Creator: Dan Meyer | visit site
Grade Range: 6 - 8
This site offers a full year’s worth of Algebra 1 lessons including slides for the interactive whiteboard. Slides are offered in Keynote (for Mac) and Powerpoint. Slides also include teacher notes and answers to questions. The lessons are also offered in PDF form. Each week can be downloaded separately and includes handouts. Tags are included with each week’s activities to make it easier to find other lessons with similar topics.
In the Classroom
Use the lessons on this site as a resource to current classroom topics. Dan Meyer is well-known for his math teaching methods and many lessons include hands-on, problem-solving activities which can be incorporated into any curriculum.
At Home
Use this site as enrichment/advancement for your gifted student or supplemental practice for struggling math students. Encourage your middle-level mathematician to explore this site to learn more about algebraic concepts.
Tags
equations, factoring, problem solving, tutorials, exponents, charts and graphs,