Math Project: Box Office Totals As a teenager, I loved monitoring the weekend's box office results. This kind of data is exciting, oozing with built in conflict. It sets up questions that require math to answer.
Creating A New Mathematical Operation Do your students realize that addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division are all examples of the same idea: an operation? And that it's quite possible to create a brand new operation? Let's do it!
Prime Number Explorations Students learn about prime numbers early in their careers, but the true, quirky nature of these numbers isn't really explored unless kids go on to become math majors. Here are three fun prime explorations suitable for even young students.
Conflict and Quadrilaterals Rather than merely asking "what patterns are there in these quadrilaterals" we'll set up an exploration of conflict and quadrilaterals.
Depth and Complexity: Ethics… In Math!? The Ethics prompt of depth and complexity fits so easily into the humanities… but what about ethics in math?!
Goldbach’s Conjecture Our look at math conjectures continues with Goldbach's Conjecture, which states that all even integers greater than 2 can be written as the sum of two primes. Is this true for all cases? Another authentic, unsolved question.
Constructing Meaningful Math Projects Here are four key attributes I look for when developing math projects: juicy data, interesting conflict, an expert's lens, and a final product.
Math Project: Furnish A Hotel Starting with an IKEA catalog, a hotel furnishing math project was born. Use this project as a tool to differentiate your math instruction and impart some practical knowledge on your students.
Exploring Palindromes in ELA and Math Palindromes are one of those fun ideas that some gifted kids just latch onto. We'll check out palindromic words, phrases, and even numbers in this article.
A Millionaire By Doubling Pennies How long will it take to get a million dollars if you start with a penny and double it?
