1. CINDY JOHNSON @johnsonmath AKA The Conic Card Lady

2. WHERE I WAS…  I was teaching mostly low level Algebra 2 students who didn’t plan to go to college.  Conics seemed impossible!  Formulas were SO complex!  I struggled keeping everything straight in my mind. How are they ever going to get it?  In previous years my students did ok when the conics were separated but when they were supposed to identify the conic then solve, chaos began.  Students HATED conics!

3. WHAT I STARTED WITH…  Index Cards and Markers!  What if I told them the answers?  What if I never gave them the formula?  What if we started with all the conics being mixed together and sorted them into the 4 types from the beginning?  What if I made the assignments very straight forward where they reinforced what was being discussed, but didn’t overwhelm them at all?

4. CONIC CARDS Each deck of Conic Cards includes 4 types of cards - Graphs (5 each of the 4 conics) - Equations (5 each of the 4 conics) - Information (5 each of the 4 conics) - Formula/title cards Each deck has a unique answer key.

5. WHAT STUDENTS DO? Ultimately, they match all 20 equation cards to the correct information cards and graphs. Strategies I use… Small group activity Identify similarities and differences Make a conjecture. Quick mini-lessons to individual groups (1-2 minutes) Whole class discussions

6. HOW TO GET THEM?  Email me: johnsoncindy2002@yahoo.com  Message me @johnsonmath You can retrieve it all at… https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7s7EabiuUj7ZU1 uMW92TWNOSTA/edit?usp=sharing

7. I’D LIKE YOU TO KNOW…