Universal Themes in Math? With Fractions!? What if we used a universal theme to guide our study of fractions? These very big ideas get students thinking about fractions in a new way.
Updating Old Questions: Addition With Missing Pieces How can I go beyond asking 20 variations of 622 + 77 = ___?
Thinking Like Equivalent Fractions Go across disciplines by asking students to write a story about fraction equivalence.
When A Math Puzzle Isn’t Very Puzzling It looks like a fun puzzle. But it's actually just a low-level worksheet in disguise!
Encourage Curiosity With Calculators It's easy to fall in love with chasing the newest technology to use in the classroom. But sometimes, the perfect tool is a plain old calculator. We'll be using this tool to develop curiosity about math.
Healthy Donuts!? Framing a Math Project with a Big Idea Instead of jumping straight to calculations, what if we framed this math concept with a big idea?
Calculating the Volume of Laptops So once your students can calculate volume… what do you have them do next? In this math project, kids will look up historic laptops, calculate their volumes, and note how technology has changed over time.
Olympic Medal Math Project In the paper, I read about Norway's dominance of the Winter Olympics, despite being a tiny country. I love this juxtaposition of unexpected data! Let's turn it into a math project. Here are some questions I thought of…
The Coloring Problem How few colors can you use to fill in a map so that no neighboring regions are the same color?
