About the Project

I work at a continuation high school as a math teacher. Our school budget primarily has money to provide students with academic classes and a few elective choices. When I saw this grant offered by CTA, I came across an idea where I could use some money to help students do something that is practical, educational and rewarding and stimulate my students to learn. With the performance task students have to do in the Smarter Balanced test, I would like to create a real hands-on performance task involving repairing cars. Working on cars can be a fun way to get students motivated with the right resources. I would integrate math while I teach students how to work on cars.