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Teach Your Friends Polynomials

Grade Focus
Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10
Age Level
12, 13, 14, 15
Subject
Math
Technology Integration Activity
PowerPoint Presentations
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Introduction

Students will teach their peers the steps to adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing and factoring polynomials. Students can work in groups to create a PowerPoint presentation that presents the steps to working with polynomials and some practice questions.

Prerequisite Experience

The Students will have demonstrated competence with navigating the Internet and keyboarding skills. They will possess some basic knowledge of the use of presentation software but should review the PowerPoint videos.

Teacher Prep Time

1 – 2 hours
Teachers will want to become familiar with some of the sites dealing with the topic area. It will be useful to look at the PowerPoint training videos. Students should be directed to these videos prior to starting their assignment.

Project

Students will create a multimedia presentation that demonstrates their understanding of the manipulation of polynomials. The goal of the PowerPoint presentation is to provide fellow students with a tutorial of sorts and some practice questions.

Assessment/Grading

An evaluation rubric has been provided to use in assessing the presentations.

Time Management Tips

Students can be divided into groups and choose one or two areas to present to the class. For example one group might do adding and subtracting only.