Math ideas

Connect Four: Two-Step Equations game for 6th-8th grade math! This math game helps students practice solving two step equations. Students must solve equations and connect four spaces in a row on their game board. Great for small groups and math centers!

Rotations on the Coordinate Plane - layered plate activity

Students love when teachers bring food to math class! Get your students to practice and apply their linear graphing skills with enthusiasm by giving them this fun marshmallow linear graphing activity. Includes 2 tasks which can be assigned the same day or on different days depending on the skill of the class. Task #1 Students will work in groups of four to make a table and graph to represent the calories in marshmallows by reading and interpreting a nutrition label. Then they will answer a...

Challenge of the week for our math class! This challenge was in the middle of our order of operations review before we start with algebra. Students love trying the challenge each week! They have until Thursday at the end of the day to turn them in and we go over the problem on Fridays.

Popcorn Maths - solving random math problems. Could be great for working with positive & negative integers, or with order of operations.

cute for upper elementary...can adapt for whatever kids are learning (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, square roots, etc.)

Math pennants to engage students in problem solving while building community and classroom decor.

This lesson will have your 7th grade class design their own dream homes using scale drawing. Students will then determine the square footage of their home.

I am always on the lookout for some new first-week activities to do with my 6th grade math students. In addition to "get to know you" activities, I like to find projects that are fun, math-related, and motivating for students during those first few weeks. One of these projects that I have always done during the first week of school (but you could really do any time of the year) is my Math is Everywhere tile activity. Before the year starts, I buy some white card stock (or white-ish...this...

Rock... paper... scissors! Discover a bit more about the math behind this childhood game with this exercise in probability.

The Best Websites for Teaching Math: The top math education sites I can't live without - tools for graphing, inquiry lessons, virtual manipulatives, and more!

Take a peek into what guided math centers look like in my upper grades classroom. Lots of FREE guided math centers included.

Congratulations! You have been given $1,000,000. As a part of this inheritance, you have been given guidelines to follow for how to spend it. Make sure the follow the guidelines to the letter so you don't hurt Grandma Irene's feelings. YOU MUST: 1. Put at least $75,000 aside for college education. Research the cost of the education for ONE year at your favorite university and then calculate it against how many years it will take you to achieve your degree. Add in 10% to cover inflation...