I feel the need, the need for practical equation solving Hands-on math takes center stage in this 21st Century Math Project. Implementing STEM style project-based learning is the focus in this middle and high school math project. Along with designing, building and constructing a cardboard car students will use algebra skills to solve basic physics […]
Category: middle school math
Grade Point Average — Middle & High School Math Project
An attempt to cure the shortsightedness of underclassmen It’s Friday. The Friday. The Friday that signals the end of the grading period. Students dig deep in their backpacks, bake a dozen cookies to schmooze a teacher and turn in as many missing assignments as possible before the final bell. The Honor Roll, the basketball team, […]
Election — Political Science Math Project
Romney vs. Obama vs. Colbert And here we are by popular demand. My new readers have been pushing me to do something for the upcoming election and I have tried to fill their need with some mathematical goodness in the form of a new 21st Century Math Project. I wrote this project so that it’d fit […]
Making the Band — High School Math Project
Math, Math, Baby After a couple years of teaching systems and linear equations, I knew I needed to add some 21st Century Math Project kick. Fortunately, systems are a topic that lends itself well toward practical application. Students will make choices that will affect the launch of their album. Layered with literacy practice, students will make choices […]
CSI: Algebra — the Complete eBook
The best mathematical eBook with funnypictures published in the last 6 months. Nothing like a good criminal investigation to liven up number sense! CSI: Algebra — the Complete eBook is a collection of nine different algebraically inspired mathematical puzzles with a little international pizazz. The nine puzzles intend to target specific Algebra 1 units and […]
Tiki-Toki Timelines – Cool Free Web-based Software
Want to hook up that teacher friend with a super awesome resource? Tiki-Toki just might be it. It is my goal that no child ever brings a posterboard with cutout printed Googled pictures to class again. Join me! For a history or English teacher Tiki-Toki Timelines might be perfect solution to your next high school project. […]
Calorie Cruncher — Diet & Exercise Math Project
Hiking vs. Pizza Hut the epic showdown Count the calories, make a fitness plan, watch weight, and practice linear inequalities in this fun and relevant 21st Century Math Project. Students will use authentic calorie data from common foods, popular fast food restaurants and also use calorie burning measurements for a variety of activities. In this middle […]
Cost of Smoking — STEM-based Health Project
Kick Butts, Teachers! Kick Butts Hard. Utilize tobacco use in an investigation of number sense, linear functions, and scatterplot in this 21st Century Math Project. Students will find out the startling truth behind the amount of cigarettes a smoker may use in their lifetime, the financial cost of the habit (including inflation), as well as […]
Inkscape — Cool Software Spotlight
Drawing for the artistically skill-less Can you not color inside the lines? Does pottery melt in your fingertips? Does the word watercolor make your skin crawl? If you answer yes to any of these questions you are just like Mr. 21st Century Math Projects. The Inkscape is for you and may help you create your […]
Wolfram Alpha — Cool Website Spotlight
There’s no better example of a 21st Century Math Project than an awesome site, the mathematically famous Wolfram Alpha. Yes, sure Wolfram Alpha will do your class’s homework for them, but the reality is that that only emphasizes the need for higher order thinking. Computers can solve linear equations, but as of today they still struggle […]
