It's a Bird, It's a Plane....It's a Homework Assignment!

2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 7th hour eighth grade math classes have a homework assignment due Thursday.

Pg. 306, #1-12

Please note:  Not all assignments will get this much fanfare!  This is just the first one in a really long time and with the topic we're on, there will be more in the future.  Just wanted to make everyone aware.  :)

We're In the Textbook for 8th Grade Math!

Dear Parents,

Chapter 5 introduces linear relationships...where a change in one variable results in a fixed change in another variable.  In class, we will describe situations, make tables of data about the situations, grap the data, and write linear equations that describe the relationships.

We will also learn to predict which equations have graphs that are straight lines by looking at tables or algebraic rules.  Then, from a graph or table, we will be able to determine the slope and y-intercept.

Some of the vocabulary we will be using includes:
coefficient
constant term
linear relationship
proportional
rate
slope
speed
variable
velocity
y-intercept

Check out the online glossary that goes with our textbook to help define these new terms!

This online self check quiz might be a good study guide to make sure concepts are being learned and understood.

Predicting Colors

Using our skills with proportions and now with predicting probabilities, students are trying to predict how many of each color M&M is found in this big bag...

with only using the information from these fun-sized bags.

Who will be the closest?
What would make this experiment more accurate?

11:11 on 11/11/11

Just had to share a cool moment with numbers that just doesn't happen that often!
This is a math teacher's dream!
You can imagine how excited I was when our first born arrived on 03/02/01!  :)

Have a Happy Friday!

It's All in Proportion

Students used their skills of solving proportions today to solve for various real life questions.

Students were measuring shadows.

Researching famous landmark dimensions.

Finding measurements of various areas in the school.

Determining how much water they would drink in proportion to a dairy cow.

Calculating how long it would take them to run a marathon.

Then to show what they learned, students created a ScreenChomp explanation of how they solved their question.

Stay tuned for links of student examples!

Check it out!

Just posted pictures from Family Math last night!
Check out the Family Math tab to see families at work solving math problems to find the measurements for each ingredient for yummy chocolate zucchini bread!

If you weren't able to attend but would still like to make the delicious chocolate concoction...
here's the recipe!

Chocolate Zucchini Bread

3 eggs                                                  1/2 c cocoa
1 c vegatable oil                                   1 tsp salt
2 c sugar                                              1/4 tsp baking powder
1 Tbsp vanilla                                      1 tsp cinnamon
2 c shredded zucchini                          1 tsp baking soda
2 1/2 c flour                                         2 handfuls of choc. chips (optional)

In large bowl, beat oil, sugar, eggs and vanilla.  Combine dry ingredients.  Add to first mixture and mix well.  Add the zucchini and again, mix well.  Pour into greased bundt pan.  Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.  Can make 2 bread pan loaves or 4 small pan loaves.

ALSO...

I have added a tab for a quick reference to our online textbooks!