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Big honking whiteboards are a must. Well, I like them at least. This was/is a MARS resource.
Changes for next year. Split both the handout and the slides so Task #2 and #3 are on separate pieces of paper and slides. Homework for each night is to revise solution methods.
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Mini-Golf
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We had some great discussions and solution methods about how to find where the point needs to hit the wall. I originally stole this from Fawn Nguyen.
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Circles and Triangles Task
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This was originally a MARS resource. After using it a couple of times, I cut out a lot of the supports and just hand students this:
Changes for next year:
I would split the above document into two separate documents. I use one task per day. Students finishing early started on the next task and I didn't want that. My reason for not wanting it--I want good classroom discussion and I want students to revise their solution processes. I would assign revising solution methods as homework. |