Lesson Plan

Glued to tube or hooked to books?

The above link will take you to a lesson plan where students are required to gather data over a certain amount of time prior to the lesson regarding the time spent watching TV versus the time they are reading.
CONSTRUCTIVISM:
1.  Students need prior knowledge of organizing and analyzing data, various types of graphs and the use of a graphing calculator
2.  Students will work in groups to organize and analyze data and to create graphs based on the information collected.
3.  Students will make predictions on real-world situations.
4.  The main lesson will be guided by a teacher, but the data collection, graphing, making inferences, and relating to the real-world situations will be done by students.

EXEMPLARY:
1.  Students will be taking the data they have gathered to make inferences and predictions on real-world situations.
2.  Students will make logical arguments pertaining to predictions regarding a real-world issue.
3.  Students will use higher-level thinking to design a variety of graphs to analyze their gathered information.
4.  Students will communicate via writing a letter about their mathematical solution to a real-world problem.

EQUITABLE:
1.  Each person will collect data for a certain amount of time.
2.  Group (pairs or threes) project will allow each member to play particular roles in the task.  For example, data organizer, graphic organizer, etc.
3.  Each person will have the opportunity to use a graphing calculator.
4.  Students can create a poster and write a letter together based on their data and findings.