Would You Rather? | Asking students to choose their own path and justify it Rise-Run Triangles To start the lesson, ask students what they already know about slope. They may know terms such as rate of change and rise over run. Often, students have recollection of these terms but don't remember or understand what they mean or how they relate to slope. Ask students what it means to have positive or negative slope. A line with positive slope is pointing upward as you look to the right. Sketch these two lines with positive slope for students to see. Ask students to tell you all they can about the two graphs. Now, draw a third line that has the same slope as the first line, but a different y-intercept. Students should eventually recognize that the third line has the same slope as the first line. Use the activity sheet for practice and enforcement. The activity sheet guides students through a process for finding the slope of a given line. Distribute the activity sheets and make sure each student has 1 or 2 colored pencils. Shade in the slope triangles with students as shown below. 1.
STEM Projects National STEM Centre With over 6,000 individual teaching resources, the eLibrary includes contemporary print, multimedia, and practical resources, alongside an archive collection that showcases several decades of curriculum development. From quizzes to fact-sheets to lesson plans to videos and flash animations, the eLibrary is a great place to get inspiration for your STEM teaching Suffolk Maths. Go here for a list of projects ie. Stand Alone Projects. This is about 2 or so week’s worth of project work that looks at issues connected to transport and greener ways to travel. Mission to Mars - This resource was funded by the Spacelink Learning Foundation and written by Sheffield Hallam University. The resource is based around the Beagle 2 mission to Mars. Suggested Homeworks. · One of the nrich activities. · Look at labels on food and convert % into fraction and decimals in terms of ingredients.
An Interview with Grant Wiggins: The Power of Backwards Design When Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe wrote Understanding by Design (UbD) they did what no other educator had ever accomplished. They unequivocally cast assessment in the central role of teaching and learning by making the forceful argument that testing should not be the afterthought of instruction, but the central point of instruction. After all, how do we know students have learned anything after we have taught them if we don't assess them on what we hope they have learned? Since Dr. Wiggins helped Dr. As a result, I had a very encouraging chat with Dr. Edutopia: Dr. Grant Wiggins: Elementary teachers seem to do a much better job of this than secondary. Edutopia: What are some ways to get around that difficulty? Grant Wiggins: Some high school teachers use Socratic Seminars to provide students with feedback on their thinking and literacy -- similar to an athletic coach that has to stand on the sidelines while the athletes perform. Grant Wiggins: That is an insightful question.
50 Important Links for Common Core Educators Educators across the nation are working hard this summer to begin developing updated curricula that will fit into the new Common Core State Standards, which will be fully applied in 45 U.S. states (Texas, Alaska, Nebraska, Virginia, and Minnesota have opted out of statewide participation) by 2015. Yet despite the hubbub about the new standards, which were created as a means of better equipping students with the knowledge they need to be competitive in the modern world, many teachers still have a lot of unanswered questions about what Common Core will mean for them, their students, and their schools. Luckily, the Internet abounds with helpful resources that can explain the intricacies of Common Core, offer resources for curriculum development, and even let teachers keep up with the latest news on the subject. We’ve collected just a few of those great resources here, which are essential reads for any K-12 educator in a Common Core-adopting state. Groups and Organizations Useful Resources
Formative Assessment Lessons (beta) Read more about the purpose of the MAP Classroom Challenges… Mathematical goals This lesson unit is intended to help students to: Add and subtract directed numbers (positive, negative and zero) with understanding.Address common misconceptions about the addition and subtraction of directed numbers.Explain their reasoning using diagrams. Introduction This lesson unit is structured in the following way: Before the lesson, students work individually on an assessment task designed to reveal their current understanding. Materials required Each student will need a mini-whiteboard, pen and eraser, some blank paper and copies of the assessment tasks Directed Numbers and Directed Numbers (Revisited). Time needed 15 minutes before the lesson, a 90-minute lesson and 15 minutes in a subsequent lesson, or for homework. A draft Brief Guide for teachers and administrators (PDF) is now available, and is recommended for anybody using the MAP Classroom Challenges for the first time.
The Best Resources On Differentiating Instruction My colleague Katie Hull-Sypnieski is leading a February 1st Education Week Webinar on differentiating instruction, and I would strongly encourage people to participate. Katie’s the best teacher I’ve ever seen…. In addition, Katie and I have co-authored a piece for Education Week Teacher on the topic that will be appearing there soon (it’s appeared: The Five By Five Approach To Differentiation Success), and an upcoming post in my blog there will be talking about it, too (that two part series has also appeared). I also did a second two-part series in Ed Week on differentiation. Also, check out The Best “Fair Isn’t Equal” Visualizations. Given all that, a “The Best…” post was inevitable, and here it is. Here are my choices for The Best Resources On Differentiating Instruction: The Best Places To Get The “Same” Text Written For Different “Levels” Busting Myths about Differentiated Instruction is by Rick Wormeli. Reconcilable Differences? Deciding to Teach Them All is by Carol Ann Tomlinson.
Questioning My Metacognition | Trying to be a better teacher CSU NGSS community: Science and Literacy Learning Web Resources in STEM Education-Examples Created by CSU Faculty Dr. Ivan Cheng, Department of Secondary Education, CSU Northridge This site contains archived presentations by Ivan Cheng from recent California Mathematics Council (CMC) meetings. Click Here to view Dr. Responsive Teaching in Science Dr. Responsive Teaching refers to the practices of attending and responding to the substance of students' thinking. "Surveys Fail to Measure Grasp of Scientific Practice" Dr. Dr. There is debate in the science education literature about how best to improve students' understanding of the nature of science: Can an "immersion" experience in the process of doing science like scientists outperform explicit instruction on the nature of science? Physics Education Research Conference 2012, Philadelphia, PA: August 1-2, 2012 Volume 1513, Pages 362-365 Web Resources in STEM Education-Examples Recommended by CSU Faculty Dr. Inside Mathematics: Classroom Video Visits Chicago Lesson Study Group NGSS Webinar Links