In Algebra 2, I teach conics at the end of the year. I always include the section that includes systems of non-linear equations, because I ...

I’m gonna be completely honest.  When I was teaching Algebra 2 Honors for the first time, I was super nervous to teach logarithms.  I ...

So, I always loved teaching logs in Algebra 2.  I have so many fun things that I did during that unit! This isn’t really an activity,...

I stumbled across this game called “Name that Conic” a few years ago on Walking in Mathland .  I have played it and changed it little by l...

I was hoping I would get to use this interactive notebook page idea next year.  I'm a little sad that I won't!  I was secretly hopin...

It's not a foldable, but I really like this interactive notebook page idea.  I (secretly) look for excuses to get out markers.  This pag...

One of my standard “tools” to get students to practice a kind of boring skill is to get out the mini-whiteboards and let them write with m...

Classifying conics is always a fun lesson for me to teach.  For me, this is the last lesson of my conics unit.  I try to keep the actual le...

My Algebra 2 Honors students have been learning about rational functions.  So, the other day I drug out my giant paper (presentation pad) a...

I like to use this powerpoint as a quick activity to help my students recognize parent functions.   I usually ham it up a little an...

In deference to my love of card sorts , I thought I’d share one of my favorites for parent functions.   Full disclosure:  I did mak...