Clark Creative Math User Guide
Clark Creative Math User Guide
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Table of Contents
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synthesis
evaluation
Mathlete
sports tasks
analysis csi
application
math
comprehension WHODUNNIT
skill builders
instruction
knowledge HEROWORK
3 - 10 course coverage
days* 3rd
*Varies with each project. Grade
All projects can be shortened.
4th
Grade
1-2
students 5th
Grade
pre-
best use: algebra
geometry
best practice:
Choosing a project for each unit
of teaching can work well. As
you teach through the unit, you
can use different parts of the
projects and end the unit with
the culminating experience. 120 more to be precise!
how one works
Note: these images come one project and they are all a little different.
As the difficulty of the math content increases, the critical thinking does too.
Thus, both the math content and real world context are scaffolded.
best practice:
Each project is modular, meaning
you can use some or all of the
parts. You can do the practice
activities without doing the final
product or attempt the final
product without the practice.
“Not only am I in love with
these resources,
so are my students.”
10 - 20 course coverage
minutes 3rd
Grade
4th
Grade
2-3
students 5th
Grade
pre-
best use: algebra
geometry
10 - 20 course coverage
minutes 3rd
Grade
4th
Grade
2-3
students 5th
Grade
pre-
best use: algebra
geometry
Students outline
arguments for two or Students make a
three options. data-driven decision
based on the
information they have.
best practice:
After groups make their choice, Just like it
happens in
lead a class discussion. Ask real sports!
groups to share their decision,
and other arguments they
considered. Encourage debate
and strong use of data.
“My students have NEVER
been more ENGAGED!
SO FUN! Perfect Review!”
45 - 60 course coverage
minutes 3rd
Grade
4th
Grade
2-3
students 5th
Grade
pre-
best use: algebra
geometry
A thief is
terrorizing a world
region and there
are 6 suspects.
best practice:
Cut the six crime scenes out and
scatter them around the room. Once students have all
Since the activity is self checking, parts of the code, they
you can focus on groups with can crack the secret
more needs. Detective music text message
always adds nice ambiance.
TableTop
“My kids beg to play”
40 - 60 course coverage
minutes* 3rd
*each game has end game Grade
trigger guidance to stop early.
4th
Grade
2-4
students 5th
Grade
pre-
best use: algebra
geometry
20 - 40 course coverage
minutes 3rd
Grade
4th
Grade
1-2
students 5th
Grade
pre-
best use: algebra
geometry
Facts about a
mystery country
are revealed
through answers
geometry
Practice assignments
lead to brief mastery
tests (two versions).
30 - 45 course coverage
minutes 3rd
Grade
4th
Grade
3-5
students 5th
Grade
pre-
best use: algebra
geometry
best practice:
Labeling the back of clues by
envelope (1-4) and with a colored Tablet, phone and
dot (to correspond with one set desktop apps can be
of clues) will help you (or the used to allow students
students) reset the envelopes to enter the codes
before the next class period. electronically.
“I am obsessed.
These are amazing!”
10 - 15 course coverage
minutes 3rd
Grade
4th
Grade
1
student 5th
Grade
pre-
best use: algebra
geometry
Students complete 8
skill practice problems
on a focused topic that
increase in difficulty.
20 - 40 course coverage
minutes 3rd
Grade
4th
Grade
1-2
students 5th
Grade
pre-
best use: algebra
geometry
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x
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Students will be up
and active during
the investigation.
As students answer
questions, they
receive evidence.
best practice:
Cut all 10 scenes apart and spread When students answer
them around the room/school. all the questions, there
should only be one
Limit to partners or individuals option left. If not, they
to insure everyone practices. If need to retrace their
students are at the same clue steps and double
they’ll naturally help each other. check their work.
EROWORK
15 - 20 course coverage
minutes 3rd
Grade
4th
Grade
1
student 5th
Grade
pre-
best use: algebra
geometry
algebra
best use:
where? when? what? geometry
algebra 2 &
pre-Calulus
Pump Warm-Ups
3-8 span 5 days are
minutes increase in difficulty
as you’d naturally
teach the topics.
flex
each warm-up focuses
on critical thinking and
many of the exit
tickets do too.
1-3
minutes Exit tickets either have
critical thinking focus or
targets deepening a
conceptual understanding.
notes
hustle Editable notes, are provided
with in the familiar Cornell,
2-column style.
slides
Vocabulary, Concepts, Skills hustle
Practice and Applications that
correspond with the notes
1- 2
days Presentations are all intuitively
animated on clicks, but of
course can be edited.
digital interactive
notebook hustle
1-2
days Instead of a slides/note
versions, students can
build their own digital
notebook to make learning
more memorable.
assessment
test
Vocabulary, conceptual
understanding, skill
35 - 50 practice, applications
minutes and a 21st Century
Math Challenge!
Unit Planning Ideas
All of the resources are designed to allow a teacher to flexibly infuse them
however they see fit. The teacher is best able to make plans for the specific needs
of their classes. We in education know, that district-to-district, site-to-site and even
class period-to-class period can vary in terms of pace. Below is an example outline
to use 21st Century Math Projects everyday across a theoretical 10+ day unit.
warm-up
activities
Practice
/or Hw
warm-up or
activities
or
Practice
/or Hw
overview
Warm-ups, Notes, slides,
Interactive Notebooks,
Exit Tickets & Tests
- Identifying Quadrants
- Plotting Points - Midpoint Formula
- Identifying Coordinates of - Distance Formula
Points
Skills Map
- Reflections, Rotations & - Converting Between
Translations Scientific & Standard Form
- Dilations - Operations in Scientific
- Identifying Tranformations Notation
- Symmetry
- Calculating Slope
- Graphing Linear Functions
- Linear Equations with Two
Points
- Direct Variation - Linear Equations with Point
- Inverse Variation & Slope
- Rewriting Equations with
Slope-Intercept Form
- Linear Regression
- Cuboids
- Quadrilaterals - Cylinders
- Triangles - Prisms
- Circles - Cones
- Regular Polygons - Pyramids
- Complex Figures - Spheres
- Area Dissection - Composite Solids
- Triangle Classification
- Angle Sum Theorem - Pythagorean Theorem
- Triangle Inequality Theorem - Finding Side Lengths
- Centers of Triangles - Finding Angles
- Angle Bisectors - Law of Sines
- Medians - Law of Cosines
- Perpendicular Bisectors - Multi-Step Trigonometry
- Triangle Congruency
Skills Map
- Radius, Diameter & - Circle Properties
Scatterplots
Circumference - Ellipse Properties
Correlation Coefficients
- Arc Length & Central Angle - Parabola
Margin ofProperties
Error
- Circle Properties - Hyperbola Properties
Normal Distribution
- Tangents to Circles - Classifying
T-Test Conic Sections
- Intro to i
- Graphing Complex - Identifying Function
Numbers Families
- Operations with Complex - Translating and Reflecting
Numbers - Dilating
- Absolute Value of Complex - Defining Piecewise
Numbers Functions
- Rationalizing Imaginary - Graphing Piecewise
Denominators Functions
- Graphing Exponential
- Graphing, Evaluating, Functions
Solving and Modeling with - Exponential Regression
Polynomial Functions - Exponential Equations
- Graphing, Evaluating, - Exponential Equations with
Solving and Modeling with Logarithms
Power Functions - Converting Between
- Graphing, Evaluating, Exponential Forms and Logs
Solving and Modeling with - Simplifying Logarithms
Radical Functions - Logarithmic Equations
- Logistic Functions
Skills Map
- Simplifying Rational
Expressions
- Graphing Rational Functions - Scatterplots
- Adding & Subtracting - Correlation Coefficients
Rational Expressions - Margin of Error
- Multiplying & Dividing - Normal Distribution
Rational Expressions - T-Test
- Solving Rational Equations
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