Topic
Middle school
4 articles on middle school: the maths or physics explained, ready-to-teach lesson plans, and how to build each slide in Tracé.
Pythagorean Theorem Lesson: A Visual Proof in 5 ClicksA ready-to-teach Pythagorean theorem lesson: the areas picture, a proof students can follow, common mistakes, check questions, and how to animate it.
Teaching Slope and y = mx + b: An Animated Lesson PlanA slope lesson students can see: rise over run, what m and b do to a line, the usual mistakes, check questions, and live sliders for m and b.
Solving Linear Equations: A Step-by-Step Lesson PlanTeach solving linear equations as undoing steps: a balance-based lesson, worked examples, the classic sign mistakes, check questions and animated steps.
Expanding Brackets and (a + b)²: An Area Model LessonTeach expanding brackets with the area model: why (a + b)² = a² + 2ab + b², not a² + b², the difference of two squares, mistakes and check questions.