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Write! Math
Evaluate It!
Do you want to know what students find easy, difficult, memorable, boring, effective, ineffective, fun, drudgery? Here’s how to find out. In this activity, students make a personal connection with th1
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Do you want to know what students find easy, difficult, memorable, boring, effective, ineffective, fun, drudgery? Here’s how to find out. In this activity, students make a personal connection with the content as they write about what they like and dislike.
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The Rhythm of Math
Music, song and poetry are rhythmic. Rhythms can be thought of as repeated patterns. Much of math involves rhythmic patterns too. In this activity, students work to create a song or poem about a math1
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Music, song and poetry are rhythmic. Rhythms can be thought of as repeated patterns. Much of math involves rhythmic patterns too. In this activity, students work to create a song or poem about a math topic, then present it to another pair or to the class.
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Personalize Your Math
Mathematics has its own language. With the unfamiliar jargon it can be foreign to students. Make the language of math more personally relevant for your students. In this activity, students write pers1
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Mathematics has its own language. With the unfamiliar jargon it can be foreign to students. Make the language of math more personally relevant for your students. In this activity, students write personally relevant sentences with math vocabulary words. Students share their sentences with teammates.
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Math Jeopardy!
Jeopardy is a quiz show in which the answer is presented and contestants try to provide the correct question. Use this fun variation to play Jeopardy in teams. In this activity, teams create question1
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Jeopardy is a quiz show in which the answer is presented and contestants try to provide the correct question. Use this fun variation to play Jeopardy in teams. In this activity, teams create questions and answers about the topic. They send the answers to another team to provide the questions.
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Teach Texts
Wouldn’t it be fun for students to present their own math books to younger students? In this activity, pairs write a book for younger students then share their math books with younger students.
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Explain the Need
Why, why, why? Why do we need math? Why do we need to learn base two? Why do we need integers? Sound familiar? In this activity, students explore the need for learning about mathematics.
Write! Science
The Advantages and Disadvantages
Profound scientific questions face us now and in the future. What are the ethics of progress, of discovery? How do we weigh possible harm against possible gain? Learning to evaluate advantages and di1
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Profound scientific questions face us now and in the future. What are the ethics of progress, of discovery? How do we weigh possible harm against possible gain? Learning to evaluate advantages and disadvantages is a crucial decision-making skill. In this activity, students brainstorm the advantages and disadvantages of any given item, then write an essay.
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Classify This!
What are phyla or the tidy columns and rows of the periodic table but classification systems? Classifying is an essential skill for a scientist. This is a generic activity that can be used to classif1
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What are phyla or the tidy columns and rows of the periodic table but classification systems? Classifying is an essential skill for a scientist. This is a generic activity that can be used to classify anything from animals to elements. Teams develop their own classification system, and share them with other teams. Students write about their favorite system.
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Prioritize the Problems
Is protecting a species of fish as important as protecting a watershed? Is eliminating acid rain as important as preserving farmland? Is protecting the rainforest as important as auto emission standa1
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Is protecting a species of fish as important as protecting a watershed? Is eliminating acid rain as important as preserving farmland? Is protecting the rainforest as important as auto emission standards? Which issue is the most crucial? In this activity, students brainstorm environment issues, prioritize them, then write a description and justification of their prioritization systems.
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Evaluate the Alternatives
Protecting the environment is the subject of hundreds of articles and books. Science, ethics, politics, individual rights and other factors collide when environmental issues are raised. Automobiles,1
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Protecting the environment is the subject of hundreds of articles and books. Science, ethics, politics, individual rights and other factors collide when environmental issues are raised. Automobiles, for example, might be built to run on natural gas, solar power, electrical power, even steam. Alternatives abound, but which are the right ones? In this activity, students brainstorm alternatives, discuss the advantages and disadvantages, then write an essay.