Digital Cut & Paste, traditional paper Cut & Paste, and an assessment – all in one! Key features of quadratics included in this activity are: domain, range, maximum, minimum, x intercepts, y intercepts, vertex, and axis of symmetry. The digital version of this activity may be used as a whole class activity via a projector, group work in a classroom with not quite 1:1, or as an individual activity in a 1:1 setting. If students are using this activity digitally, be sure to delete the answer ke
Give students this flow chart to help them organize the steps to graph inequalities in a coordinate plane. This can also serve as a good review of graphing Point Slope Form (PSF) and Slope Intercept Form (SIF). This also pairs well with: Systems of Inequalities and GradesSystems of Inequalities Real Life Application Fundraising Goals ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keep up with my new products on FACEBOOK!Keep up with my n
Graphic organizers, Notes, Practice, and Real Life Applications - all in one bundle! This growing bundle includes the following 4 products: Graph Quadratic Functions in Standard Form – Graphic Organizer : Help your students organize the steps to graph a quadratic in standard form. Extra templates and an answer key is provided. Factor Quadratics Dry Erase Mat: Students struggle to factor quadratics in standard form especially when a is not equal to 1. These dry erase mats help students brainsto
Angle of Elevation and Angle of Rotation
In these two playdough mats, students use playdough to practice their Angle of Rotation and Angle of Elevation skills. Because the use of playdough is “big and bold”, the teacher can easily and formatively assess student understanding.
The Angle of Rotation mat has students start with color coding the initial side and terminal side of an angle. It then moves students through creating both positive and negative angles of rotation, as well as angles a
Students struggle with proofs for many reasons. Often, when given information, they do not know where start. Students need to think that if they are proving triangles are congruent, “how can I use SSS, SAS, ASA, or AAS”. If they are showing lines are parallel on a graph, “how can I use slope”, etc.
This resource can be used a variety of ways to help students determine where to go with the given information. Pages 3 & 4 can be given to students as a handout. Pages 5-8 are designed to be used
The games of “Guess What” is modeled after the classic games of Guess Who and Hedbanz. It is a 2 player game (that can be modified for 3 players) where players take turns asking yes and no questions to isolate a graph. The first player to guess the other player’s graph wins! Game Setup:Each player takes their game board and places it in a dry erase sheet protector. Each player chooses a graph for which the other player will guess. Choose who goes first. That person will ask a yes or no questi
The game of “Guess What” is modeled after the classic game of Guess Who. It is a 2 player game (that can be modified for 3 players) where players take turns asking yes and no questions to isolate a graph. The first player to guess the other player’s graph wins!
Game Setup:Each player takes their game board and places it in a dry erase sheet protector. Each player chooses a graph for which the other player will guess. Choose who goes first. That person will ask a yes or no question of the oth
**Ready to go! No prep required! Turkey Math for Upper Levels** Are your students antsy before Thanksgiving break? Then this is the perfect activity to fill up to 2 days and still have them talking about math!! In the article A definitive ranking of Thanksgiving sides, Alex Abad-Santos, discusses various attributes of common Thanksgiving sides. He presents a variety of graphs (bar graph, circle graph, line graphs, and scatterplot) to demonstrate the comparisons. In this activity, students ar
In this technology based activity, students will use Desmos.com to gain understanding of writing equations of lines in Point Slope Form and finding Domain and Range. Students are given a link to a Desmos shooting star design which has been made with tables. They are asked to find the equation of each line used to make the design. Students are open to write equations in slope intercept form or point slope form, however, point slope form is easier for this activity. Students are also asked to
Students get thrown into a real life problem with this project! The scenario the students work through is a concrete company that has suddenly lost a vital employee. The company is in need of providing a quote to a customer ASAP for a basement, driveway, and garage floor. Students are provided with dimensions and price points for different thicknesses of concrete. Based on this information, they are to come up with a proposed price for the customer.
The work doesn’t stop there! The company
Students usually catch on to factoring trinomials when the a = 1, but they have a harder time when the a does not equal 1. This factoring mat will help students organize their ideas for pairs of factors.
Since factoring trinomials is often a trial and error process, it can be frustrating for students. Therefore, this mat is intended to be used as dry erase marker activity. The printed sheets can be placed in sheet protectors, or you can use more durable protectors such as these. It is als
You can ask Siri on an iPhone “What planes are flying over me?” and she will tell you exactly that. But exactly how far out of a radius does Siri report planes? This activity will help you and your students use trigonometry and angles of elevation and depression find out! Applications include the use of tangent AND cosine!
There are several versions of this activity all in one download! The first version is a printable activity where the data is provided and a map is provided. The second a
Often students are asked to participate in fundraising to support their school and/or organizations, but how do those organizations set goals for selling? In this activity, students will use their knowledge of graphing systems of inequalities (or linear programming) to propose fundraising goals. The scenario the students work through is a real life scenario that occurred in my school. In the introduction, students brainstorm possible solutions to this problem, then the activity walks them thr
In this activity, students will analyze calories and fat fast food sandwiches. They will collect data, create a scatterplot, and generate a line of best fit. Then they will use this information to create equations in Slope Intercept Form and Point Slope Form. The equations will be used for making predictions and inferences. Students are encouraged to work in groups to collect the data to help “divide and conquer” the work. This activity can be used as an introduction to PSF and SIF or as a su
In this envelope activity, students practice matching parallel and perpendicular slopes. Download the preview to view the various forms of questions.
Envelope activities are a great way for students to get practice without having the feel of a drill and practice worksheet. Students can work in groups or individually. The teacher can have students pass the envelopes after a given amount of time while students stay in their seats, students can rotate between stations set up each with an envelo
One of my favorite Geometry topics to teach, and some of my best sellers, are now bundled all in one location! In the Transformations Bundle, you will get the following math projects: Transformation Activity Using iOS Photo Booth, Flip Book Transformation Project, Band Meets Geometry, Dilations: A Student Investigation, and Rotational Geometry and Snowflakes - Investigation. These activities provide students and teachers a variety of ways to experience the concept of geometric transformatio
Great fall activity! In this STEAM activity, Band students and Geometry students will collaborate to learn how transformation geometry applies to marching band.
Marching bands use transformations to map out their show on the field. The coordinates that are used are similar to those that are studied in Geometry, and the football field is similar to the coordinate plane. In this interdisciplinary activity, marching band students are paired up with Geometry students in order to learn from each o
Students love to talk about their birthdays! This activity has students collect classmate birthday data and uses that data to apply to basic probability. This product includes teacher notes, a data recording sheet for students, and 9 questions to relate the data to probability. Questions include: What is the probability of having a birthday on an ODD numbered day? What is the probability of having a birthday during a month containing the letter “Y”? The activity could be used as practice or a
This is one of my students' favorite activities! Vocabulary words' letters are scrambled. Students are to unscramble the words using the provided clue. This is a great way to practice vocabulary acquisition, application, and spelling.
This activity covers the following vocabulary: supplementary angles, parallel lines, vertical angles, corresponding angles, alternate interior angles, alternate exterior angles, linear pair, and consecutive interior angles. 15 questions are provided that ask for
This is not your ordinary matching practice worksheet for factor and FOIL! Yes, included in this product is a 10 question practice matching factor/FOIL worksheet. However, it also comes with cards for a variety of activities to assess understanding!
After completing the worksheet, students pick a card. (Cards are on pages 5-7 and need to be PRECUT by the teacher.) Once everyone (or the majority – use teacher discretion) in the class is finished and has a card, the teacher should have stude
I have been teaching HS math since 2001. I have a Bachelor's degree in Secondary Math Ed and a Master's Degree in Technology in the Classroom.
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