Mathematics Technology Lesson Plan

NTeQ Lesson Plan

Project Title: Developing Time Management

Unit Topic: Statistics and Data Collection

Grade Level: High School (9th-12th)

Overview: Students all over the world seem to battle with time management. Many students are involved in extra-curricular activities, or they work while they attend school. Therefore, they not only have the burden of the everyday school assignments, they have several responsibilities outside of school itself. This project will allow students to communicate with students from other tellecollaborating classrooms to discuss the issue of expectations versus time and create a project on their data. This project will provide the opportunity to research topics on how our lifestyles affect our health. Another important aspect of this project is to propose ideas for why we are so constricted by time and if our time constraints have changed over the years. The project will take three weeks to complete and it will address content in mathematics, health, history, and language arts.

The students will be responsible for developing their own questions in the survey they will conduct. The surveys will need to be word processed. They will survey a variety of people asking fellow students how much time they spend various activities each day. The students will then classify the information into categories they feel are important. These categories can be discussed with the tellecollaborating classrooms for further input. Once they have collected sufficient data they will present the information on a spreadsheet through a program like Microsoft Excel. After analyzing the data the students will research the information they found through resources such as the library and/or Internet. Once the students have gained sufficient knowledge from their research they will need to develop a paper/presentation on the effects of time constraints and how it has changed through out the years. They can begin by organizing their ideas using concept map software. In displaying the data the student will have the opportunity to develop a PowerPoint presentation.

Objectives:

Students will be able to:

* Collect data and present ideas that support the data.

* Present the data in the form of a spreadsheet.

* Analyze data to support and draw conclusions.

* Classify information.

* Identify ways to collect information.

* Express data and interpretation of data in a presentation.

* Expand their understanding of mathematics in real world settings.

* Understand and interpret graphs and charts.

Benchmarks/Standards:

Patterns, Relationships and Functions

(Strand I, Standard I, and Benchmark II)

Analyze, interpret and translate among representations of patterns including tables, charts, graphs, matrices and vectors.

Patterns, Relationships and Functions

(Strand I, Standard I, Benchmark III)

Study and employ mathematical models of patterns to make inferences, predictions and decisions.

Patterns, Relationships and Functions

(Strand I, Standard I, Benchmark IV)

Use patterns and reasoning to solve problems and explore new content.

Data Analysis and Statistics

(Strand III, Standard I, Benchmark I)

Collect and explore data through observation, measurement, surveys, sampling techniques and simulations.

Data Analysis and Statistics

(Strand III, Standard I, Benchmark II)

Organize data using tables, charts, graphs, spreadsheets and data bases.

Data Analysis and Statistics

(Strand III, Standard I, Benchmark IV)

Identify what data are needed to answer a particular question or solve a given problem and design and implement strategies to obtain, organize and present those data.

Data Analysis and Statistics

(Strand III, Standard II, Benchmark III)

Use the data and their characteristics to draw and support conclusions.

Data Analysis and Statistics

(Strand III, Standard II, Benchmark V)

Formulate questions and problems and gather and interpret data to answer those questions.

Data Analysis and Statistics

(Strand III, Standard III, Benchmark III)

Formulate and communicate arguments and conclusions based on data and evaluate their arguments and those of others.

Prior Knowledge:

Students will have worked on the following mathematical skills:

* Reading data from a chart, graph, and spreadsheet.

* Exploring patterns and describing mathematical relationships.

* Classifying information into categories and groups based on similar properties.

* Formulating and supporting arguments based on statistical data.

Students will have performed the following tasks with technological devices:

* Found sources of information by using a search engine via the Internet.

* Exchanged and responded to email messages from teacher and fellow students.

* Word