What to do at the end of a two year Geometry class, with a group full of seniors who have had senioritis since Christmas...
It is my every day dilemma that I sometimes overcome after stumbling upon genius on Pinterest or Youtube. In this case, it was the latter. BEHOLD, Geometry research projects made fun. A three to four day project incorporating hands-on learning, organization, research skills, math inquiry, and creativity in order to produce something purposeful but also self-paced.
I began by creating criteria for my students on what should be on the project. See the handout below.
Hidden Door Research Project Handout
Then I had students watch the Youtube video below in order to create the crazy cool foldables. Let me tell you...my students were complaining like crazy (because they have senioritis and do not want to complete much work, much less research), but they quickly changed their minds when they got to play with this mind teaser. They thought they were so cool, and quickly agreed to the rest of the project because of it! So watch this video, and use this project to either practice vocabulary, to complete a project, or just to amuse your students for an hour;)
Secret Door Foldable Video
Watch this video showing all of our work!!
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