I have taught the spectrum of high school mathematics beginning in a small school in Missouri and then to two of the larger districts in Nebraska. I also taught Cisco Networking and A+. This is my 20th year of teaching.
Vizual notes are an effective way to engage both the visual and logical sides of the brain. Students spend less time copying notes and more time engaging with them.Hand students a copy of the notes sheet (page 2), break out the colored pencils and gel pens and let the fun begin. This handout describes how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide radicals and rationalize denominators.
There’s something satisfying about figuring out something for yourself. In this investigation, students will discover the relationships between the sides for isosceles right triangles and 30-60-90 triangles.
This investigation is for students who have used the Pythagorean Theorem and are comfortable with simplifying radicals. It helps them get proficient enough that they learn the shortcuts of 30-60-90 and 45-45-90 right triangles on their own.
Your students will learn three methods for simplifying square roots – the cake method, factor trees, and simply looking for perfect squares. Vizual Notes are a great way to activate the creative side of the brain while learning material that often just uses the logical side. Graphics and visuals help link numerical concepts to images. Hand students a copy of the notes sheet (page 2), break out the colored pencils and gel pens and let the fun begin.
The circumcenter, incenter, centroid, and orthocenter are summarized, identified, and found by graphing. This activity helps pull out the special characteristics of the triangle centers and gives step by step instructions for finding them.
This set includes a foldable covering points, lines, planes, segments, rays, and opposite rays. Students must identify how it’s drawn, how it’s named, words/symbols, and facts for each. This also includes 24 task cards and a recording sheet with the answer key.
Print a copy of pages 3 and 4 back to back (you’ll need to rotate one page so they copy correctly) for each student. (Override your printer’s complaint about margin size.) Have your students fill out the foldable using the answer key and
This foldable for an interactive notebook will help students identify corresponding, alternate interior, alternate exterior and consecutive (same side) interior angles. It also helps them understand the relationships between these special angles. Finally, an example of parallel lines cut by a transversal for each is given so they can set up an equation and solve for x.
Prove triangles similar via AA, SSS, and SAS similarity theorems. Vizual Notes are an effective way to engage both the visual and logical sides of the brain. Students spend less time copying notes and more time engaging with them.
This Vizual Notes sheet is summary that contains the equation for slope and a visual representation of positive, negative, a slope of zero, and undefined slope. It also describes slope y-intercept and point slope forms. The relationship between the slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines is summarized. An example of each of the concepts listed above is also given for students to practice each concept.
Students will learn how to find the area of regular polygons by calculating central angles, apothems, bases and by using triangles. A = ½ Pa is not used in these Vizual Notes. Special right triangles are reviewed as is the tangent ratio. In addition to the Vizual Notes, students can practice the five step process with the included practice worksheet containing 6 problems. The key to the practice worksheet is also included. Vizual notes are an effective way to engage both the visual and logical
This bundle includes all four transformations Vizual Notes: translations, reflections, rotations, and dilations plus Vizual Notes for congruence transformations. In addition, it includes the companion PowerPoints you can use with a projector and/or SmartBoard. Engage your students by giving them a copy of the Vizual Notes, projecting the part you want them to focus on, and walk the room asking them to do the task. Then click your mouse showing them what their notes should look like, move on to t
Students have better recall of a concept they discover on their own. This investigation lets students develop patterns to learn the formulas for sum of the interior angles, the sum of exterior angles, and the measure of an interior angle of a regular polygon.
Vizual notes are an effective way to engage both the visual and logical sides of the brain. Students spend less time copying notes and more time engaging with them. This notes sheet includes the terms translation, preimage, image, vector and both component form and a rule for a translation. You may also be interested in the Transformation Vizual Notes and PowerPoints Bundle.
Slope Hexaflexagons take foldables to a new level. Students have everything they need to know about slope at their fingertips in a fun hexagon shape that reveals an inner layer. Watch Vi Hart's Hexaflexagons video https://youtu.be/VIVIegSt81k when you have a few hours to kill. I designed this with my regular geometry classes in mind. Definition of slope, standard, slope y-intercept, and point slope forms of equations, positive, negative, zero, and undefined slopes and characteristics of parallel
Vizual notes are an effective way to engage both the visual and logical sides of the brain. Students spend less time copying notes and more time engaging with them.Hand students a copy of the notes sheet (page 2), break out the colored pencils and gel pens and let the fun begin! This set of doodle notes pairs well with the free investigation. Your students can derive the formulas before they are formally presented and used to solve problems related to interior and exterior angles.
This 11" x 17" set of Vizual Notes helps students remember the 21 properties of parallelograms, rectangles, squares, rhombi, trapezoids, and kites. The properties are on one side and example problems are on a second side. This set of Vizual Notes pairs well with the Quadrilaterals Hieroglyphics Review Game and flash cards.
Vizual notes are an effective way to engage both the visual and logical sides of the brain. Students spend less time copying notes and more time engaging with them.Hand students a copy of the notes sheet (page 2), break out the colored pencils and gel pens and let the fun begin! Students learn about the geometric transformation of dilations and how to enlarge and reduce segments and polygons. You may also be interested in the Transformations Vizual Notes and PowerPoints Bundle.
In this investigation, students use the fact that interior angles add to 180 and linear pairs are supplementary to discover that the exterior angle is the sum of the remote interior angles in this partner activity. Each student works their column of problems while comparing answers with their partner. The practice page extends the relationship algebraically. Investigations allow students to use prior knowledge to learn new relationships without begin told them. They are more empowered, engaged,
Students explore various circles centered at the origin to determine the general form of the equation. They then determine the equation of circles centered at (h, k) with a radius of r.
Students appreciate being guided to new discoveries. This investigation has quick wins that keeps students moving from question to question. It can be explored individually, in pairs or groups, or as a class discussion while you walk the room guiding those with questions.
In this investigation, students are asked to find the slopes of various lines. They use the slopes to come up with conjectures. Because the lines are graphed for the students, this investigation allows them to focus on the relationships between slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines. An extension helps students learn the equations of vertical and horizontal lines as they relate to their slopes. Investigations empower students to take charge of their learning. The challenge of discovering the
Students will learn inverse trig functions. They will also find all side measures and all angle measures of right triangles. Vizual Notes are an effective way to engage both the visual and logical sides of the brain. Students spend less time copying notes and more time engaging with them.
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I have taught the spectrum of high school mathematics beginning in a small school in Missouri and then to two of the larger districts in Nebraska. I also taught Cisco Networking and A+. This is my 20th year of teaching.
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A mixture of lecture, investigations, and hands-on learning, with technology stirred in.
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AIM Institute 2007 High School Technology Teacher of the Year
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University of Nebraska, Lincoln
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