Sharon's Problem Solving

The Standard Form and Graph Matching activities is made for use with Google products. Students will have the opportunity to match given equations in standard form to their graphs. They will also "build" and match equations in standard form to graphs. It can be used as a formative assessment, group or independent activity, warm up, or homework assignment. Topics in this activity: Solve for a variableStandard form of linear equationsGraphs of linear equationsslope of an equationSlides are self-c

The Vertex Form Matching activity offers students the opportunity to match the components of standard and vertex forms to the graphs of specific equations. Students are given detailed instructions and an answer key. The activity also includes two challenge problems and The Vertex Problem Word Problem, Answer Key, and Rubric.

The Simplifying Rational Expressions activity provides skill practice in a problem solving setting. Students must identify the factor tiles and slide them to find the reduced form of the expression. It includes an answer key. The Simplifying Rational Expressions Word Problem includes a rubric and an answer key. The activities can be used as a warm-up, formative assessment, cooperative learning activity, or homework.

The Complete the Square Activity offers students the opportunities to complete a hands-on activity online. Students will be asked to create perfect squares by "completing the square". Students will connect the process of completing the square to vertex form. Slides are self-correcting. Additional self-correcting Complete the Square slides have been added so that students can move tiles into the correct order from the beginning equations to their solutions. A new addition to this resource asks

The Linear Topics Bundle contains an activity that asks students to take a closer look at the multiplication chart to find equations. Students are asked to graph, find patterns given the equation, and complete kinesthetic activities. There are challenge problems that ask students to maximize a solution, find direct variation equations, equations of parallel and perpendicular lines and in standard form. Students can also practice writing algebraic expressions and solving for avariable. Topics in

Students are asked to create patterns based on a given equation. This activity simulates the process that a student would encounter if they were to use manipulatives to create a pattern. This activity offers the students the opportunity to think deeply about the task at hand. Students will analyze the components of each equation and connect those components to the model that they have created. Students will learn to connect the concepts of slope and the y-intercept to a pattern. These problems

The circles bundle includes a circle properties and definitions activity made for use with Google Slides, circle word problems with rubrics and answer keys. There is also a circle property scavenger hunt that asks students to match a definition and image for each term. There is a pdf version which is included as a bonus. This version asks students to find an image, or make a sketch of an image. There are two Google slides for sphere activities that have self-correcting slides, guided investigati

The bundle includes three puzzles; One square, one triangular, and one for use with Google Slides with a self-checking component. The students are asked to solve and match an equation for a variable, document their work, and assemble a new polygon or chain of polygons in alphabetical order. There is an additional matching activity and a multiple choice activity. All activities present an opportunity for skill practice while problem solving. Answer keys for all puzzles are included. Solve for a

This activity is made for use with Google Slides. The Triangle Train Activity complements the Solve for a Variable puzzles. Students are asked to match an equation with its solutions for two other variables while creating a chain of triangles. The second activity involves matching and the third is multiple choice. The activities are self-checking. The puzzles and answer keys are included at the end of the slide series and can be copied and pasted into a paper format.

This activity gives students the opportunity to create simplified expressions. They will use the distributive property to find the expression that fully describes a specific polygon. It can be used as a warm-up activity, formative assessment, or homework assignment. Topics and skills used in this activity.: Using the distributive propertyIdentifying common attributes of a polygonSimplifying algebraic expressions

The bundle includes activities that address the following topics.: SpheresCylindersSurface AreaSquare PyramidsCubesThe contents can be used as a formative assessment and can be completed independently or cooperatively.