We Do Math

For students bothered by a bunch of new math definitions, this is a great activity. Students will be given a real-life situation, and use objects instead of numbers and variables, before being introduced to the definitions of function, input, output, domain, and range. Students can explore this on their own, and then you can have a class discussion on pages 1-4. Then, the teacher will slowly guide students through the last 2 pages of the packet, as students are introduced to the definitions, and

This activity can be performed by students before they even know what probability means. A Random Number Generator will need to be used (use google). Students will then answer questions about the results of their experiment, along with the expected results. Then probability will be defined. If you want, you can organize the entire classes data in a spreadsheet.