1 / 4

Middle school math lessons with hands-on activities

Enhance middle school math lessons with engaging hands-on activities. Make learning fun and effective for students.<br>

Fortunes2
Download Presentation

Middle school math lessons with hands-on activities

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Middleschoolmathlessonswithhands- onactivities Astandardlessononputtingliketermstogethercanbemademore interestingwithaprojectthatusesmathtilesandstop-motionvideos. Tohelpstudentslearnmoreandbemoreinterestedinmath,it's importanttoincludehands-onmultimediaactivitiesintheclassroom.At themiddleschoollevel,mathgetsincreasinglycomplex,so it'simportanttoshowkidshowthingsworkinawaytheycanunderstand. Therearemanywaysforteachersto helptheirstudentslearnto think critically.Forthislesson,wewantedtofindouthowusingmanipulativesandtechnology,likealgebratilesandstop-motionvideos, canhelpstudentslearnmathdifferentlyandkeeptheminterested. HANDS-ON,MULTISENSORYLEARNING Giventhebenefitsofphysicalmanipulativesandvideocreationinmath classes,wechosetousealgebratilesandstop-motionvideostocreatea learningactivitythatwouldencouragemiddleschoolstudentstousetheircriticalthinkingskillsandcreativity.Bydoingthis,wewereableto givestudentsafunplacetoworkontheirmathskillswhilealsopractisingimportant21st-centuryskillslikecommunication,teamwork, criticalthinking,andimagination. Researchhasshownthatusingphysicalmanipulatives,suchasalgebra tiles,tomodelequationsandformulascanimprovemathskillsandhelp studentsseehowtosolvemathproblems.Concretemodelsand manipulativeshelpmiddleschoolkidsunderstandabstractmathideas, likejoiningwords. Asteacherstrytoincludemorestudentsintheirlessons,makingvideos canbeausefulwaytohelpallstudentslearn.Ithasbeenshownthat lettingstudentscreatevideosinmathcanhelpthemdobetterinmath

  2. andreducetheirworryaboutmath.Usingvideoproduction,including stop-motionvideos,inthemathclassroomcanhelpstudentsbecome moreinterestedinandunderstandmathbetter. Themarketingforthemagazinestarts. TheResearchNewsletterisonaphonescreenheldbyahand. NEW! TheStudiesAreIn Getasneakpeekatournewmagazine,amonthlyroundupofresearch oneducationputtogetherbyourwritersandpresentedinaclear,short, andusefulway. Yes,pleasesignmeupforthenewsletter. THELESSON Forthistwo-daylesson,studentsworkedinsmallgroupstojointhesametermsandmakeanalgebraicstatementeasiertounderstand.After studentslearnhowtousealgebratiles,pleasegothroughtheplanning processandsimplifytheirexpression;theyareaskedtousealgebratiles andastop-motionmovietoshowhowtocombinelikewordstosimplify analgebraicexpression. DayOne:Studentslearnedtousemathblockstoshowagivenformula onthefirstday.Weusedaprocessbasedonquestionsandcuriosityto getstudentstousewhattheyalreadyknewandpracticeusingmathtiles torepresentalgebraicexpressions.Wethenaskedthemtomovethetiles tomakethewordeasiertounderstand. First,studentsdidtheirworkontheirown.Then,theycheckeditwitha partner.Thisgaveeverystudentachanceto thinkaboutthetaskandled totalksbetweenstudentsabouthowtheypicturedandthenreducedeach phrasetheteachergavethem.

  3. Attheendofdayone,weshowedthestudentsthismovietoshowthem howtouseStopMotionStudiotomaketheir"combiningliketerms" stop-motionvideos.Faithalsomadeasamplemovietoshowstudents howtheirendprojectscouldlook.Thiswasthehookfordaytwoand gotpeopletalkingabouthowslowthingsmoveinstop-motionmovies. Thenextday,studentsreturnedtoclassexcitedtomaketheirstop- motionmovies. WithpermissionfromJessicaHerring Algebratilesareusedtohelpstudentsworktogether. DayTwo:Thestudentswereputintogroupsofthreeorfourandgiven extendedexpressions,asetofmathtiles,andaplanningpaper.This graphicorganizerwasmadetohelpstudentsfigureouthowtosolve problemsanddeviseaclearplanfortheirstop-motionmoviesbefore theyweregivenaniPadtorecordthem. Afterstudentsworkedtogethertofinishtheplanningpaperandusemath tilestosimplifytheirexpression,theyweregivenaniPadandtoldtouse StopMotionStudiotoshowhowstreamliningworks. Studentscameupwithcreativewaystomaketheirstop-motionmovies. Forexample,onegroupanimatedinscissorsbysimplifyingtheir statementby"cuttingaway"themathtilestheynolongerneededinthe frame.Studentshadtodivideupjobs,solveproblems,andworktogetheronthisprojecttomakeasmoothvideowithsmallchanges betweenframes.Then,whenthemoviesweredone,weexportedthemasmovingGIFsthatwouldplayrepeatedly. Becausethestudentsweresomotivatedandinterested,mostgroups couldfinishtheirplanningpapersandmakefullstop-motionmoviesin justone50-minuteclass.Attheendof daytwo,studentsusedFlipto thinkaboutwhattheyhadlearnedindependently. STUDENTANDTEACHERTHOUGHTSANDFEELINGS

  4. OnFlip,thestudentswereaskedtoanswerthreequestions: Howdidthemathtileshelpyouputtogethersimilarwords? Whatworked? Whatareyouhavingtroublewith? Asexpected,manystudentssaidthatmathtileshelpedthemlearnand understandhowtocombineliketermsbecausetheycouldseeandtouch them.Onestudentsaid,"Algebratileshelpedmebecausetheyshowed mehowtoaddtheshapeandsubtractusingthecolour."Anotherstudent said,"AlgebratileshelpedmebecauseIcouldseewhatwasgoingon andmovethemaroundtohelpmeconcentratemore." IntheirFlipnotes,studentsalsotalkedabouthowthestop-motionmovie partofthelessonmadethemmoreinterested.Onestudentsaid,"Stop motionhelpedshowhowtosimplify,"andanothersaid,"Stopmotion madetheactivitymorefun." Makingstop-motionmoviesalsohelpedgroupslearnhowtoworkwell together.Onestudentsaidthathergroupwasabletosharetasksby makingthestop-motionmovietogether.Afterfinishingtheirmovie,her groupwatcheditagaintothinkaboutwhattheyhaddone. Fromtheoutside,itwasclearthatusingmathblocksandstop-motion movieshelpedstudentspayattentionandunderstandwhatwasbeing taught.Evenforkidswhodon'tusuallylikemath,therewasabuzzof excitementintheroomwhiletheyworked.Onestudentwhowashaving troublesaidinanswertotheFlipquestions,"Iloveddoingthisandwant todomore."

More Related