Friday, February 29, 2008
Technology Lesson Topic & Standards
In groups of 5, the 7th grade student will work cooperatively with his/her partners to design an experiment to model a leaky faucet within 15 minutes using the given materials and guideline, and determine the amount of water wasted due to the leak over the 30 minutes period. Then, the student will graph the data on a graphing calculator (TI-83/84), and write an equation for a line of best fit and make predictions for different lengths of time based on the data on a blank sheet of paper (Note: Turn in one paper per group).
C: In groups of 5
A: 7th grade student
B1: work cooperatively with his/her partners to design an experiment to model a leaky faucet
B2: determine the amount of water wasted due to the leak
B3: he student will graph the data, write an equation for a line of best fit and make predictions based on the data on a blank sheet of paper.
D1: 15 minutes using the given materials and guideline
D2: over the 30 minutes period
D3: one sheet per group
HCPS III
Standard 10: Patterns, Functions, and Algebra: SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION: Use symbolic forms to represent, model, and analyze mathematical situations
Benchmark MA.7.10.1 Analyze the relationship among tables, graphs (including graphing technology when available), and equations of linear functions, paying particular attention to the meaning of intercept and slope
Standard 11: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability: FLUENCY WITH DATA: Pose questions and collect, organize, and represent data to answer those questions
Benchmark MA.7.11.1 Design a study, collect data, and select the appropriate representation (line graph, bar graph, circle graph, histogram, stem and leaf plot, box and whisker plot) to display the data
Standard 13: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability: DATA ANALYSIS: Develop and evaluate inferences, predictions, and arguments that are based on data
Benchmark MA.7.13.1 Formulate new questions that arise from previous conclusions or conjectures and plan a new study to answer them
NETS
1. Basic operations and concepts - being familiar with the using TI-83/84 calculator in advance.
2. Technology productivity tools- using a graphing calculator (TI-83/84) to plot data in a quick manner.
C: In groups of 5
A: 7th grade student
B1: work cooperatively with his/her partners to design an experiment to model a leaky faucet
B2: determine the amount of water wasted due to the leak
B3: he student will graph the data, write an equation for a line of best fit and make predictions based on the data on a blank sheet of paper.
D1: 15 minutes using the given materials and guideline
D2: over the 30 minutes period
D3: one sheet per group
HCPS III
Standard 10: Patterns, Functions, and Algebra: SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION: Use symbolic forms to represent, model, and analyze mathematical situations
Benchmark MA.7.10.1 Analyze the relationship among tables, graphs (including graphing technology when available), and equations of linear functions, paying particular attention to the meaning of intercept and slope
Standard 11: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability: FLUENCY WITH DATA: Pose questions and collect, organize, and represent data to answer those questions
Benchmark MA.7.11.1 Design a study, collect data, and select the appropriate representation (line graph, bar graph, circle graph, histogram, stem and leaf plot, box and whisker plot) to display the data
Standard 13: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability: DATA ANALYSIS: Develop and evaluate inferences, predictions, and arguments that are based on data
Benchmark MA.7.13.1 Formulate new questions that arise from previous conclusions or conjectures and plan a new study to answer them
NETS
1. Basic operations and concepts - being familiar with the using TI-83/84 calculator in advance.
2. Technology productivity tools- using a graphing calculator (TI-83/84) to plot data in a quick manner.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Blog post #4
The blog I found related to my field (math) is the following:
http://mathforum.org/teachers/middle/
This blog has numerous resources/columns for mathematics teachers: teacher 2 teacher, teacher exchange, lesson plans, activities, and so forth. The teacher 2 teacher column hyperlinks to sites and pages that are full of ideas and resources for teaching mathematics. However, teacher exchange column impressed me the most which contained full of resources that math teachers have successfully used in classes. This page is organized into grade levels and since I'm looking more toward teaching junior high school students, I took a look at the follow-up pages and links around this age levels. All the resources were further broken down into individual concepts of math and stated the useful/practical implications such as the activity/work duration, materials, standards, assessments, and etc.
I thought this was quite a useful blog which contains various practical resources that any educator in the mathematical fields may refer to and be nourished.
http://mathforum.org/teachers/middle/
This blog has numerous resources/columns for mathematics teachers: teacher 2 teacher, teacher exchange, lesson plans, activities, and so forth. The teacher 2 teacher column hyperlinks to sites and pages that are full of ideas and resources for teaching mathematics. However, teacher exchange column impressed me the most which contained full of resources that math teachers have successfully used in classes. This page is organized into grade levels and since I'm looking more toward teaching junior high school students, I took a look at the follow-up pages and links around this age levels. All the resources were further broken down into individual concepts of math and stated the useful/practical implications such as the activity/work duration, materials, standards, assessments, and etc.
I thought this was quite a useful blog which contains various practical resources that any educator in the mathematical fields may refer to and be nourished.
Friday, February 8, 2008
Blog comments
I visited several blogs and read the comments that people posted. Some of the blogs were written in a journal format has quite personal stories. The comments were along the line of agreements/disagreements of the author's postings, personal thoughts, and/or encouraging messages for the author and the postings. One of the blogs I've gone to was my pastor's wordpress page. He wrote his personal thoughts and stories from his daily events. Several people assuming his friends left comments on his journal and some of them were quite humorous.
Speaking of my self, I have several personal pages and I do a daily check-up on the comments that people posts up on my page. Posting comments and reading the comments build a sense of communication from one another. According to my observations of other people's blogs and their comments, definitely tells me that this mechanism creates a communication community.
Speaking of my self, I have several personal pages and I do a daily check-up on the comments that people posts up on my page. Posting comments and reading the comments build a sense of communication from one another. According to my observations of other people's blogs and their comments, definitely tells me that this mechanism creates a communication community.
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