graphics. I found a few pictures of famous math and science people photshopped taking selfies to add to the board. I also made a Pi-rate symbol that was quite large and asked my colleagues to take a selfie with it. It is now in my classroom, where my students are encouraged to take a selfie with it. My students all have iPads so this is not encouraging phone use in the class or using any of their data. Why

I use this Slope Match-Up as a review prior to a quiz on finding slope. It is also a mini-challenge in my Survivor Class management system. The picture preview shown is from the original hand written product but you will get a digital copy where everything is typed and the graphs are done on the computer, plus no mistakes. This is great as a review and a quick formative assessment.

My students love any chance to work together! This challenge can be done in a couple different ways, both are included in my notes to teacher. I use this as one of the min-challenges in my Survivor Classroom Management way of life.

This fun project covers 7th grade objectives from both Art and Math. I have done this as an extra credit project in 8th grade as well and have friends do it with 6th grade. Students will explore the concepts of space, area, and color.

Looking for an activity to review data in 6th and 7th grade? Need something fun for after testing? Look no further! This has them building their own paper airplanes to throw. They'll measure and collect data for themselves. They'll collect data from friends. They'll create line plots, box plots, and calculate different measures of center and variability. Using this data, they'll answer questions. Fully editable by you to fit the needs of your classroom!

My students love these Mystery Puzzles and I finally learned how to make them, thanks to Lindsay Bowden (her link is in the product)! In this 6th grade assignment, the students will be practicing some skills they should already know from 5th grade. This could also be used as spiral review at the end of 5th grade!

Hey Teacher Friends! I used these notes the past year at the beginning of the year to help my students understand the concept and how to take better notes. I hope they help your students too!

This activity is great review and fun for the students. They end up doing several examples and analyzing the work of their teammates while having fun and learning to work together.

With this document, students use graphing calculators to disect Quadratic equations and pull out necessary information.