Goals and Goals: Formative: Objectives Students should understand how to find the distance (Specify between two data points on an XY-coordinate graph. skills/information that Students should understand how to find the midpoint Summative: will be learned.) between two date points on an XY-coordinate graph. Objectives: Students should have Students will be able to calculate the distance minimum 2 bridge designs between two data points on an XY-coordinate graph. completed. The must Students will be able to calculate the midpoint show their design work as between two data points on an XY-coordinate graph. a check to ensure the students understand the Select Catch (10 mins) material and are A video of bridge support beam under an increasing load until Instructional progressing forward. the support beam factures is shown. The purpose of the Strategies – catch is to illustrate the need to design bridges to meet specific guidelines for safety. Information (Catch, give and/or Direct Lesson (20 mins) demonstrate Students should be knowledgeable of the Pythagoras necessary information, Theorem prior to this lesson. misconceptions, etc…) Given two data points on an XY-coordinate graph, the formula for the distance and the midpoint between the points and will be shown by applying the Pythagoras Theorem. See Appendix A for in class example for the distance and midpoint formula. Activity (30 mins) The activity is introduced to the classroom. The activity will take the remainder of the day1 and all of day 2. Utilize Calculators Other Resources Technology (e.g. Web, books, etc.)
Goals and Objectives (Specify skills/information that will be learned.) Goals: Students should understand how to find the distance between two data points on an XY-coordinate graph. Students should understand how to find the midpoint between two date points on an XY-coordinate graph. Objectives: Students will be able to calculate the distance between two data points on an XY-coordinate graph. Students will be able to calculate the midpoint between two data points on an XY-coordinate graph. Formative: Summative: Students should have minimum 2 bridge designs completed. The must show their design work as a check to ensure the students understand the material and are progressing forward. Select Instructional Strategies – Information (Catch, give and/or demonstrate necessary information, misconceptions, etc…) Catch (10 mins) A video of bridge support beam under an increasing load until the support beam factures is shown. The purpose of the catch is to illustrate the need to design bridges to meet specific guidelines for safety. Direct Lesson (20 mins) Students should be knowledgeable of the Pythagoras Theorem prior to this lesson. Given two data points on an XY-coordinate graph, the formula for the distance and the midpoint between the points and will be shown by applying the Pythagoras Theorem. See Appendix A for in class example for the distance and midpoint formula. Activity (30 mins) The activity is introduced to the classroom. The activity will take the remainder of the day1 and all of day 2. Utilize Technology Calculators Other Resources (e.g. Web, books, etc.)