Odds and Data Lab

A civic-minded math lesson where students analyze real-world data from the 2022 midterm elections. Students learn to navigate complex infographics using structured reading strategies and tackle data-driven math questions with supportive step-by-step checklists.

A foundational lesson block designed for middle school students to master probability concepts, covering simple events, sample spaces, likelihood, and experimental versus theoretical probability.

An introductory lesson to understanding what statistics is, exploring the difference between descriptive and inferential statistics, and engaging with data concepts.

A visual, color-coded introduction to mean, median, mode, and range for 6th grade math. This lesson includes comprehensive, highly accessible anchor charts and structured practice guides with checklists and vocabulary focus cards.

Introduces early 3-digit numbers (100-120), visual skip-counting (2s, 5s, 10s) using constellation maps, and ordering cosmic objects to build sequential logic.

Focuses on identifying double-digit numbers (10-99), representing them using ten-frames and printable base-ten icons, and writing numbers in expanded place value charts (tens and ones) with clear physical boundaries.

Covers single-digit subtraction (1-9) with cosmic countdowns, crossing-out stars or rocket fuel cells, embedded touch-points for backwards counting, and structured workspace templates.

Focuses on single-digit addition (1-9) using embedded touch-point numbers, pictorial representations of spaceships and stars, a persistent 1-20 number path, and large guided workspace boxes for physical alignment.

Week 4 is the capstone week where students synthesize their additive and subtractive decimal skills in the context of money. They solve multi-step commercial transactions, balance credit records, and purchase starship upgrades.

Week 3 focuses on partitioning, equivalent fractions, and adding or subtracting fractions with like and unlike denominators. Students practice fair-sharing reactor cores, dividing cargo weight, and mapping stellar orbits using fraction bars.

Week 2 focuses on mastering whole-number regrouping and multi-column carrying in the context of starship cargo inventories. Students use base-10 blocks to bundle ones into tens and tens into hundreds, bridging visual modeling directly to standard vertical algorithms.

Week 4 focuses on standard algorithm decimal addition and subtraction, multi-step problem consolidation, and direct assessment of skills to confirm crew flight readiness.

Week 3 focuses on multi-step additive reasoning, decimal subtraction, and aligning coordinates using star charts and compass tools to plan flight vectors for the fleet.

Week 2 focuses on decimal addition and subtraction with and without regrouping, using visual decimal grids and standard plastic base-10 blocks to represent tenths and hundredths in solar charging grid scenarios.

Week 1 focuses on deepening place value understanding and multi-step addition of decimals and whole numbers in space grid systems. Students practice regrouping tenths and wholes, balancing battery loads, and tracking fuel payload readings.

An intervention lesson on dividing fractions using concrete visual models (fraction bars and circles) to build conceptual understanding before moving to the standard algorithm.

A welcoming, interactive 30-minute transition lesson designed for incoming 7th-grade students to demystify math, break common myths about mathematical ability, explore open-ended number patterns, and build confidence and excitement about their upcoming school year with Ms. Watkins.

An introductory Grade 7 math lesson exploring the surface area of cubes. Students transition from counting faces on 2D unfolded nets to calculating total surface area using the standard formula with integer dimensions.

A hands-on, community-based mathematics and environmental science lesson. Students take on specific active roles during a community cleanup to collect, weigh, and analyze litter data, converting their real-world findings into rates, ratios, percentages, and visual graphs.

A collection of highly scaffolded daily math worksheets and guides designed for 7th-grade students with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) working at a foundational 3rd-grade level. Each day provides targeted skill practice, clear visual checklists, step-by-step scaffolds, and sensory-friendly layout.

A middle-school math lesson focused on identifying and isolating extraneous information in multi-step word problems. It teaches students to separate relevant data from distracting context using an intuitive, column-based graphic organizer.

A rigorous mathematical and analytical alternative assignment for students missing the community service cleanup. Students analyze local waste data, calculate trash accumulation rates, and write a data-driven proposal to local leaders.

A hands-on, highly visual lesson focusing on 2D shape dimensions, length, height, and spatial estimation using a 40-inch by 30-inch standard rectangle as a primary anchor point for real-world scaling.

A premium, student-facing draft and rule booklet for English Listening and Speaking (L&S) across 8 core units of pronunciation and speech skills.

A middle-school math lesson focused on identifying and isolating extraneous information in multi-step word problems. It teaches students to separate relevant data from distracting context using an intuitive, column-based graphic organizer.