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Final Assignment – Estimation Challenge
For our final activity I started the off with this…… we filled in too high, too low, and best guesses! Then we checked the answer….. Completing this challenge got the students pumped and hooked into...
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Lollipop Lollipop oh la la Lollipop! —& Rates of Change
Last year on twitter I saw that Alex Overwijk and Janice Bernstein with their grade 12 advanced functions classes did this lollipop activity! How does licking change things? Using Tootsie Pops,...
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Fast Clapper
One of my favourite lessons to do with my grade 9 applied students is the Fast Clapper! I first saw it on Nathan Kraft’s virtual filing cabinet! My main goal here was to solve proportions through...
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Pumpkin Time-Bomb Activity
Last year around this time I shared out a Google Form for classes to record measurements around their pumpkins and make them explode! I shared that form on Twitter so that we could crowd source as many...
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A good friend of mine Brian McBain showed me this construction with two paper rings taped together. I had two of my daughters predict what would be made from cutting down the middle of both rings....
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The Best Estimates
So Dan sent out this tweet. Free blog post idea for @mr_stadel: What separates your favorite http://t.co/ZDWEm9jTd5 prompt from your least favorite? — Dan Meyer (@ddmeyer) November 14, 2014 Wasn’t sure...
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Filling it up!
In our grade 9 applied class we are finishing off linear relations and moving into solving equations. I want an activity that is hands-on, engaging, and shows a purpose to solving linear equations....
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Many Many Volumes
In our senior math classes (advanced functions & calculus) we come across a problem like this…. I really like these problems, they have great potential but not really in this form. Let’s jazz it up...
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Let’s Start with the Easy Ones
Here’s how I taught students how to solve trigonometric equations in our grade 12 advanced functions class. Started with this Ferris wheel problem...
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The Power of Match My Graph
I was checking out twitter last week and ran into this from Dan Meyer: You’re about to plan a lesson on concept [x] and you’d like students to find it interesting. What questions do you ask yourself as...
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Is Lego Gender Biased?
Here was how our conversation in math class (MFM1P) went…..How many pieces make up this Star wars Lego ship? We started with that picture and had a great conversation around Lego. Then I showed this...
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Distance-Time Graphs – Gallery Walk
The last few semesters I ran this two-day lesson on distance-time graphs. Today I added a new twist on Day 2. Recap: Day 1 – A few prediction videos on water height in a cup vs. time. Then WATERLINE by...
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Trashketball – A Spiralled Lesson!
This was our multi-day, curriculum-spiralled, activity this week! Day 1 – Filling the Bin!! Let’s get curious!!…..I showed this video from Andrew Stadel, and took questions & wonderings: We...
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Chocolate Mania [3 Act Task]
This post and task was written and created by both Jon Orr and Kyle Pearce. For about a year now Kyle Pearce and I have been travelling to schools and districts across North America sharing our...
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