Rating | Views | Title | Posted Date | Contributor | Common Core Standards | Grade Levels | Resource Type | |
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Developing and Solving Equations Unit![]()
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1/27/2018 |
Tami Carr
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6.EE.A.2 6.EE.A.2a 6.EE.A.2b 6.EE.A.2c 6.EE.A.3 6.EE.A.4 6.EE.B.5 6.EE.B.6 6.EE.B.7 7.EE.B.4 7.EE.B.4a 7.EE.B.4b 7.EE.A.1 7.EE.B.3 7.EE.A.2 MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 MP.6 MP.7 MP.8 | 7 8 HS | Lesson | ||
Knee surgery & Muscle weakness![]()
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1/3/2018 |
Linda Meng
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HSA-CED.A.1 HSA-CED.A.2 HSF-LE.A.3 HSF-LE.A.1 HSF-LE.A.1a MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 | HS | Activity | ||
Is a Super Ball REALLY Super?![]() Is a Super Ball REALLY "super?" This activity allows students to collect data and to make an argument regarding this quetions. See the PowerPoint for details about the activity... Note: It is best to gain access to an authentic, Wham-O Super Ball made with Zectron! https://www.amazon.com/orginal-super-ball-wtih-zectron/dp/B0001ZN49I/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1513808409&sr=8-2&keywords=whamo+super+ball |
12/20/2017 |
Scott Adamson
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6.RP.A.1 6.RP.A.3 7.RP.A.2 7.RP.A.3 8.F.A.3 8.F.B.4 8.F.B.5 HSF-IF.C.7 HSF-IF.B.6 HSA-CED.A.2 MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 MP.6 MP.7 MP.8 | 5 6 8 7 HS | Activity | ||
Scatter Plot Activity![]() Goal: The goal of this activity is for students to see different types of correlation and recognize the patterns associated with each type of correlation. They will then have to create their own scatter plot based on directions given. |
5/10/2017 |
Ashley Nicoloff
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8.SP.A.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.8 | 4 5 6 7 8 HS | Activity | ||
Area of a house![]() Goal: The goal of this activity is for students to find the area of a house floor plan. They will need to use their knowledge of rectangles to identify the missing side lengths to find the correct area. This also allows students to see how area is used in a real-life application. |
4/20/2017 |
Ashley Nicoloff
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7.G.B.6 6.G.A.1 MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 MP.6 MP.8 | 5 6 7 8 HS | Activity | ||
Estimating the Mean![]() Goal: The goal of this activity is for students to randomly draw words from an excerpt to estimate the mean length word count of the entire document. |
4/20/2017 |
Ashley Nicoloff
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7.SP.A.2 7.SP.A.1 MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.6 MP.7 MP.8 | 5 6 7 8 HS | Activity | ||
Creating a histogram using temperatures![]() Goal: The goal of the current activity is to have students read data from a map of the U.S., create a frequency table, answer questions and create a frequency histrogram. |
4/7/2017 |
Ashley Nicoloff
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6.SP.B.4 6.SP.B.5 6.SP.B.5a MP.1 MP.4 MP.6 MP.7 MP.8 | 5 6 7 8 HS | Activity | ||
Creating a Probability Model![]() Goal: The goal of this activity is for students to grasp the understanding of how to put together a probability model for the rolling of a single die and also the sum of the rolls of two dice. |
3/28/2017 |
Ashley Nicoloff
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7.SP.C.5 7.SP.C.7 7.SP.C.7a 7.SP.C.7b 7.SP.C.8 MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.6 MP.7 MP.8 | 5 6 7 8 HS | Activity | ||
Understanding probability using a deck of cards![]() This activity is to familiarize your students with a standard deck of cards. Have your students get into groups of 2 or 3 and walk them through the beginning part. You can chose to have your students simplify each probability as a fraction or round to the thousandths place. Hopefully the students will see that all of the probabilities they find will always be between 0 and 1 inclusive. |
3/2/2017 |
Ashley Nicoloff
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7.SP.C.5 MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.6 MP.7 MP.8 | 5 6 7 8 HS | Activity | ||
Inferences about two populations![]() Goal: The goal of this activity is for students to compare to samples from two different populations. They will make inferences based on what they find from their dot plot. |
1/13/2017 |
Ashley Nicoloff
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6.SP.A.2 6.SP.B.5 6.SP.B.5c 7.SP.B.4 7.SP.B.3 7.SP.A.1 MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 MP.8 | 5 6 7 8 HS | Activity | ||
Outlier Activity![]() Goal: The goal of this activity is for students to interpret measures of central tendency when an outlier is present. They will also be able to identify which value is an outlier and create a boxplot as well. |
1/13/2017 |
Ashley Nicoloff
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6.SP.A.2 6.SP.A.3 6.SP.B.4 6.SP.B.5c 6.SP.B.5d 6.SP.B.5 MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.6 MP.7 | 5 6 7 8 HS | Activity | ||
Ice Cream and Temperature-Correlation Activity![]() Goal: The goal of this activity is for students to graph the data on a scatterplot and discuss the relationship they see between ice cream and temperature. |
12/12/2016 |
Ashley Nicoloff
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8.SP.A.2 8.SP.A.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.6 | 6 7 8 HS | Activity | ||
Motivating Function Notation![]() Pat Thompson, ASU Mathematics Educator, wrote an article titled "Why use f(x) when all we really mean is y?” (see below for a link to the article). This activity is designed to help motivate a need for function notation and uses desmos.com as a tool. http://pat-thompson.net/PDFversions/2013WhyF(x).pdf |
10/8/2016 |
Scott Adamson
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8.F.B.5 HSF-IF.A.2 HSF-IF.C.8 HSF-IF.C.9 HSF-BF.A.1 HSF-BF.B.4a MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 MP.6 MP.7 MP.8 | 7 8 HS | Activity | ||
Quadratic Function Models - Fuel Efficiency Context![]() A PowerPoint presentation associated with the context of fuel efficiency as related to speed in miles per gallon. The intent of the task is for students to articulate the meaning of the parameters (coefficients) of a quadratic function model. |
6/15/2016 |
Scott Adamson
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HSF-IF.C.7 HSF-IF.C.7a HSF-IF.C.9 MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 MP.6 MP.7 MP.8 | 8 HS | Activity | ||
Linear Function Model - Blood Alcohol Content![]() This is the PowerPoint version of the activity related to developing a linear function model for the context of BAC. |
6/15/2016 |
Scott Adamson
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8.F.A.3 8.F.B.4 8.F.B.5 HSF-IF.C.8 HSF-BF.A.1 HSF-LE.A.1a HSF-LE.A.1b MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 MP.6 MP.7 MP.8 | 8 HS | Activity | ||
Broomsticks - Multiplicative Reasoning![]() This is the broomsticks activity created by Ted Coe. |
6/15/2016 |
Scott Adamson
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7.RP.A.3 4.OA.A.1 4.OA.A.2 6.RP.A.3c HSN-Q.A.3 HSN-Q.A.1 MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 MP.6 MP.7 MP.8 | 8 HS 7 4 5 6 | Activity | ||
Covariation and the Finger Tool![]() The intended sequence is: Sprinter Skateboarder Bungee Jumper Jump start the car |
6/15/2016 |
Scott Adamson
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HSF-IF.B.4 HSF-IF.C.7 8.F.B.5 MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 MP.6 MP.7 MP.8 | 8 HS | Activity | ||
Oscar the Grouch and His New Home![]() This is a Calculus III project focused on Lagrange multipliers and constrained optimization. |
8/6/2015 |
Scott Adamson
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HSG-MG.A.3 MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 MP.6 MP.7 MP.8 | HS | Resource | ||
Derivative of Trigonometric Functions![]() This is a project designed for a Calculus 1 course. |
7/1/2015 |
Scott Adamson
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HSF-TF.A.1 MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 MP.6 MP.7 MP.8 | HS | Resource | ||
Cal Clulus: In Pursuit of Justice!![]() This project involves a movie that was written by, directed by, and starring Dr. Scott Adamson and Dr. Trey Cox. The focus of the project is making sense out of average rate of change, instantaneous rate of change, and the Mean Value Theorem. Watch this clip first with your class before doing the activity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBRwU9ubYQo After doing the activity, view the 2nd part of the video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqy3VivFs9Y |
6/30/2015 |
Trey Cox
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HSF-IF.A.2 HSF-IF.B.6 HSF-IF.C.7a MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 | HS | Video | ||
Wile E. Coyote - Modeling with Trigonometric Functions (Writing project)![]() This project requires students to mathematically model the design of a roller coaster using a sinusoidal function to estimate the total cost of construction. *If an instructor would like a student solution just contact one of the authors. |
6/30/2015 |
Trey Cox
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HSF-TF.B.5 HSF-TF.B.7 HSF-IF.A.2 HSF-IF.B.4 HSF-IF.B.5 HSF-IF.C.7 HSF-IF.C.7e HSF-BF.A.1 MP.1 MP.2 MP.4 MP.5 | HS | Activity | ||
Coin Counting - Dan Meyer Three Act-Task![]() Systems of equations can be a difficult concept for students to understand. This activity is a useful tool for introducing the concept in a concrete way that will help them make sense of the ideas and procedures for solving a system of linear equations. |
6/23/2015 |
Trey Cox
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8.EE.C.8 8.EE.C.8a 8.EE.C.8b 8.EE.C.8c HSA-REI.C.6 HSA-REI.D.11 MP.1 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 | 8 HS | Activity | ||
Creating a Histogram using the TI 83/84 calculatorThe steps to creating a histogram on the TI calculator. |
6/4/2015 |
Trey Cox
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None
MP.5
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5 6 7 8 HS | Resource | ||
Creating a box plot on the TI 84 CalculatorSteps for entering data into lists and creating a box (box and whisker) plot. |
6/4/2015 |
Trey Cox
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None
MP.5
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5 6 7 8 HS | Resource | ||