Creative Curriculum with Cardboard

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Creative Curriculum with Cardboard
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What do you do with all those Freshmen?

• Tuesday, April 27th
• Wednesday, April 28th
• Friday, April 30th
• How do you get them to take the TAKS test
  seriously when they know it does not
• COUNT???

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Master Plan

• Two groups
• 1. Construction crew (3½ hours)
• 2. Tutoring Cycle (3 hrs ½ hr lunch)
• Lecture
• Scavenger Hunt
• PE

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Schedule

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Tutoring Two day activity

• Tuesday, April 28, 2009
• Lesson Experimental vs. Theoretical Probability
• Group students into teams of 3 to 4
• Students will conduct experiment with coin
  (First)
• Students will conduct experiment with deck of
  cards (Second)
• Each group will construct a bar graph comparing
  the outcome of their experiment (experimental
  probability) to the theoretical probability.
• Group Presentations
• Reflection

• Wednesday, April 29, 2008
• Lesson Volume Scavenger Hunt
• Group students into teams of 3 to 4
• Each team will have a different starting point
• Teams will be given a specified amount of time to
  answer posted question
• Students will be cued to rotate to the next
  question which will be determined by their
  solution
• 10 rotations will be needed to complete the
  process
• If each team has answered all questions correctly
  that should end their rotation at the question in
  which they began the scavenger hunt
• Discuss solutions to each question specifically
  those of difficulty for students

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Experimental Vs. Theoretical Probability Students
will be in groups of three or four. They will
need to help each other to conduct the coin
flipping and card pulling experiment. Groups will
record the results in the worksheet and create a
bar graph for their experiment results.

• Answer the following questions
• Explain in your own words the meaning of
  probability?
• Compare and contrast theoretical and experimental
  probability.
• Based on the data results, what conjectures can
  be made regarding theoretical and experimental
  probability.

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• Answer the following questions
• Explain in your own words the meaning of
  probability?
• Compare and contrast theoretical and experimental
  probability.
• Based on the data results, what conjectures can
  be made regarding theoretical and experimental
  probability.

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9th, 10th, and EXIT Level Mathematics Formula
Chart Scavenger Hunt
Give the formula or formulas that would be used
in the given situations
1.To find the middle of a line segment. 2.
To find the amount of fencing needed for a
circular garden 3. To find the amount of
fencing needed to make a triangular garden. 4.
To find the capacity of a swimming pool in the
shape of a rectangular prism. 5. To find the
length of a side of a right triangle. 6. To
find how far it is between two points in the
coordinate plane.
7. To find the number of square units of paper
needed to make the label on a can of food. 8.
To find the surface area of a net made up of
rectangles and trapezoids. 9. To find the slope
between (-2, 5) and (13, -8). 10. To find out
how much interest is earned in a savings
account. 11. To find the amount of material
needed to make a tablecloth for a circular
table. 12. To find out how much liquid a paper
cup in the shape of a cone will hold.
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• 13. To write the equation of a line given m -3
  and passing through (4, 5)
• 14. To find the amount of floor border to use
  around this classroom.
• 15. 6.3 yd ______________________ in
• 16. 2.5 gal _____________________ oz
• 17. 2536 ml _____________________ l
• 18. 15840 ft _____________________ mi
• 19. 8.25 ft _______________________ in
• 20. 3 days _______________________ sec
• TELL WHAT THE FOLLOWING LETTERS REPRESENT IN THE
  FORMULA.
• 21. B in V Bh
• 22. p in I prt
• 23. l in S rl
• 24. h in S 2 rh

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Calculator Tips

• This session was performed in a large classroom
  with one math teacher, and other content teachers
  facilitating.
• Each student was given a calculator to follow
  along with the demonstration from an
  overhead/smartboard

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Test Taking Skills

• Students were given tips on how to eliminate
  answers based on key math words such as decrease
  means there will be subtraction in solution.
• Pick a letter of the day.
• Mark booklet first then copy to answer sheet, not
  skipping any problems

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Boxcar Derby
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Dragon Cardboard Car Derby Cardboard
Each car needs between 150 200 sq. ft. Large
pieces ( 5 - 4 ft. x 8 ft.
sheets ) Wooden axels - 1(3/8) dowels that
are 32 inches long. Only 2 per car. Duct Tape
5 rolls Different colors of duct tape or
electrical tape for decoration and numbers.
(students can provide) No Paint Gym Check with
coaches or use the practice gym Seniors - Use to
pass out material and clean up. (Helpful if they
were shop savvy) Shop teachers - Use the Drill
press or Hand drills with paddle bits to drill
axel holes in the
wheels (students must spot the center ) Cutting
Teachers do the cutting with the box cutters on
plywood on a table - Students cut
with scissors - No cutting on gym
floor Teachers Monitoring Walking around the
gym floor keeping students focused After school
work Only one day after the TAKS testing is
complete Competition Day on Friday - Best Design,
Most Artistic, Fastest Fastest Length of Gym
(one student pushing one riding)
( one boy one girl ) Demolition Derby
(ten cars at a time )
( top 2 in each heat go to finals)
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• Construction
• Teams

TIP We actually found it better to have each
group check out axel when all 4 wheels were
produced
TIP Students need to brainstorm on ways to guide
the car prior to activity
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• Car _______
• Team Name ___________
• Your Name ____________
• CircleYour Alg I Teacher
• Patulea Garcia Bright
• Participation (20) _____ X ______
  ________
• Presentation (20) _____ X ______ ________
• Speed (20) _____ X ______
  ________
• Derby (20) _____ X ______
  ________
• Total Grade______
• First Place Multiplier is 1.75
• Second Place Multiplier is 1.50
• Third Place Multiplier is 1.25
• Notes
• If you are not finished with your car by
  Wednesday, you may stay after school Thursday to
  work.

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Alternatives

• If you have a swimming pool, you can make
  cardboard boats to race across the pool
• If you have a stadium, you can make cardboard,
  weight bearing airplanes

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Data

• No referrals during the three days
• Only 23 out of 409 students did not receive a
  effort reward ticket to participate in derby
• Attendance was up for all four days
• Over 85 of freshmen showed improvement in
  measurement Obj 8