Tag: math

Group work at the board is an essential aspect of 6th grade math, where students get up and move through new ways of solving problems together! One of Jeanne and Jillian's challenges for their mathematicians this week was called Triangle…

During class, 8th grade math teacher Beth is commonly asked: "Why do I need to learn this? What does this have to do with my life?" The Dear Data project asks students to collect data about some aspect of their…

Drop Everything and MATH was a joyful all school celebration of math! We kicked things off with a community gathering where elementary students led us through a math song in Spanish. Back in their classrooms, students showed our guests how…

At Prospect Sierra, we know that math is a social and creative endeavor; it’s in the multiple pathways where math gets interesting. Our students learn from themselves and each other that they can make sense of problems through a variety…

7th grade mathematicians have been learning about scale using the Apollo Lunar Module, the only crewed vehicle to land anywhere beyond Earth! For the culminating problem of their first unit, they formed cooperative groups and figured out the actual height…