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Innovative 5E Middle School Math Lessons to Engage and Interest
Students
Maria [email protected]
T3 International ConferenceLas Vegas, NVMarch 7, 2014
Session ObjectivesCHALLENGES Participants will be able to…
INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE
Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Implement inquiry-based, 5E lessons that promote deep thinking and conceptual understanding
CONTENT KNOWLEDGE
Math Content Knowledge
Focus on middle school topics*Exponential Growth and Decay (Zombies)*Dilations: Enlargements & Reductions (Superheroes)*Rate of Change (Toy Story)
INTEGRATING TI TECHNOLOGY
Technology Knowledge
Evaluate scaffolding of questions for conceptual understanding and rigorous thinking
Learn about other TI resources
Agenda
I. Introductions (10 min)II. E1
• The 5E Model + “Tracked” Activities (5 min)
III. E2• Zombies – Exponential Growth & Decay (15 min)• Superheroes – Dilations (15 min)• Toy Story – Slope & Rate of Change (15 min)
IV. E3• Likes, Wishes & Wonders
V. E4• Generate Engaging and Interesting Lessons from Media
VI. Q&A
What are the 5Es?
Explore
Extend
Enumerate
Ethics
Erase
Emulate
Engage
Elaborate
Evaluate
Explain
Entertain Elevate
Evolve
Excite
Energize
The 5E Model + “Tracked” Activities
• Engage• Explore• Explain• Elaborate
– Struggling– Regular– Advanced– NOT: More
practice
• Struggling– More hands-on experiences– Connecting concrete to
abstract
• Regular– Good follow-up activity to
deepen the conceptual understanding
• Advanced– High School– More complex
Generating IdeasMath Topics Movies + Connections Other Real
World Connections
Fractions (all things)
Math Properties (distributive)
Slope intercept form
Dividing by decimals
Area/Formulas of 2D shapes
Multistep Equations
Cross sections – 3D Figures
Pythagorean Theorem
Stand & Deliver, Pizza Share, Hotel for Dog (amount sharing)
Dumb & Dumber
Planes, Cars & Automobiles, Roller Coaster Rides,
Bones, CIA, Home Improvement
Bones, CIA, Die Hard, Heist, Italian Job, Entrapment
Claymation, lego movie
Romeo & Juliet, Die Hard?
Objects
NUMBERS
Sample Lessons
•Interrogating Data by Random Sampling•One Year Makes a Differences•Long Run•One and One Equals Win•Exploring Bivariate Data•Lines of Fit•Say It with a Survey•Linear Modeling