1001 Math Problems

 Sorry for no post yesterday but my son had ACL surgery and the day was a right off.  If you need a challenging problem solving activity click here .

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Classification in Biology using Shoes

 

Before studying taxonomy in your Biology class you might want to have your students do this classification lab with their own shoes.  To see the lab click here.

Popsicle Activity in your Spanish / French Class

Last week I posted a Spanish teaching post using Jenga.  To see that post click here.  Today I am posting about a nice idea that could be used in your Spanish or French class.  Instead of using flash cards Ms Tarantino suggests using Popsicle sticks as the media she uses for an opposite adjective activity.  To see the website click here. 

The Cell

If you are teaching parts of the cell then you might be able to use these.  The first is a link to a whole 25 page lesson plan.  To see this click here.  The second is a cell concept map activity which can be seen by clicking here.

Self Check Practice Activity

This is like "I have, Who has" activity.  The following is from Mrs. H. from Math Tales From The Spring.  Even though this example is from math it could be used in French for translation or English for key literary terms or many other things.

"This activity is called a Star Chain. When you are tired of doing boring book work or worksheets, but your students still need a little extra practice, try a Star Chain!

Each student will get 12 problems of anything you'd like to practice. For me, it was solving linear equations."

""Next, have students cut the problem cards apart.  After the cards are cut apart, students will pick any card they want to begin with. I usually tell them to pick the one that looks easiest to them. They work the problem and then find their answer at the top of another card. They tape the cards together. Continue the process until a chain is formed. If they do all the problems correctly, the last problem will match the answer at the beginning of the chain."

"The next day, we connected all the chains and strung them up on the ceiling. I'll probably leave them there until the fire marshall gets me!"

If you would like to use this in your class, just click here and change the questions to what pertains to your subject matter.

Here is an example from MathCathy using quadratics functions and translations.  

If you would like a copy of the handout sheets in pdf, click here.