Bringing Math to Life

Katie Moore & Cheryl WeaverHeritage Middle School

Math Curse Project● Outline● Rubric

Let’s get started…………..

Creating your own storyWe have included a template for you to fill in your own story. Please be ready to share.

March “Math” Madness★ 2015 ACC Fraction, Decimal, and

Percent Activity★ March’s Mathematical Madness Stat

Sheet★ March Mathness!

My Favorite NO!https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/class-warm-up-routine

Math CheckpointMs. Valk created a checkpoint for her “Favorite NO’s”

Students enjoy finding her mistakes.

Writing Songs● Students write lyrics about

multiplying decimals● Suggestion - Have students write

new lyrics for finding Volume to the song- All about the Bass by Meghan Tranor “All about the BASE”

A Mathematical Tug of War

Let’s do some math….

A Mathematical Tug-of-WarRound 1On one side are four Giant-Twenty-Something-Mutant-Ninja-Frogs who have left their pond for this special event. They all have well developed pulling muscles because they work out regularly at Silver’s Gym. All are known to be of equal strength. On the other side are five grandmas, a

tugging team that has practiced by making taffy for their grandchildren and playing

racquetball twice a week. They are Tai Chi masters of the first order. You should know

that they, too, are all of equal strength.

In a contest between the two teams, the result is a draw.

They are evenly matched and neither team can out-tug the other.

Round 2On one side is Kanga-tu, an especially well trained kangaroo that has a well developed tugging style

perfected by long months of rope-pulling. Kanga-tu has enjoyed tug-of-wars (or is it tugs-of-war?) since she was a

joey. Her opponent is a team made up of two grandmas and one Giant-Twenty-Something-Mutant-Ninja-Frog.

vs.Once again…

The result is a draw

Round 3On one side are Kanga-tu, a grandma, and two Giant-Twenty-Something-Mutant-Ninja-Frogs. Their opponent is a team with

the remaining Frogs and grandmas (four grandmas and 2 Frogs).

vs.

Who will win??? Why?? With your group, create a viable mathematical argument

to prove your position. Show your work/thinking or illustrate your thoughts.

Round 4

Create a tug that will not end in a draw.Be prepared to justify your conclusions.

Little Caesars Pizza Kit MathOne of the schools in our county had some extra fundraiser flyers and we used them in the math classroom.

Parents even donated some pizza kits for the students to enjoy pizza and cookies after the activity.

Candy in Math● Candy Probability

● M&M’s Statistics Activity

Turn your room into a restaurant and place students appropriately. Assign waitresses/waiters and patrons. Have them to complete the check for their table, and everyone needs to check the total bill. Enrichment: Provide them with discount coupons.

Math Dining

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