All sorts of wonderful things can be said of Mary Bourassa's Which One Doesn't Belong. This year I've started incorporating it for new families of functions in Algebra 1. We have great 10 minute discussions about how each of the options could be thought of as not belonging to the group.
In light of these brilliant compare and contrast sessions we have throughout the year, I plan to attempt a review project having students create their own WODB for different families of functions.
Here's the plan:
In light of these brilliant compare and contrast sessions we have throughout the year, I plan to attempt a review project having students create their own WODB for different families of functions.
Here's the plan:
- Groups of 3 or 4
- Big honking whiteboards and classroom set of graphing TI-84s (not a one-to-one school)
- Handouts for notes with simple directions.
- Do a quick little wodb based on shapes. It doesn't really matter--just pick one. The idea here is to prime the pump for compare and contrast ideas.
- In groups, students pick 3 of the five types of families of functions we've looked at this year and create their own wodb for each family of function. Each of the four boxes needs both a graph and an equation. I need to know students can make connections between representations.
Here's my handout. The file is linked below.
| 14_project_-_families_of_functions_-_which_one_doesnt_belong.docx |
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