math through discovery

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Pythagorean-Theorem-Scavenger-Hunt
This scavenger hunt is designed to have students focus on the 4 sets of Pythagorean Triplets to solve right triangles.  This scavenger hunt has two parts.  In part 1 the triangles are all basic 3-4-5, 5-12-13, 7-24-25 or 8-15-17 triangles.  In part 2 the triangles are multiples of 3-4-5, 5-12-13, 7-24-25 or 8-15-17 triangles.  Or you can combine the two parts.

Friday, June 16, 2017

Special-Right-Triangle-Drawings-GIF-Files
This file contains 18 drawings of special right triangles.  
This folder contains 18 drawings of
¨ 3-4-5 triangles
¨ 7-24-25 triangles
¨ 5-12-13 triangles
¨ 8-15-17 triangles
¨ 30o-60o-90o triangles
¨ 45o-45o-90o  triangles
¨ 40o-50o-90o triangles
¨ 10o-80o-90o triangles
as gif files.  These can be used in any file as an image.   



Operations-with-Integers-Subtraction

This product will help your students with the concept of subtraction by incorporating the idea of a zero pair.  From the colored disks students develop a visual understanding for subtraction.  Students don't just memorize a rule.  

Sunday, June 11, 2017

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