Click here for discover-a-relationship miniexperiment. Click here for the discover-a-relationship miniexperiment for our in-class lesson presentation. Click here for the EDITED discover-a-relationship miniexperiment for our in-class lesson presentation.
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The following attachments are for the Discover-a-Relationship lesson that our group presented in class: Click here for lesson plan notes. Click here for tasksheet. Click here for reflection worksheet (tasksheet 2). Click here for mini-experiment.
Based on comments and suggestions in class and from Emina/Amanda, the following are the parts of the group lesson plan that I have edited:
*Emina, I see what you mean about the definition of a variable, and how that could be a problem with this lesson plan since the values of the coins are not variables but are already determined. However, I don't think this lesson is a bad way to introduce this concept as long as we make sure to point this out and reiterate the idea of a variable/show other examples after the worksheet has been completed. Please also note the changes I made to the miniexperiment as I think that they address this issue. I also understand your point about the balance scale problem on the reflection worksheet, and I agree that it was a little bit inconsistent with our lesson and could be confusing to students. I have modified it and think that it better fits the objective of our lesson now.