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Hi everyone... sorry I have not been writing.  Well, I have exciting news... not too exciting (so don't get your hopes up) but somewhat exciting.  In my other education class (Elementary School math) we are devloping lesson plans as our final project and I am using Thinkfinity.com (a website we learned about in my Technology for Educators class) to help me with the lesson plans.  We are going to do something down the line of these lesson plans:

Subject Area: Mathematics




Grade Level: 8th grade



Unit Title: Intro to Discrete Mathematics



Lesson Title:



Performance Objectives: Upon completion of this lesson, the student will be able to identify the difference between a path and a circuit, identify the edges, vertices and order of the vertices as well as acquiring general knowledge of how discrete math is used in real world situations.



Materials: Student participation, desks, construction paper props



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Preparation: Since this is an introduction to a new topic we will not be reviewing any information before starting. Before class begins we will arrange the desks into pathways that will serve as streets in our city. We will explain to the students that first we will do a hands on activity that will require their participation and then move on to a more in depth explanation.



Application: We will begin by presenting the students with our city and explain how the desks are arranged into streets. We will then pose the question, “It is your day off but unfortunately you have a lot of errands to run. You want to finish your errands and get home as quickly as possible. This means that you will want to stop at each of these buildings (two teachers will point out the construction paper buildings within the streets of our city) but only go down each road once. You do not want to back-track. Is it possible to start at your house, run your errands without backtracking and end back at your house again? We will then invite students to take a walk through the city to try to find a way to make a complete Euler circuit. (Identify activities to be used to engage students in the use of the presented material. Why is the content relevant to the students and how will they use it?)



Evaluation: (Explain how students will be checked for their understanding of the presented material and mastery of skills. How will you monitor students’ progress?)



Closure: (What method of review will be used to complete the lesson?)



Student Work: (homework, seatwork, small group activities; students should be able to complete this independently so that you know whether they achieved mastery or need remediation.)



What is the next topic?



(Keeler, 2006) modified

What do you think?????