Highly engaging, real-world math lessons

How I Use It

I use Mathalicious for inspiration in tying topics to real world applications. I rarely used the provided lesson without modification -- streamlining the tasks to require less teacher instruction and facilitation and allotting more time for reinforcing the mathematical concept. Without modification, students often left class without being able to explain in their own words how the Mathalicious lesson connected to what we were learning in class. I usually put students into groups of three or four for Mathalicious lessons; students complete discrete tasks in small groups, and we debrief whole class after each.