Are you ready to turn the NFL Championship Big Game into a math teacher’s dream lesson? This episode is all about making math real, relevant, and engaging by connecting it to one of the biggest cultural events of the year! 🙌

In this episode, we’ll cover:
✔️ Why real-world math matters and how it transforms engagement in your classroom.
✔️ How sports-themed lessons (like the Super Bowl Project) tie into math concepts like probability, stats, and graphing.
✔️ Actionable ideas you can use tomorrow to connect math to sports—even if you don’t grab the resource!

💡 Key Takeaway: Lean into current events and trending topics to help students find the relevance of math in their lives. Whether it’s a full project, warm-up routine, or student-driven data collection, the goal is to show your students that math is everywhere!

Resources Mentioned:
➡️ Football Project on TpT
➡️ Football-Themed Warm-Ups on TpT

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More About the Modern Math Teacher Podcast

Kristen Moore, classroom teacher and instructional coach at Moore Than Just X, empowers modern secondary math teachers to transform the student experience with the strategies and the confidence to implement project-based learning, mastery-based assessment, and student engagement strategies in their classrooms.

Whether you're a math education newbie or a seasoned veteran, you'll find something new and inspiring in every episode. You’re already a listener, why not join the Movement inside ✨The Modern Math Teachers Movement Facebook group. Join the community of math teachers who are not afraid to shake things up and make math class the best part of the day for our students. So tune in each Tuesday, have some fun, and let's elevate our math teaching game together!

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