Even mathematics can be turned into an active, project-based experience. Keep your students engaged by trying some of these middle school math projects. Middle School Math Projects Math can be hard for students to get excited about. They spend hour after hour completing a long list of practic...
Buzzmath is one of the best math websites for middle schoolers. It helps them practice their math skills with high-quality problems, gives immediate and detailed feedback, and lets students progress at their own pace. Randomly generated values let students retry problems to obtain mastery. Teach...
The article reports on a project by the Ford Foundation to improve middle school mathematics for disadvantaged students. The University of Pittsburgh's Learning Research and Development will dire...
Middle School Math Department: G6 “Theme Park Tycoon” Math Project Last month, the students in sixth grade completed a fun math project about managing a theme park. Students were required to think from the manager’s perspective and consider the park’s profit, maintenance costs, future inves...
1) Special Report: Khan Academy for Middle School Math Teachers 2) Squarea Area and Volume Project (I do this project every year!) 3) Printable Math Bingo Game (use it to review any math topic) Plus, you will receive other printable resources and ideas for your math class throughout the...
Middle School Math Department: G8 Math Project “Math in Daily Duty Work” To improve on and help build the students’ senses of responsibility, every day at school, a student from each class is required to do “Duty” for the classroom. The student cleans the whiteboards, aligns desks an...
Fact: Stanford University has an undergraduate research institute in mathematics that offers students the chance to work on a research project for 10 weeks during the summer with the guidance of graduate students and professors. Students in the program receive a $7,000 stipend, as stated on th...
Engineering design projects can provide a rich opportunity to enhance middle school student knowledge in core disciplinary subject areas, such as mathematics and science and forms an important aspect of the NSF-supported mathematics, science, technology education partnership (MSTP) project . A key goal...
Middle School Coursesdigits: grades 6-8 Connected Mathematics 3 (Grades 6-8) Lappan et al. 3 2014 Prentice Hall Math, Course 1, 2, 3 & Accelerated 7th Common Core (2013) Charles et al. 1 2011 High School CoursesADP: Algebra I & II Online Course American Diploma Project 1 ...
Middle School Math Department: G7 “Modeling With Inequalities: Carbon Footprint” Math Project About a month ago, the seventh-grade math teachers at SHSID launched an innovative mathematical project that modeled carbon emissions with inequalities. This was a comprehensive project with practical problems...