March Madness Math – 8009
Summary This project will introduce students to colleges in the A10 and ACC basketball conferences. Students will follow the basketball teams up to the Final …
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Shapes in Our World – 8006
Summary Seeing objects from a different perspective and categorizing them to make deeper understanding can seem like a very undaunting task to students. In this …
Discovering Triangles – 7846
Summary This is a project spanning at least a month. Students are challenged to find triangles used extensively in some cohesive manner. Suggested general topics …
Race Training and Slope – 8080
Jen Perego, Deep Run High School Summary To begin the lesson, students view several images of hills and rank in order which of the hills …
Neighborhood Design Star
Summary This lesson incorporates three 6th grade math SOLs into one computer-based project: SOL6.11 coordinate planes, 6.12 congruent figures, and 6.13 quadrilaterals. The students designed …
6503 – Tiling a Kitchen with an Island
Submitted by:Lisa Palen Collaborators:Wylie Schwieder, Jennifer King, Kristen Green School: Henrico High School Summary Students form their own small groups to take the role of …
Graphing and Data: A Sleep Study for Third Graders – 4230
Summary After our class discussion about the upcoming start of Daylight Savings Time, third graders became curious about people’s sleeping habits, and were asked to …
Short Pump Architects – 4232
Summary The purpose of this project was to have students complete an authentic task combining recent studies in math, social studies, and language arts. The …
Taking A Turn – 5681
Summary Working in groups of 4, the student will be creating a stop motion movie presentation showing examples of a 90, 180, 270 and 360 …
Crazy for Straws
Summary When is the last time you used a straw? If you are a typical American it was today! We use these plastic cylinders all …