Category Archives: Middle School Math

Parabolas in Nature

Posted on March 10, 2015 by EdTechTurista

Algebra II students in Ms. Talbot-Paul’s classes look for parabolas in nature; take images; and bring them into Geogebra to plot their graphs. They are free to choose any presentation tool to share projects with the class.

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Rate of Change Project

Posted on March 10, 2015 by EdTechTurista

Students in Ms. Talbot-Paul’s Algebra I classes let their imaginations run wild in the Rate of Change Project. Requirements: choose a favorite activity (hiking, climbing, cycling) and identify related events that can be represented in a graph. Next, create a … Continue reading →

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Floor Plans to Scale

Posted on June 19, 2014 by EdTechTurista

Dennis Perry’s Foundations of Algebra students describe how they use the tools on FloorPlanner.com to recreate and remodel their bedrooms.    

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