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Elizabeth Lynn's Math Adventure

Finishing Up Unit 3B

1/22/2015

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What made this project amazing because it:
  • deepened student understanding of volume and how to calculate it.
  • forced students to measure carefully and choose appropriate units.
  • helped students understand the relationship between a 2 dimensional net and a 3 dimensional model.
  • gave students choice and a chance to be creative.
  • forced students to cooperate and find compromise.
  • promoted planning and common sense in design.
  • opened student minds to new career paths

One downside was the elimination of the learning targets for this unit based on how changing dimensions changes volume.  In the future, I think steps could be included in the project to incorporate those ideas.  If time had permitted, I was hoping to engage students in a Socratic dialog to explore those questions.

Lesson Plans for last part of Volume Project

General Lesson Plans in most recent days listed on top:

Thursday, January 22
  • Finished up PBIS lesson on racism
  • Final day on project - what's done at the bell is what will be graded


Wednesday, January 21
  • PBIS lesson on racism
  • Project work time


Tuesday, January 20
  • Test Unit 3B
  • Start PBIS lesson on racism


Monday, January 19
  • Go over Friday's quizzes and practice test
  • Project work time


Friday, January 18
  • Half day, guest teacher due to high school final exams
  • Quiz over Volume


Thursday, January 17
  • Complete work on finding volume of the solids for the ISN (cone, square pyramid, rectangular prism, cylinder)
  • Make sure students are following six steps to completing these volume problems, and using correct units. Error alert: for the cone and the pyramid, students have to use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the height.)
  • If time, students may get started on building the city for the final project





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    Abbreviations Used:
    ISN= interactive student notebook
    WWK= words worth knowing
    PT= performance task



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