Parallel Lines Math Valentines with Pixy Stix

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Today I passed out my Parallel Lines Math Valentines that I made for my students with pixy stix.

parallel lines math valentine.

I found the card online via Pinterest.  You can download your own copy of the card at love2learn2day.  I downsized them to be closer to the size of a typical valentine.  

math valentines with pixy stix pixie sticks

Thanks to my paper chopper, I was able to put these cards together for my students in a relatively short amount of time.

math valentines with pixy stix pixie sticks

I taped on the Pixy Sticks, and the cards were ready to hand out to my students.  I had to go to three different stores to buy Pixy Sticks.  

First, I went to my local Wal-Mart.  No Pixy Sticks.  I decided that must be because I live in the middle of nowhere.  

So, I went to another Wal-Mart.  Again, no Pixy Sticks.  

Finally, I found them at Dollar General.  I guess Pixy Sticks aren’t as popular as they once were…  

math valentines with pixy stix pixie sticks

The most common response?  “Oh my goodness!  Ms. Hagan, you would give us a mathematical valentine!”  Quite a few laughed.  

Another popular response: “Will I get my phone taken away if I get it out to take a picture of this?”

Most were just excited about the candy.

We’re not going to talk about how one of my students decided to snort a pixy stick today during class.  I think he learned his lesson.  He ran out of class, almost crying.  

When he did return from the bathroom, he was in so much pain that he could barely focus on the day’s lesson.

heart with statistics normal curve on top.

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Sarah Carter teaches high school math in her hometown of Coweta, Oklahoma. She currently teaches AP Precalculus, AP Calculus AB, and Statistics. She is passionate about sharing creative and hands-on teaching ideas with math teachers around the world through her blog, Math = Love.

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4 Comments

  2. I love the valentine idea! I also gave pixie sticks out to my classes (sans the valentine), and had the same experience in every class……someone trying to snort the candy. Guess teenagers are the same no matter where you are in the country 🙂

  3. I'm not going to lie, 15 years ago when I was a teenager, me and most of my friends also snorted pixie stix… But it is something you only do once!

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