As teachers, we must create opportunities for our students to be creative and engaged in materials, rather than just learning through lecture, worksheets, readings, etc. This resource provides multiple in class and out of class projects that students can create in order to display their understanding and knowledge of a material. These projects are specific to math and include ideas such as survey projects, building a classroom to scale, and pre-algebra board games.
Each of these projects give a brief explanation and guideline on how to share the project with students. It also allows the teacher freedom to make their own decisions toward their purpose and expectation for the project. I personally made a board game in my sixth grade math class and loved getting to create my own game. Then, we were able to spend a class period playing other games while practicing and preparing for our summative assignment. Many of these projects include both math and writing, allowing students to use cross circular schema to conduct their project. This can be extremely beneficial, as it encourages students to consider multiple subjects while creating their own project.
While this website is specific to math, I am sure that there are other similar resources available for other content ares. Projects are a great way for students to break out of the traditional classroom norms and teaching, giving students the opportunity to express their understanding and knowledge while having fun with the materials at hand.
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Hi! I really love the resource that you shared. I can totally see myself using this resource in my future math class. I like how teachers will have freedom on what core decisions they want to make about expectations. I agree with you that students learn best when given a chance to use their creativity on projects rather than just worksheets. I also like how it combines math and writing together as well.
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Sarah,
ReplyDeleteMy math classes throughout my grade school years hardly ever relied on math projects. I believe many of my math teachers viewed projects as only something that would hold up time for covering everything in the school’s semester. Although I am not interested in teaching math, I like this resource because I can actually see middle grades students enjoying a project every so often to alleviate constant drilling of instruction.
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