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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Super Bowl Prop Bets (um…”predictions”)
UPDATE: The only prop bet result I caught was the Gatorade…it was orange. If you know the results to any interesting Super Bowl prop bets please share by posting them below! Its almost Super Bowl Sunday and placing bets on your … Continue reading
Posted in Data & Infographics, Math & Sports, Math Activities, Student Engagement
Tagged engagement, predictions, Prop Bets, sports, Super Bowl
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Groundhog Day Data
Groundhog Day is right around the corner (February 2) so I thought I would do a little research to see if I could find some math activities and resources that are associated with the “holiday”: Groundhog Prediction Project – This … Continue reading
100th Day of School
The 100th day of school is fast approaching. It generally falls in January or February — depending on when your school year started. Whenever it happens in your school, here are a few of my favorite activities that I have collected to … Continue reading
Posted in Math Activities, Student Engagement
Tagged 100th Day of School, Bellringer, engagement, math resource
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Georgia Snow Fun and Math
Here are a couple of fun items that came out of Georgia’s recent snowstorm. As a bonus, they are math related! Too bad we did not get a single flake in south Georgia.
Pair & Share for Math
This is a quick and simple strategy for getting students to work together on math problems. To engage the students, hype the activity as a strategy that guarantees that they and their partner will get at least 97.5% of … Continue reading
Posted in Math Activities, Math Classroom, Student Engagement
Tagged cooperative learning, engagement, strategy
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2000 vs. 2010
Welcome to a new decade! How much has the world changed in the last ten years? This is an infographic from io9.com (http://io9.com/5720871/2000-vs-2010-how-the-world-has-changed) that is a great source of data that can be used in the mathematics classroom. How old were your … Continue reading
