Comments on: Linear Fun #2: Stacking Cups

By: What’s your focus for the 2017-2018 school year? | The Math Mentors

What’s your focus for the 2017-2018 school year? | The Math Mentors — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 02:15:53 +0000

[…] During my research, I find some really great resources. I already knew about Dan Meyer. We will be doing the stacking cups activity within the next two weeks, we are currently in a unit on solving equations. Â STACKING CUPS Â Activity. […]

By: What Do You Do on the First Day of School? – dy/dan

What Do You Do on the First Day of School? – dy/dan — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 03:45:12 +0000

[…] Stacking Cups. […]

By: Designing Open Materials Intentionally for the Blended Classroom | Mike Caulfield

Thu, 27 Jun 2013 20:07:54 +0000

[…] high-impact activities for the classroom that use simple prompts. I love this activity about “stacking cups” for […]

By: Designing Open Materials Intentionally for the Blended Classroom | Hapgood

Designing Open Materials Intentionally for the Blended Classroom | Hapgood — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 19:59:00 +0000

[…] high-impact activities for the classroom that use simple prompts. I love this activity about “stacking cups” for […]

By: Writing Equations in Slope-Intercept Form | When Math Happens

Writing Equations in Slope-Intercept Form | When Math Happens — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:23:33 +0000

[…] Stacking Cups […]

By: Day 52: Cup Stacking « Lanier Post-a-Lot

Day 52: Cup Stacking « Lanier Post-a-Lot — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 03:47:52 +0000

[…] more here and here. Hat […]

By: Loose ends … classroom setup and goals! | in stillness the dancing

Loose ends … classroom setup and goals! | in stillness the dancing — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:53:37 +0000

[…] be quite short), I plan to challenge them to find my height using Styrofoam cups … thanks to Dan Meyers’ blog. Â I’m hoping that first activity will give me some insight in their mathematical […]

By: Teaching math is so much fun « Quantum Progress

Teaching math is so much fun « Quantum Progress — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 03:53:52 +0000

[…] I co-teaching this course with, and I decided to start our first unit on linear functions with the cup stacking activity. I cribbed dan’s notes and put together a simple 3 act presentation with a photo of me next […]

By: First Algebra II assessment « Quantum Progress

First Algebra II assessment « Quantum Progress — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 05:41:00 +0000

[…] and the first activity we are going to do is Dan Meyer’s excellent cup stacking activity. View this document on Scribd Share this:ShareTwitterEmailDiggStumbleUponRedditLike this:LikeBe […]

By: Just how tall are you? | in stillness the dancing

Just how tall are you? | in stillness the dancing — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:40:59 +0000

[…] a quick post for now … planning to use this awesome idea from Dan Meyer’s blog: Â /?p=692%C3%82%C2%A0#8230; as my opening day activity. Â Students are generally curious about my height … and […]