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Welcome to Math Matters, where we employ 21st century learning tools and methodologies to help make math relevant and fun again for both you and your students. This 30-segment video resource focuses on ninth grade Pre-Algebra and Algebra. What makes this unit different from most? It revolves around the world of off-road motorcycle racing. Team HotChalk worked with a group of young HotChalk-sponsored cyclists, videotaping them jumping off ramps along dirt bike tracks and racing up the golden summer hills of a ranch overlooking the ocean in Central California. Courtesy of math teachers Jason Dyer (Pueblo High School, Tuscon, AZ), who scripted out the 'real world' algebra problems, and John Villavicencio (Berkeley High School, Berkeley, CA), who explains the step-by-step solutions in each segment, we are bringing you our first homemade model of YouTube-style learning, "Off-Road Algebra." Our hope is that you'll try out this unit with your class, and let us know what you think. We'd like you to be active participants in helping to shape the digital resources we feel are at the heart of learning in the new century. You may also be interested in our Financial Literacy for Students series.  

CTAP Region IV's Middle School Math Project is a series of web pages providing links to technology resources for classroom teachers and coaches to improve teaching and learning of middle school mathematics, including Algebra One. The use of technology tools and electronic resources in the math classroom seem like such a natural fit but finding appropriate applications of technology has always been a challenge in the K-12 classroom. We know that our students need technological skills to succeed in the 21st century and the ability to apply the key concepts outlined in our state math standards. CTAP Region IV is making connections between math and technology through our Middle School Math Project.

CTAP Region IV's Middle School Math Project is a series of web pages providing links to technology resources for classroom teachers and coaches to improve teaching and learning of middle school mathematics, including Algebra One. The use of technology tools and electronic resources in the math classroom seem like such a natural fit but finding appropriate applications of technology has always been a challenge in the K-12 classroom. We know that our students need technological skills to succeed in the 21st century and the ability to apply the key concepts outlined in our state math standards. CTAP Region IV is making connections between math and technology through our Middle School Math Project.

The matrices are a series of online tables of electronic and technology resources supporting California middle school math content standards for grades 6, 7 and Algebra 1. The resources align to the two California state-adopted middle school textbook series of McDougall-Littell and Prentice Hall. The Grade 6 matrix also aligns to Harcourt and Scott Foresman.