Virtual Filing Cabinet o’ Lessons

Collaborative Sites/Other Filing Cabinets

Nix the Tricks – ALL math teachers and tutors should read this!
Kate’s Row Games
Shelli’s ILoveMath.org
3 Act Tasks
Algebra’s Friend Virtual Filing Cabinet A1
Charleston 8th Grade Math Book
The Language of Functions and Graphs
Utah Middle School Math Textbooks/Workbooks
Illustrative Mathematics
NC Math Common Core
EngageNY

Everyday Stuff & Review Ideas

Warmup Ideas

• What’s the question?
• Math Talks
• Estimate 180
• 101 Questions

Number Sense

• Modified PEMDAS relay
• Order of Operations Activity with Numbers and Symbols and Possible ‘Answers’
• Cheesemonkey’s helping kids develop number sense using an awesome numberline boardgame

Problem Solving

• Hotel Snap  (see Fawn Nguyen’s notes on this lesson here).

Term 1

ice Breakers

• Post-It-Note Activity
• Who Am I?

Multiple Representations

• http://www.visualpatterns.org
• Index of the visual patterns (listed by function family)
• Slope Foldable
• Sarah Hagan’s Slope Name Art
• Sarah Hagan’s Independent/Dependent Variable notes and card sort (scroll down to bottom of post)

Slope-Intercept Form

• Slope & Intercepts from Graph Game
• Stairs and Steepness (Fawn Nguyen)

Systems of Equations

• Diapers: Students create a table, graph and equation to represent and analyze disposable vs reusable diaper costs.

Term 2

Linear equations from 2 points

• Domino Effect by Mathalicious

Functions

• Functions Notes
• Sarah Hagan’s Introduction to Relations

Qualitative Graphs

• Distance & Time Graphs (Shell Center)

Simplifying Expressions

• Combine Like Terms Uno
• What’s In the Bag?: Video posted by J. Reulbach.  Her students place items in the bag and take them out of the bag and then simplify their resulting expression.  So simple.  So effective.
• Fruity Like Terms Poster (TPT free)
• Combine Like Terms (When Math Happens)

Solving Equations

• Fawn’s Noah’s Ark (and Factor Craze): students must balance the weight of the animals in the ark
• Imbalance Problems
• Julie’s Monster Math
• Sarah’s use of diagrams/balances for equations (focusing on special case equations with no solutions or all solutions)
• Dan’s Ditch Diggers (equations with zero solutions, no solutions, one solution)

Parallel Lines & Angles Triangles & Angles

• Kathryn’s Angles Formed by Parallel Lines Cut by a Transversal Foldable
• Jessica’s Dance, Dance, Transversal
• Julie’s Transverals, Parallel Lines, and Discovering Angle Properties

Term 3

Pythagorean Theorem

• Looking for Pythagoras (CMP Unit)
• The Taco Cart (Dan Meyer)
• Wheel of Theodorus (Goal: Using Pythagorean Theorem, students create their own Wheel of Theodorous and then make this into some sort of creative art work.)
• Kevin’s Shoelaces
• Discovering the Pythagorean Theorem with cm Cubes (Julie Reulbach)
• Barbie Zipline (Andrew Stadel)

Irrational Numbers Volume

• Glasses Task: Volume of composite spheres/cylinders/cones
• Volume of 3-D shapes with Play Doh (Julie Reulbach)
• Discovering volume of cone (Julie Reulbach)

Geometric Transformations

• Entrapment (TPT)
• Transformation Notes (Jessie Hester)

Term 4

Integer Exponents

• Cosmic Voyage (IMAX Video zooms in and out to show powers of 10)

Scientific Notation

• dy/dan’s method of introducing scientific notation
• Bryan Meyer’s open-ended Scientific Notation Task 

Patterns in Data/Linear Association

• How Much Will College Cost? (Goal: Students analayze data of average college room and board, tuition and fees; create scatter plot; draw line of best fit; and make predictions.)
• Crime Scene (Goal: Students collect data about foot length and height in order to determine the ‘criminal’ teacher who stole items from classroom using only the criminal’s footprint.)
• Barbie Bungee Lesson and Barbie Bungee Video
• Plotting & Predicting Measurements (height, head circumference, foot length, etc)
• Free Linear Regression Calculator
• Crazy awesome Guessing Celebrity Ages Scatterplot lesson by When Math Happens

Categorical Data Systems and Standard Form

• Substitution Stars: Life-changing, yet so simple.  You’ve got to read it to believe it.
• Pencils and Pens: Video of Japanese classroom teaching standard form.  Interesting to see how they introduce the table!
• I Speak Math’s method for “Solving for Y” (in 2 step equations)