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﻿ Lisa Archer's Math Page
==﻿Hi, my name is Lisa Archer. I am a high school math teacher, wife and mother of 4. Currently, I am teaching AP Calculus and two 2nd year Algebra 1 classes. == =You can visit my school web page at [] = =And my blog: [] = =Week 5 Lesson Plan = = = = =

comments: What I initially liked about your plan was that it only takes one block day, or two regular days. So often I am turned off to projects because of the amount of class time it takes. Next time I teach algebra I am going to steal the “take five minutes to have students write down places where they have seen parabolas in the real world.” I think this is a great introduction. Ironically in between typing this I am helping a student with quadratic functions. Good Luck, Charles Rinehart

I think linking parabolas to the real world is critical in keeping them motivated. Everything affected by gravity will have a quadratic element. Could you share your video links? I would love to use them as well. Last year I had my students make Glogs for extra credit; here was my demo:

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Some students were all around a theme. Great lesson! Nancy Kent

Lisa , You have a great lesson. It is very similar to some other lessons I have put together. I like how you introduced the lesson with real world examples and then used a real situation to express parapolas that many students would know, basketball. I was wondering how you would go about assessing their projects. Would you use a rubric? I had my students use Excel spreadsheets for the graphing, because we do not have access to Geogebra and do not have enough graphing calculators. Wouldn't it be great if you had the time and space to actually take your students to the gym and have them measure the distances and create parabolas in this manner? They could use video to show the shots and lay this over a graph. Great lesson. I'll be interested to see your other plans. Rhonda

Charles, you can use any of the lesson that you like. I am happy to share.

Nancy, I posted the links to the videos. I am still undecided about which one to use for the beginning of the lesson. Thanks for the link. I have not used Glogs but I love it. Great idea! Thanks!

Rhonda, I will use a rubric to assess their projects. Going to the gym is a great idea, I would have to check with the PE teachers on the availability of the gym. Thanks for the wonderful idea!

Lisa

Lisa, Great plans. I am going to email the geogebra website link to our HS math/science teachers. I think they would love using it. Denise

Denise, Thanks, it is great to work with and it is free to download. Students can put it on their computer at home. Lisa



Lisa, left my comment in the discussion for you - Rhonda

Lisa,

Your plan is very well organized and thought out down to the minute .....I have not got a clue about all the math, but anything that well organized will be educational and the technology you incorporated will make it all-the-more interesting.

Richard

Thanks Richard. I can keep track of time in my 90 minute blocks if I set aside time for each activity. Lisa

