About THis math website &
Jonathan Lawes :
(hence MathLawes)

The "Short Version" on how this website came to be: 

I'm a nationally board certified teacher and I've successfully taught all levels of secondary math for 30 years. My goal in making this material available to the public (and the math education community) is for it to be essentially "plug-n-play". It is by no means perfect...no curriculum, textbook, or method is, but anyone who knows a little bit about math should be able to watch the lessons and be able to learn (or help someone learn) math. Feel free to print the notes, watch the YouTube videos, and use the practice assignments. Better yet, if you're a teacher, take the material, improve it, and make it your own. All of the PDFs and videos are free to use, however, if you would like copies of the fully editable Word files, please follow this link for the longer version of how and why this material was developed. I would also appreciate it if you would subscribe to my YouTube channel and encourage others to do the same: youtube.com/c/mathlawes 

The resources on this website have been used at Elk Ridge Middle School in South Jordan, Utah since 2017 and have produced these results on end-of-year state tests. Please follow this link for the longer version of how and why this material was developed.

Informal Curriculum Vitae:

• National Board Certified Teacher (Adolescent and Young Adult Mathematics 2019-2029)

• MS in math, MAED in school counseling, BS in math

• Utah State Board of Education endorsed Instructional Coach

• Utah State Board of Education endorsed Teacher Mentor

• Level 4 math certification and school counselor license (Utah State Board of Education)

• Retired after 30 years of teaching experience (5 years Crescent View Middle, 7 years Bingham High, 8 years Itineris Early College High, 10 years Elk Ridge Middle, with 2 years of night teaching at SouthPointe Adult High School)

• 12 years of experience teaching college math as concurrent enrollment (CE) and adjunct faculty (SLCC)

• 97% pass rate for students taking AP Calculus BC exam at Bingham High from 2002 to 2005 with 67% of the passing scores being 5's

• Taught math courses ranging from 7th grade special education through college calculus and statistics

• Extensive website with access to guided notes, lesson videos, and assignments

• Over 900 instructional math videos on YouTube

• Multiple teacher of the year awards

• Published article in national teaching magazine (“Graphing Polar Curves” - Mathematics Teacher - 2013)  

• Published thesis (comparison of adjunct, full-time, and CE teaching results) and presented at multiple conferences

• Utilized flipped classroom for middle school, high school, and college courses

• Served as department chair at two schools

• Served on various school and district committees

• Lead instructional coach

• Mentor teacher

• Taught approximately 750 students how to solve a Rubik’s cube and had TV coverage of results (see below)

• Student and parent evaluations have always been well above average at both the secondary and college level

• Upon returning to middle school, I volunteered to teach low level math classes

• Developed curriculum, peer tutor program, adult mentoring, and online access to instructional material to help support learners

• I have a rescue English bulldog named Munch (pictures below) and I enjoy flying RC aircraft (videos and pictures below).

Notable Press:

KSL- Solving Rubik's Cubes 

Jordan District Grant Video

Fox 13 Cool School of the Week

Rubik's Cube Mosaics (Positively Utah)

Rubik's Cube Mosaics (Thursday Report)

Favorite Sayings:

If you do something for someone that they could have and should have done for themselves, you haven't helped them, you've hurt them. - JB Washburn

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.- Henry Ford

Family and Travels:

You'll find some pictures and videos of my family and some of our travels below.

Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania 2024

Balloon Ride Over the Serengeti 2024 

ICELAND 2019                                 

EUROPE 2017          

SAN DIEGO KELP DIVE 2019         

Wreck & Reef Dive

Sea Turtles at Le Blanc                     

Swimming with Whale Sharks                

Underwater Museum & Reef Dive  

Cozumel Diving 3-2021    

Cozumel Night Dive 6-2021

Aerobatics in a Pitts Bi-Plane

Full Africa Playlist 2024

Christmas in NYC (2023)

Bonaire Diving Trip (2024)

Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania (2024)

Italy (2022)

Alaska  (2014)

I have about twenty remote control aircraft that I fly.  Some of my favorites are below. 

Flight Videos:  737 Maiden Flight F-16 Thunderbird     F-14 Tomcat