Unraveling the Unit Circle Using Spaghetti

If you are teaching how to graph the sine and cosine function here is a nice and possible messy way of doing this for you students that they should find fun.   The video that is  posted on their website can be found by clicking here or looking below.

NRICH

NRICH has a plethora of lesson plans and activities for math teachers as well as posters with challenge activities.  To see the website click here.

Magnify the Universe

I am helping with a PD session to co-create a lesson within a subject area that includes math.  I have the science department.  I am doing a few topics but one I thought would be cool is to use the site below to compare two different objects using numbersleuth.org.  Numbersleuth.org has a great interactive infographic that is great for show the scale of the universe.  This would be great to show in Science class or could be used in math/science class for scientific notation.   Below I have made a video of the interactive infographic because I could not get it to embed.  They also have a nice poster that I have posted below too.

Click here to see the interactive infographic.

Source: Number Sleuth

Hacking STEM

Hacking STEM is brought to you by Microsoft and is meant to provide teachers with an inexpensive way to deliver hands-on STEM lesson.  From their website, "Browse our library for downloadable, hands-on, teacher-tested projects and activities that use everyday materials to make STEM affordable, accessible, and fun for everyone.".  To see the website, click here.

Comic Math - Calvin and Hobbes

If you teach math , and would like a comic for your lesson then try this website by clicking here.  They have listed with links to all the Calvin & Hobbes comics that have math involved.

Math in Real Life series of TED-Ed videos

Here is a link to a TED-ED series of videos on real life math.  These might make a nice extension or  intro to your math class.  To see the videos click here.

Science Netlinks

Science Netlinks has a whole bunch of lesson plans and activities for you organized by grade level and course.  So whether your teaching physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics or careers there is something for you.  To check it out, click here.

Photomath

From their website, "Photomath is a mobile application described as a "camera calculator", which utilizes a phone's camera to recognize mathematical patterns and to display the solution directly onscreen. It is available for free on Google Android and iOS"

I have utilized this app on my phone and it works well with typed questions and even on my hand written questions.  Not only will it show you a solution but will show you the steps used to get the solution algebraically and graphically.  This works from basic arithmetic through trigonometry and Calculus.  To see the webpage click here.  The downloads can be found for iOS by clicking here  and for Android by clicking here. 

Expii Solve

Expii solve has over 70 different sets of math word problems that are arranged by a theme.  Each theme has five problems along that theme.  To see the website click here.  If students need help, at the bottom of each page is a set of tutorials.

Would You Rather revisited

On November 6 2017 I posted about "Would You Rather".  To see the post click here.  I thought I would post about John Stevens blog that dwells into some of these Would You Rathers.  If you teach mathematics you might want to look at the Would You Rather website but also Chris Hunter's blog.  To see his blog click here.  He also has an interesting twitter account.  You can see it by clicking here.

GeoGebra - Free Dynamic Math Software

This is a free math website that allows you to visualize geometry, graphing, tables and much more.
According to Education World, "This tool is perfect for classrooms with Smartboards where the website can be projected, making it easier for teachers to have students follow along with the lesson. GeoGebra also has a large compilation of 263,067 free and interactive materials that can be used in the classroom. It’s a pretty intense app and will require tech knowledge, as well as the obvious math skills being addressed in the app. Usability is better on the web version and overall usability is in the middle when it comes to difficulty. The app is clean and allows you to complete many functions. It’s possible that this app could also make a graphing calculator unnecessary in the classroom."

To see the website click here.  If you want a comprehensive pdf tutorial  click here.

Math Pickle

From their website, "Math Pickle is a practical resource for teachers. Its visually compelling puzzles and games engage students in tough problem solving. Its puzzles are organized by grade and subject – each designed for a 45-60 minute period. All have low-floor, high-ceiling. They engage struggling students in curricular skill acquisition, and deflect top students into tenacity-building challenges."

To see the website click here.

Would You Rather ...?

John Stevens presents this website that ask students to pick one of usually two options and justify their answer.   Most of the posts have a Personal Finance feature to them but there are some from other subjects.   To see the site click here.

Yummy Math

If you have not tried out some of the activities at Yummy Math in your class you might want to.  The site is from grades 3 through high school.  The pdf on checking if a stream of water ejected into air is parabolic is a nice activity.  You can see that by clicking here.  In fact it would be great to have your class actually take a video or picture and do it the activity with their own stream.  To see the home page of Yummy Math click here.

Absolute Value Project

I was at Growing Exponentially and saw this project that had people guess the number of  jelly beans in the jar.  She put the results in  a spread sheet and plotted the difference of the guess from the correct answer.  She then had her students make up their own project.  Check out the site and the student projects by clicking here.

System of Equations and shooting hoops

 Andrew Stadel posted a nice little pdf that you could use to introduce systems of equations.

This picture can be found by clicking here.

This picture can be found by clicking here.

 Maybe you might have your students go to the gym and shoot some baskets in pairs and record the number they make from the free-throw line and from the field (or field vs 3 pt line) and then they can present their data to the class and have other students solve the equations.

Domain and Range

I saw this post on Domain and Range on John Scammell's website, Zero Knowledge Proofs.  He explains the game he plays with his students and gives links to downloads.  To see the article on his blog click here.

Distributive Property

If you are new to teaching the distributive property this might give you another way of looking at it.  To see Ms. Yenca's way of presenting the distributive property click here.

How Many Soda Combos Are There On A Coke Freestyle?

If you teach math that involves combinations, you might want to look at this lesson.  To see it click here.  He also has many other great lessons organized by grade.  To see these lessons click here.

Mathematics Assessment Resource Service

This site has lesson plans for math from grade 6 through high school.  To see the lesson plans click here.  I have used a lesson similar to the one on the ferris wheel for modelling the most general cosine function.  To see that lesson plan click here.