Musings from Mrs. Galvan

My resolution to have more fun in math continues. Today was a hit! While it was REALLY rushed, my students were troopers. After a short bit of direct instruction, introducing the distance formula (as an extension of Pythagorean)  and the midpoint formula, they were set loose to work through a problem set in pairs. What made this a fun and engaging day, is that the answers to the problems corresponded with coordinates on a map of our school. They worked quickly and accurately. They pealed out of class and ran outside to find my clues. This morning I hid 4 slips of paper, taped out sight, with riddles written on them. The answers to which were things that only my students would know. :) I can't wait to do this again next year! Though I think I will dedicate one day to the lesson and the next to a longer, more difficult scavenger hunt. Thank you to all my tweeps for the help and motivation to pull this lesson together, especially  Kate ,  Lisa  and  P...