Students will practice factoring polynomials with this “Gone Fishin” PowerPoint review game. The fish really do swim in this animated game, which the students LOVE! The types of problems are as follows:
Red Fish: Factoring a greatest common factor (GCF)
Yellow Fish: Difference of Squares
Green Fish: Trinomials of the form ax² + bx + c in which a = 1
Blue Fish: Trinomials of the form ax² + bx + c in which a > 1
Students are divided into two teams. Students can either aim for the fish with a Koosh Ball (if playing with a Smart Board), or come up to the computer to select a fish. Once a fish is selected, it will advance to that slide. All students factor the polynomial on their recording worksheet (provided with download). Call on a student from the team that threw to answer it and if they answer correctly, they get a point. There is an answer key for you to check! If they answer incorrectly, call on a student from the other team. The fish disappear as they are selected so there will be no repeats. There are 44 questions included this game (11 of each fish color).
Because the game is organized by color, it helps students recognize the types of factoring. After I play this game, we begin to mix up the factoring.
PowerPoint is required for this game! It will not work with Google Slides or any other program. The game can be played with a Smart Board (or other interactive whiteboard) in which students can aim for a fish with a Koosh ball. Or, you can play the game with a projector and just have students come up to the computer to click on a fish.
Click here for a video preview of the game!
This resource is included in the following bundle(s):
Algebra 1 Curriculum with Activities
Algebra 1 Activities Bundle
License Terms:
This purchase includes a single non-transferable license, meaning it is for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom and can not 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. A transferable license is not available for this resource.
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No part of this resource may 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.
