Order of Operations Bracelet Project

This project involves the design and creation of a bead wrist bracelet based on the student's answers to a series of Order of Operations problems. This is typically a 6th thru 8th grade math project activity, but I have used it in my Algebra 1 and Math 1 classes as a review project. It reinforces the student's understanding and ability to accurately solve Order of Operations problems. The students are given (or provide for themselves) a set of multi-color, letter or number beads (or combination of all of these) and put the beads together on a string as they solve one of the problems. The number of beads to be placed on the bracelet string equals the value of the answer to the each problem that is solved.

A total bank of 20 order of operations problems are provided and the students are to select a minimum of eight (8) from the list to solve. Of course the teacher is free to change this number as he or she desires. It is a good way to make solving equations creative and fun! A detailed answer key with the steps used to solve each of the 20 equations is provided at the end of the project document. The native file (MS Word) is included to allow the teacher to modify the text as desired. A grading rubric is also included.

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