Girl Math

Because Math 3 now has drag & drop on the final exam, students need the practice. So, I created one using Google Slides. It went over really well!  While this only took the students about 40-45 minutes to complete, it took me about 2 days to create this activity. Oh well, at least it is cute! :) I used Google Drawings to create the scene and took a screenshot of the drawing to post as the background in Google Slides. This worked so that students could only move the answers.  I created this for an Honors class and one of the problems (#5 - the one pictured) really stumped the kiddos. I loved it! They kept thinking that x - 1 was not part of the common denominator...they didn't realize that they needed to simplify after subtracting. It really made them think!   When they were finished, they shared it with me! I really think that this helped the kids get more practice on drag & drop while working on adding and subtracting rational expressions!...

Have you ever created an activity- spent HOURS making it perfect- and completely messed it up in front of the students?  That's what happened to me with this Polynomials Zeros Drag and Drop. Oddly, it turned into one of the best days I've had with this class! Here's what went down day of the activity: I sent the students the wrong link.  Of course.  Instead of sharing the student version, I sent them the teacher version.  It was heartbreaking!  The sweet kiddos told me the answers were already on the slides.  I panicked (slightly) and tried to correct my mistake, but you can't unring a bell!  So we went with it.   Luckily, my students are used to showing all of their work, and they did.  It was actually pretty nice that they could check themselves as they worked.  And they worked.  I was truly amazed how much effort they put into this assignment.   The activity itself has students solving polynomial functi...