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SUBJECT
Algebra I
LESSON SUMMARY
OBJECTIVE.
What will your students be able to do?
Create a poster board demo of an important characteristic of linear equations and present it
visually. Engage student interest by giving them a hands on project which encourages them to
learn by designing their own lesson. Ideally the poster board will have a dry erase overlay so
students can add additional supporting notes. Students may also support their poster board
with additional technological presentations such as screen projections or graphing calculators.
ASSESSMENT
How will you know whether your students have made progress toward the objective?
How and when will you assess mastery?
Students will be presented with a rubric which will be used by the teacher to grade their
presentation and their math content. Students will also be required to use the rubric to
assess their classmates presentations as they work as presenter and learner.
COMMON CORE
How will you address Common Core standards?
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This is an ideal project for English learners since they will be required to present material to
others. Difficult words will be identified and added to the word board. Diversity learners will
also be addressed. Learners with particular difficulties will be given assignments scaled for
their progress level. Diverse learners or teams will be given additional coaching and
apprenticeship during guided practice. Three levels of tasks will be assigned based on
learning levels.
OPENING (10 minutes suggested)
How will you communicate what is about to happen? How will you communicate how it will
happen?
How will you communicate its importance? How will you communicate connections to
previous & future lessons?
How will you engage students and capture their interest?
TIME
TEACHER
STUDENTS
5
Introduce topics: slopes of parallel
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MATERIALS/STRATEGIES
Computer projector
Desmos Calculator
Assessment rubric
TIME
10
TEACHER
STUDENTS
Respond to question
of how perpendicular
lines are related.
Computer projector
Desmos Calculator
Respond to questions
on how they think the
graph will shift with a
particular change.
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Powerpoint
Video
Computer projector
Desmos Calculator
Worksheets
Graph Posterboard
Part 1:
Students will build a
small worksheet of
three problems on
their subject area and
a lesson on how to do
the problems and
store the results in the
calculator.
Powerpoint
Video
Computer projector
Computers
Worksheets
Desmos Calculator
Graph Posterboard
TEACHER
STUDENTS
References:
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Powerpoint
Video
Computer projector
Desmos Calculator
Learning by Design from Theory to Practice from EduTech Institute and College of Computing,
Georgia Institute of Technology
Learning by Design from the Georgia Institute of Technology
Kolodner, J.L., Hmelo, C.E., & Narayanan, N.H. (n.d.). Problem-Based Learning Meets CaseBased Reasoning from The EduTech Institute College of Computing, Georgia Institute of
Technology.
Leelawong. K, & Biswas, G. (n.d.).
Designing Learning by Teaching Agents: The Bettys Brain System. Department of EECS/ISIS,
Vanderbilt University.
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