Algebra 2 Activities (by date, latest first)

This is a fun and engaging game that can be used as a review or an informal assessment of operations on rational expressions. The operations included are adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing.

Minimal preparation for game is needed. Just copy the board games on card stock or laminate if you plan to reuse. Will need some sort of game pieces, but these could be colored paper shapes. I suggest dice, but could use with spinners just as easily.

Answer key and blank board game is included for students to write their answers.

Assess your students’ understanding of quadratic functions and equations with this comprehensive and editable quiz! Designed for Algebra 1 and IB MYP classrooms, this resource includes:

• Topics Covered: Standard form, vertex form, factored form, key features of parabolas, quadratic transformations, quadratic formula, simplifying radicals, and domain and range.
• IB MYP Alignment: Includes Criterion C (Communicating) rubric as the last page, but easily adaptable for non-IB settings.
• Flexible Use: Perfect as a quiz or test; suitable for Algebra 1 or as a refresher for Algebra 2.

Help students solidify their understanding of quadratics with this versatile and engaging resource!

Engage your students in mastering quadratic transformations in vertex form with this interactive and effective Speed Dating activity! This resource includes:

• Activity Format: A rotating inner/outer circle setup using custom flashcards to practice transformations.
• Key Skills: Helps students internalize the rules for quadratic transformations through repeated, hands-on practice.
• Proven Success: Developed after trial and error to effectively teach this challenging concept.
• Classroom Tips: Includes advice for setup, execution, and timing for maximum classroom efficiency.

This fun and dynamic activity is perfect for Algebra 1 or 2 students and is sure to enhance their understanding of quadratic transformations!

Assess your students’ understanding of exponential functions with this Australia-themed summative assessment! Perfect for IB MYP or traditional classrooms, this resource covers:

• Key Concepts: Writing exponential equations in forms y=a(b)^x and y=a(1+r)^t, using regression functions to fit data, interpreting values of aaa and bbb, analyzing horizontal asymptotes in context, and making future predictions.
• Designed for IB MYP: Aligned with Criterion D (Applying Mathematics in Real-World Contexts), but easily adjustable for non-IB settings.
• Flexible Use: Ideal for Algebra 1 students; also suitable as a review for Algebra 2.

This fully editable resource allows you to adapt the assessment to meet the needs of your students and curriculum!

This scavenger hunt has 20 expressions of the form (x + a)(x + b). This multiplying two binomials activity is ideal for consolidation or revision before an assessment.

• Print off the twenty question pages and put them up around the room
• Each question is in the middle of the page and the solution is at the top of another page.
• A student begins on a given question, solves it and finds the answer on another sheet. The question on this sheet will be the next question they answer. Once they have answered all twenty, they will return to their starting question
• Depending on numbers, students can all start on different questions
• There is a student answer sheet included plus the correct sequence

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they cannot be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

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Expanding double brackets 2 - Treasure/Scavenger Hunt

Great puzzle for practising multiplying and dividing complex numbers.

Differentiated questions.

1 Chilli - all multiplications

2 Chillies - one division and two multiplications per arithmagon

3 Chillies - two divisions and one multiplication per arithmagon

There is also some blank ones for students to make up their own to develop some mastery.

Answers are included.

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COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Factoring quadratic expressions (coefficient is not 1) scavenger hunt

Instructions

• Print off the twenty question pages and put them up around the room

• Each question is in the middle of the page and the solution is at the top of another page.

• A student begins on a given question, solves it and finds the answer on another sheet. The question on this sheet will be the next question they answer. Once they have answered all twenty, they will return to their starting question

• Depending on numbers, students can all start on different questions

• There is a student answer sheet included plus the correct sequence

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they cannot be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Solve each of the quadratic equations using the quadratic formula, giving answers to two decimal places.

Instructions

• Print off the twenty question pages and put them up around the room

• Each question is in the middle of the page and the solution is at the top of another page.

• A student begins on a given question, solves it and finds the answer on another sheet. The question on this sheet will be the next question they answer. Once they have answered all twenty, they will return to their starting question

• Depending on numbers, students can all start on different questions

• There is a student answer sheet included plus the correct sequence

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they cannot be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Treasure / Scavenger hunt for linear simultaneous equations. Not all answers are nice whole positive numbers. There is a mixture of negatives and improper fractions.

Instructions

• Print off the twenty question pages and put them up around the room
• Each question is in the middle of the page and the solution is at the top of another page.
• A student begins on a given question, solves it and finds the answer on another sheet. The question on this sheet will be the next question they answer. Once they have answered all twenty, they will return to their starting question
• Depending on numbers, students can all start on different questions
• There is a student answer sheet included plus the correct sequence

8th Grade Rules of Exponents no prep lesson includes:

• Power Point with explanations and examples
• Worksheet of questions of increasing difficulty
• Worked solutions to the worksheet
• A maze activity

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Scavenger Hunt - Rules of Exponents

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COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Evaluating negative and rational exponents of numbers. This Treasure Hunt (Scavenger Hunt) is a great way to test understanding. The answer key makes it easy to assess their learning and easy to point them in the right direction should they make a mistake.

• Print off the twenty question pages and put them up around the room
• Each question is in the middle of the page and the solution is at the top of another page.
• A student begins on a given question, solves it and finds the answer on another sheet. The question on this sheet will be the next question they answer. Once they have answered all twenty, they will return to their starting question
• Depending on numbers, students can all start on different questions
• There is a student answer sheet included plus the correct sequence

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they cannot be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Scavenger Hunt to practise solving quadratic equations by factoring. Students need to be careful as there are 5 sets of equations which can be written
(x+/-a)(x+/-b) so a slight mistake will send them down the wrong root !

• Print off the twenty question pages and put them up around the room

• Each question is in the middle of the page and the solution is at the top of another page.

• A student begins on a given question, solves it and finds the answer on another sheet. The question on this sheet will be the next question they answer. Once they have answered all twenty, they will return to their starting question

• Depending on numbers, students can all start on different questions

• There is a student answer sheet included plus the correct sequence

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they cannot be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Fun activity to get students moving around the classroom while simplifying radicals in this scavenger hunt.

Instructions

• Print off the twenty question pages and put them up around the room
• Each question is in the middle of the page and the solution is at the top of another page.
• A student begins on a given question, solves it and finds the answer on another sheet. The question on this sheet will be the next question they answer. Once they have answered all twenty, they will return to their starting question
• Depending on numbers, students can all start on different questions
• There is a student answer sheet included plus the correct sequence

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they cannot be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Enhance your math lessons with the Oops Math Bundle, featuring interactive taboo-like games for Algebra, Geometry, Precalculus, and Calculus that make learning vocabulary fun and engaging for students.

Perfect bundle to purchase if you teach all high school math classes: Algebra, Geometry, Precalculus, Calculus. OOPS is a taboo-like game - a fun way to test the students on their vocabulary.

INCLUSIONS:
Oops! Algebra Edition $10

Oops! Geometry Edition $10

Oops! Precalculus Edition $10

Oops! Calculus Edition $10

Contains a total of 128 high school math vocabulary words

EACH EDITION contains the following:

• Ready-to-play presentation (pdf)
  Game instructions Example for students
  Clickable Gameboard
  32 Oops Cards/Slides

• Teacher Guide in PDF
  Complete instructions
  Email Support

• Game Tracking Sheets
  To keep track of scores and used boxes

BONUS!!!

• FREE 32 printable oops cards + a DIY page
• FREE Online version of this edition WITH TIMER on each slide

Objective: The objective of the game "Oops" is to get your teammates to guess a word without using certain pre-defined words or phrases associated with it - these are called "Oopsies"

Gameplay:

1. The clue giver selects a number from the selection board, revealing the word to be described as well as the "oopsies" associated with it.
2. The clue giver must then describe the word without using any of the "oopsies".
3. The guessers on the team try to guess the word based on the clues given. The guesser sits with their back turned to the slide, while the clue giver faces the slide.
4. The guesser can make as many guesses as they want within 1 minute.
5. If a teammate guesses the word correctly, the team earns a point. However, if the clue giver uses an "oopsie," they forfeit a point.
6. After the minute is up or the word is correctly guessed, play passes to the next team.
7. Play continues back and forth until all the slides have been used or a set number of rounds has been completed.
8. The team with the most number of points wins.

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Oops! Algebra Edition

Oops! Geometry Edition

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Oops! Back-to-School Edition, and more.

Copyright © OOPS! Math is Fun [2024]. All rights reserved. This digital product is the sole creation of OOPS! Math is Fun and is intended for personal use by a single individual only. Redistribution, posting online, resale, or sharing of this product, in part or in whole, is strictly prohibited without prior written consent from OOPS! Math is Fun. Any unauthorized use or distribution may result in legal action.

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I have been using this game with my students for 3 years now. They love it so much and always look forward to playing it again. Now that there are different editions, it makes them more excited for my classes! Perfect game for any time of the school year.

I personally would say this game is my Best Seller game for my students. They love this game so much and they would always ask me to play this game again!

OOPS! ALGEBRA EDITION is a fun game to play to test or enhance the students vocabulary in Algebra Class or in higher math classes with algebra terms. It is the perfect game for the first day, last day, or any day of the school year. It is one of the best classroom games! 100 guaranteed!

INCLUSIONS:

• Ready-to-play presentation (pdf)
  Game instructions Example for students
  Clickable Gameboard
  32 Oops Cards/Slides

• Teacher Guide in PDF
  Complete instructions
  Email Support

• Game Tracking Sheets
  To keep track of scores and used boxes

BONUS!!!

• FREE 32 printable oops cards + a DIY page
• FREE Online version of this edition WITH TIMER on each slide

Objective: The objective of the game "Oops" is to get your teammates to guess a word without using certain pre-defined words or phrases associated with it - these are called "Oopsies"

Gameplay:

1. The clue giver selects a number from the selection board, revealing the word to be described as well as the "oopsies" associated with it.
2. The clue giver must then describe the word without using any of the "oopsies".
3. The guessers on the team try to guess the word based on the clues given. The guesser sits with their back turned to the slide, while the clue giver faces the slide.
4. The guesser can make as many guesses as they want within 1 minute.
5. If a teammate guesses the word correctly, the team earns a point. However, if the clue giver uses an "oopsie," they forfeit a point.
6. After the minute is up or the word is correctly guessed, play passes to the next team.
7. Play continues back and forth until all the slides have been used or a set number of rounds has been completed.
8. The team with the most number of points wins.

WORDS INCLUDED: Equation, Variable, Polynomial, Function, Expression, Term, Graph, Axis, Quadratic, Coordinate Plane, Parabola, Linear, Point, Algebra, Solve, Absolute Value, Distance, Rational, Integers, Quadrant, Formula, Solution, Constant, Inequality, Exponent, Coefficient, Asymptote, Domain, Undefined, Y intercept, Discriminant, Set

Visit my TeachShare profile to see more versions of OOPS!:

Oops! Algebra Edition

Oops! Geometry Edition

Oops! Precalculus Edition

Oops! Calculus Edition

Oops! Classic Edition

Oops! Back-to-School Edition, and more.

Purchase the High School Math Bundle for a really good deal!

Copyright © OOPS! Math is Fun [2024]. All rights reserved. This digital product is the sole creation of OOPS! Math is Fun and is intended for personal use by a single individual only. Redistribution, posting online, resale, or sharing of this product, in part or in whole, is strictly prohibited without prior written consent from OOPS! Math is Fun. Any unauthorized use or distribution may result in legal action.

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I have been using this game with my students for 3 years now. They love it so much and always look forward to playing it again. Now that there are different editions, it makes them more excited for my classes! Perfect game for any time of the school year.

Turn algebra review into a fun and engaging experience with IT'S A MATCH: Algebra Card Game! Inspired by popular games like Spot It and Dobble, this educational card game is perfect for reinforcing essential algebra concepts in a fast-paced, competitive format. Students will love mastering algebra vocabulary and symbols while racing to find matches—making learning algebra both exciting and effective.

How to Play: In IT'S A MATCH, players draw a card from each of two decks and race to identify the matching algebra symbol and word, or spot the same word or symbol on both cards. The first player to shout out the match wins the cards. With multiple sets and gameplay variations, IT'S A MATCH ensures students stay engaged and practice key algebra skills in a fun, dynamic way.

What’s Included:

• Set 1: 31 cards with algebra-related words & 31 cards with algebra symbols
• Set 2: 31 cards with algebra symbols & 31 cards with words (reversed from Set 1)
• Set 3: 31 cards with 6 algebra words on each card
• Set 4: 31 cards with 6 algebra symbols on each card
• Instruction Manual with gameplay variations and instructions for each set
• Reference Lists of algebra words and symbols with definitions

How to Use This Game:

1. Print: For best results, print on heavy cardstock to ensure durability.
2. Cut: Separate each card with a paper cutter or scissors.
3. Laminate (Optional): Laminate the cards for extended use and durability.

Why Teachers and Parents Love IT'S A MATCH:

• Promotes Quick Thinking: Encourages students to think fast, reinforcing their algebra skills through active recall and pattern recognition.
• Engaging & Competitive: Fun, competitive play keeps students motivated and excited to practice algebra.
• Versatile for Multiple Settings: Perfect for classroom learning, tutoring sessions, math centers, or at-home practice.

Ideal For:

• Classroom Review: Perfect for warm-ups, math centers, or end-of-lesson activities.
• Tutoring & Small Groups: Engage students in one-on-one or small group settings.
• Homeschooling: Make algebra practice fun at home!

Keywords and Concepts Covered: This game includes vocabulary and concepts that are key to mastering algebra, such as variables, expressions, equations, exponents, linear and quadratic functions, properties of operations (commutative, associative, distributive), slope, parabola, vertex, and many more.

Help Your Students Build Algebra Confidence: IT'S A MATCH is more than a game—it’s an interactive learning tool that helps students build confidence and fluency in algebra. Get ready to see your students eagerly reinforce their algebra knowledge while having fun!

Note: For consistency among players, lists of all the symbols and words are included in the instructions. Get ready to challenge your students' algebra knowledge with IT'S A MATCH!

WORDS INCLUDED IN THE GAME:

variable

constant

inequality

expression

equation

x intercept

y intercept

linear

quadratic function

absolute value

coefficient

exponent

factoring

radical

term

commutative property (+)

commutative property (*)

associative property (*)

associative property (+)

distributive property

identity property (*)

identity property (+)

inverse property (*)

inverse property (+)

zero property

slope

cross product

quadratic formula

parabola

vertex

axis of symmetry

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This is a color by number that covers domain and range, functions, one-to-one, set notation, and continuous or discrete. This would also be great to leave in your emergency substitute folder.

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Function Vocabulary

Parent Function Mystery Puzzle

This mystery puzzle is a self-checking matching activity. The students will match an equation with the graph of the correct parent function. I suggest using this as a warm-up, bell ringer, or exit ticket.

Functions included:

• Linear
• Absolute Value
• Rational
• Quadratic
• Square Root
• Cubic
• Cube Root
• Exponential
• Logarithm

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Function Vocabulary

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This Christmas themed color by number reviews transformations of parent functions.

This would be a great addition to:

• Your emergency substitute folder
• A choice board
• Unit/chapter review
• Remediation

Parent functions included:

• Quadratics
• Square root
• Cubic
• Cube root
• Rational
• Absolute value

This 14-page printable resource (Task with complete key) addresses ALL essentials skills about linear equations, their graphs and their equations.

• Finding the equation given 2 points
• Finding the equation given one point and the slope
• Finding the slope
• Finding the x- and y-intercept
• Graphing the equation
• Finding a missing coordinate of a point
• Changing between standard en slope-intercept form
• Reading off slope and y-intercept from the slope-intercept form

This resource works great as ...

• an assessment exercise
• a task
• independent work
• distance learning
• math stations
• math centers
• homework
• constructive group work when introducing the topic.

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