Smart Board Activity
Smart Board Interactive Lesson: This is a short SMART Board interactive lesson for my geometry students, grades 9 and 10. This covers Geometry SOL G.3 d), which involves transformations. Students will be asked to identify and produce different isometric transformations.
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Mini Project One: Talking Avatar
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In selecting this project, I had a few problems which were easily resolved, thankfully. A word of advice to whoever chooses to use Voki to create an avatar: the free ones are the avatars without the motor board icon on it. I did not realize this when first trying to complete the project, and I was a little frustrated when it wouldn't allow me to publish the avatar I created. Hence, the cat (which is free).
I love the concept of a talking avatar. It is something interesting and different, which will certainly grab a student's attention! I was a little disappointed at how limited the talking time is (one minute, or about 200 characters of text). I would certainly love to experiment some more and get creative with these limitations. In this project, I chose a topic which most high school geometry students have some knowledge of: quadrilaterals. The avatar serves as an introduction which will lead into a warm up where students will give information they already know about quadrilaterals.
While I may not use this often in my own lessons, I think this is a great tool to keep students engaged and interested.
I love the concept of a talking avatar. It is something interesting and different, which will certainly grab a student's attention! I was a little disappointed at how limited the talking time is (one minute, or about 200 characters of text). I would certainly love to experiment some more and get creative with these limitations. In this project, I chose a topic which most high school geometry students have some knowledge of: quadrilaterals. The avatar serves as an introduction which will lead into a warm up where students will give information they already know about quadrilaterals.
While I may not use this often in my own lessons, I think this is a great tool to keep students engaged and interested.
Mini Project 2: Google Trek
Follow me as I take you to buildings with geometric significance around the world. This is just a glimpse of some of the architecture that highlights some cool geometric shapes. When students ask, "When will I ever use this?" just show them some of the places where geometry has been used and is seen regularly! After all, geometry is the study of the measurements of the earth!
Copy and paste this link to see the map.
https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zhQmTu0Zl0e4.kVH2sveNqfyk
Copy and paste this link to see the map.
https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zhQmTu0Zl0e4.kVH2sveNqfyk
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File Size: | 41 kb |
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In creating this lesson, I wish for students to be exposed and thinking of how geometry is used in the real world. In making my own Google Trek, I had problems inserting links to my points on the map. I didn't see a way to add them in, aside from providing a URL to copy and paste, which I did not do. However, this concept can be broadened by including more topics, such as examples of geometry in nature, or narrowed by limiting the focus, such as ancient architecture. This is a great tool to peak a student's curiosity, especially if they want to find out more about how such a structure can be built.
Web Based Inquiry Lesson
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