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Cognitive neuroscience studies have found that creativity coupled with the opportunity to think critically fosters divergent thinking. In these ten 10-Minute Challenges, students are provided with the framework to apply their understanding of academic content, such as area, perimeter, two dimensional shapes, and simple machines, in novel situations. While academic vocabulary is used in the challenges, this resource is not designed to prepare students for upcoming assessments, but rather challe

This interactive lesson is designed to prepare students for the Algebra I EOC STAAR test. The examples focus on finding the x and y intercepts, maximum and minimum values, and zeros on graphs of quadratic equations (TEKS A.7(A)) and are aligned to the released test items on the 2014, 2015, and 2016 tests. A link to the pdf practice page and key is included. Lesson notes are included on slides where needed.

This two-day lesson aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills standards for Grade 4 and combines both coding and content to reinforce the ideas of area, perimeter, linear measurement, and angle measurement. The lesson is written to be used with Wonder Workshop's Dash robot though a robot is not required to complete the math tasks. The tasks are scaffolded to build a student’s understanding of the mathematical concepts throughout the lesson’s progression. From how to use a ruler to u

This two-day lesson is aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills standards for Grade 3 and combines both coding and content to reinforce the ideas of fractions, perimeter, and linear measurement. The lesson is written to be used with Wonder Workshop's Dash robot though a robot is not required to complete the math tasks. The tasks are scaffolded to build a student’s understanding of the mathematical concepts throughout the lesson’s progression. From how to use a ruler to calculating a p

This interactive lesson is designed to prepare students for the Algebra I EOC STAAR test. The examples focus on solving for one or two variables in linear equations (TEKS A.5(A, B, & C)) and are aligned to the released test items on the 2014, 2015, and 2016 tests. A link to the pdf practice page and key is included. Lesson notes are included on each slide. To use as a review activity, print the pages with multiple choice options and hang around your classroom. Have students move about the roo

This one-day lesson is designed to introduce the idea of rate of change, connect it to real world applications, graph proportional relationships, and interpret the unit rate as the slope of the line that models the relationship. From calculating heart rate to trying to beat Purin, the dog’s world record, there are numerous hands-on activities to connect the idea of rate of change to real world applications throughout this lesson. I added slide notes for each card. Please feel free to contact

Whether you are a veteran math teacher or have just been assigned to teach an ACT Prep class, this lesson is for you. It focuses the test prep strategy of time management by showing students how to use the TI -83 or 84 calculator to quickly solve equations involving fractions. Through step by step examples, students will master one and two step equations involving fractions. It is scaffolded to guide participants through a variety of problems formatted like those seen on the ACT. This 26 page

This STEM Quick Challenge is designed as a Back to School activity to get participants immediately engaged in the engineering process. The interactive lesson includes 2 STEM Nametag Challenges, one for beginning engineers and the one for more advanced designers. The challenges require participants will design nametags to satisfy specific criteria and use a ruler to ensure that their designs can be easily read from a specified distance. In the lesson, the engineering design process is explaine

Whether you are a veteran math teacher or have just been assigned to teach an ACT Prep class, this lesson is for you. It focuses on leading students to solve for variables using basic algebraic manipulation through step by step examples. It is scaffolded to guide participants through solving for a determined variable by combining like terms with problems formatted like questions that might be seen on the ACT. This 51 page lesson includes embedded assessments to provide real-time feedback on s

Whether you are a veteran math teacher or have just been assigned to teach an ACT Prep class, this lesson is for you. It focuses on leading students to solve for variables using basic algebraic manipulation and the distributive property through step by step examples. It is scaffolded to guide participants through combining like terms and distributing in problems formatted like questions that might be seen on the ACT. This 45 page lesson includes embedded assessments to provide real-time feed

This interactive lesson is designed to prepare students for the Algebra I EOC STAAR test. The examples focus on the changes to graphs of quadratic equations as compared to the parent function (TEKS A.7(C)) and are aligned to the released test items on the 2014, 2015, and 2016 tests. A link to the pdf practice page and key is included. Lesson notes are included on each slide and a 3 question exit ticket is included.

This interactive lesson is designed to prepare students for the Algebra I EOC STAAR test. The examples focus on finding the slope and rate of change (TEKS A.3(A) and A.3(B)) and are aligned to the released test items on the 2014, 2015, and 2016 tests. Practice includes finding the slope given 2 points, finding a missing coordinate given the slope, and finding the rate of change given a table, as well as, a graph. A pdf practice page and key is attached. Answers to example problems are shown

This interactive lesson is designed to prepare students for the Algebra I EOC STAAR test. The examples focus on finding the domain and range (TEKS A.2(A)) and are aligned to the released test items on the 2014, 2015, and 2016 tests. Practice includes functions shown as mapping, graphs, and word problems. A pdf practice page and key is attached.

Whether you are a veteran math teacher or have just been assigned to teach an ACT Prep class, this lesson is for you. It focuses subtracting polynomials, a problem type that can be, at times, tricky for students. This lesson will show students an alternating way of working problems that seems to be easier and quicker than the traditional method. Step by step examples are included to guide the students through the process. This 30 page lesson includes embedded assessments to provide real-tim

This one-day lesson is designed to introduce the idea of writing equations based upon observed linear relationships between two quantities. In this hands-on activity adapted from NCTM, students will make predictions, represent observations numerically, in a tabular, and graphically. Based upon Aesop’s Fable, The Crow and the Pitcher, this hands-on activity physically models a linear relationship between the number of marbles in a cylinder and the water’s height. There are slide notes for eac

This interactive lesson is designed to prepare students for the Algebra I EOC STAAR test. The examples focus on graphing inequalities (TEKS A.3(D)) and are aligned to the released test items on the 2014, 2015, and 2016 tests. A pdf practice page and key is attached.

Cognitive neuroscience studies have found that creativity coupled with the opportunity to think critically fosters divergent thinking. In these five 10-Minute Challenges, students are provided with the framework to apply their understanding of academic content, such as area and perimeter, in novel situations. Academic vocabulary is used in the challenges and this resource can be used to better prepare students for upcoming assessments. This 16 page resource contains 5 quick challenges utilizing