Submitted by: Carolyn Hennessy
School: SPMS
Summary
In order to help the students understand the 12 theorems presented in the circles chapter, we worked on a project every class for about 20 min. The students drew pictures, and created questions based on a specific theorem we have just covered. The students also selected a picture of a circle that they either found online or took with a camera. The students drew in chords, secants, and tangents to create their own problem. A student from my 1st block class collaborated on the project with a student from my 4th block class. They used googledocs to work on the presentation. At the end of the chapter, we used the presentations to help us review for the test.
TIPC Ratings
Research and Information Fluency was not an focus of this lesson
Approaching: The students had to work with students from a different block. They used google docs presentation and shared this document with each other and the teacher. The students created parts of the whole project. For example on the students from Block 1 may create the image dealing with line segments, arcs and degrees of the angle. The students in Block 4 would solve the problem and provide the written dialog for that slide. These roles varied per slide and the students were constantly review each others work and process.
Approaching: The groups created their own problems and images to support the problems. With the collaboration between block students had to justify their answers and images with the entire group. Adding in the images found online and or a picture they took allowed the student to move beyond just drawing and creating their own problems and some connection to real world problems and objects.
Approaching: The students created their own review guide that covered the 12 theorems covered in the circles chapter. The students had the opportunity to collaborate and apply critical thinking skills to solve this extensive project. Students were able to exercise their creativity in the problem creation even though they used google doc for the presentation.
