Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Math 7 (Class 171)
Lesson Title
Investigation 1: Making Comparisons
Overview
In today’s class students conduct a quick survey of students in the class to determine how many students prefer watching TV to using the Internet in the evening. They then are asked to write statements similar to those we have been analyzing using the data from the class.
Textbook Sections
Problem 1.2 (Txt. p. 7) Targeting an Audience
Vocabulary
similar
corresponding sides
corresponding angles
segment
ratio
perimeter
Key Attitudes
Willingness to work as a group to help meet individual and group goals.
Enduring Understandings
Changes in various parameters have specific effects on graphs of parent functions in the coordinate plane.
Essential Question
What makes an estimate reasonable?
What makes an answer exact?
What makes a strategy both effective and efficient?
What makes a solution optimal?
Key Knowledge
Ratios can be used to make a comparison.
Key Skills
I can solve contextual problems using ratios, rates, or percents and verify the reasonableness of the solution.
I can determine if a given statement accurately represents data from a survey.
Turn-In (#-1)
Final Draft of Dividing Fractions How and Why Due Friday, June 4.
Work for 20 minutes to finish a much as possible on the “Integer Bars” opener
Handouts
No Handouts Posted
Assignment
No Homework
Final Draft of Dividing Fractions How and Why Due Friday, June 4.
Disclaimer- The assignment as stated in class is the official assignment. Every effort is made to keep this posting accurate, but you should refer to what was stated in class as the final word.
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