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Volume 47: Things Teenagers Say
Welcome to another volume of Things Teenagers Say! This is a compilation of interesting things that have been said by my students over the last couple of weeks. Enjoy!Check out previous issues of...
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New Timers Thanks to a Generous Donor
Earlier this semester, I had the opportunity to attend a Steve Spangler workshop at the Science Museum of Oklahoma. During the workshop, one of the teachers stood up and told us that we should all...
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Always, Sometimes, or Never? Resources for Math Class
After successfully using Always, Sometimes, or Never? to help my students gain a better conceptual understanding of the measures of central tendency (link to blog post), I began to wonder what other...
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First Break Out Box Experience
Last week, our math teachers' circle meeting allowed us to experience the world of breakout boxes (affiliate link). We were placed in groups of 6, and each group was given an envelope full of...
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Five Years: Where has the time gone?
When I graduated from college and received my teaching certificate, I thought that a five year certificate was a looooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggg time. Well, it turns out that...
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How well can you estimate 30 seconds?
How well can you estimate 30 seconds? This is the question I posed to my Algebra 1 students a couple of weeks ago as part of our unit on data analysis. My original plan and the plan I carried out...
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Dry Erase Workmat for Finding Five Number Summary, IQR, and Outliers
My Algebra 1 students are in the midst of our next-to-last unit of the year: data analysis. This is my first year of teaching Algebra 1 where my students do not have to take an end-of-instruction exam...
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Guessing Correlation Coefficient Game
State testing has thrown my teaching off so much lately. I usually try to keep all of my Algebra 1 classes in the same place, but that just hasn't been possible these past few weeks. Algebra 1 is...
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Looking for Outliers in the OKC Thunder
Today's lesson is brought to you with special thanks to the OKC Thunder. I chose to use data for the OKC Thunder because they are Oklahoma's only professional sports team. Oklahoma is just a little...
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Blocko! Game for Practicing Experimental and Theoretical Probability
Algebra 1 is in the midst of our LAST unit of the year. With the stress and craziness that comes with testing + end of year activities, I'm trying hard to make our probability unit as interactive and...
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Using Probability to Find Contents of Mystery Bucket
When I dreamed up this activity, I envisioned myself using a box. Therefore, I typed up the notes as "Mystery Box Probability." Then, my husband ended up borrowing the box I planned to use for an...
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Hula Hoop Relay Activity to Practice Scatterplots
Five or so years ago before I ever started teaching, I purchased a hula hoop at a yard sale. I paid a whopping 10 cents for it, and I just knew it would make the perfect addition to a math lesson! My...
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Hex Nut Probability Activity
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. One of my favorite activities from the Steve Spangler workshop I attended was an inertia challenge involving a 1- or 2-liter bottle, a plastic ring, and...
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Monday Must Reads: Volume 1
There's been conversation in the #MTBoS lately about the importance of both reading the ideas of others and sharing those ideas that we find inspirational. I'm pretty good at reading twitter and...
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Blind Stork Test for Data Collection
While looking through Don Steward's blog for data collection ideas, I ran across the idea of a "blind stork test." The idea is simple. Close your eyes and see how long you can stand on one leg. Don...
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FREE Explore Sound Activity Kit
This past fall, I tweeted about attending my first ever science teaching workshop with OERB. Andrew Morrison (a physics professor I interact with on Twitter) replied to my tweet to ask if I knew about...
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Mean, Median, Mode, and Range Spider Puzzles
The activity I'm about to share isn't super fancy or complex, but my students absolutely loved it. I had planned two activities for our 50 minute class period in Algebra 1 on reviewing measures of...
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Skittles Game by Frank Tapson
It's been a while since I shared one of Frank Tapson's activities here on the blog. Previously, I've shared How Far Can YOU Climb? and Manifest. His website is a true treasure trove for math...
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Periodic Table of Mistakes Dry Erase Activity
Earlier this week, one of the science teachers I follow on Twitter retweeted an activity posted by AACT. The activity was called The Periodic Table of Mistakes. At first glance, it looks like a...
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Dry Erase Venn Diagram using Guess My Rule Cards
Today I want to share an idea that never made it much past the idea stage. A couple of weeks ago, I was afraid that the lesson I had planned on Venn Diagrams wouldn't take the entire 50 minute class...
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