Scientific Noatation

In class we did an activity in which students had to research the average distance each planet is from the sum.  Once they had the distance the students then converted the number into scientific notation.

Adding Integers activity

In this activity students are using a deck of cards to add integers.  Much like using jumper cables the red cards represent positive and black cards represent negative numbers.  The goal of the game is for you and your opponent to flip a card over at the same time.  Whoever adds the two numbers together correctly wins those two cards.  After the two players have gone through the deck the player with the most cards is the winner.  Each class had a champion and ours were Evan Crawford, Baylee Oliver, Trent Hawkins, and Travis Palmer.

Math Games

Here is a picture of us playing playing Math Games.  In this game students were given a list of problems to choose from.  After writing the problem down they were given the oportunity to wad their papers up and shoot at the basketball goal.  Then they picked up the paper wads and worked the problem that was written on that paper.

New Online Books

Students are doing a homework assignment online.  Taking advantage of todays technological advances.   Homework comes with an online tutor so that they can get extra help when they get stuck on a problem.

Tessellation Projects

Projects are starting to come together as students are finishing up.

Tessellation Prject

So I thought I would try to figure out this whole blogging thing.  It seems to be the way our school is heading, so I thought I would try to get with the times.  This is a picture of my class working on a project.  They are working problems in which they have to add or subtract rational numbers, once they are worked out they build an Octagon tessellation out of the triangular pieces.