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Innovative 5E Middle School Math Lessons to Engage and Interest Students. Maria Benzon mbbenzon@uh.edu. T 3 International Conference Las Vegas, NV March 7, 2014. Session Objectives. Agenda. Introductions (10 min) E1 The 5E Model + “Tracked” Activities (5 min) E2
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Innovative 5E Middle School Math Lessons to Engage and Interest Students Maria Benzon mbbenzon@uh.edu T3 International Conference Las Vegas, NV March 7, 2014
Agenda • Introductions (10 min) • E1 • The 5E Model + “Tracked” Activities (5 min) • E2 • Zombies – Exponential Growth & Decay (15 min) • Superheroes – Dilations (15 min) • Toy Story – Slope & Rate of Change (15 min) • E3 • Likes, Wishes & Wonders • E4 • Generate Engaging and Interesting Lessons from Media • Q&A
Introductions • Name • School/Organization • Grade Level & Subject • What you do to de-stress
What are the 5Es? Engage Explore Explain Erase Evaluate Ethics Extend Evolve Enumerate Elaborate Energize Emulate Excite Entertain Elevate
The 5E Model + “Tracked” Activities • Engage • Explore • Explain • Elaborate • Struggling • Regular • Advanced • NOT: More practice • Struggling • More hands-on experiences • Connecting concrete to abstract • Regular • Good follow-up activity to deepen the conceptual understanding • Advanced • High School • More complex
Sample Lessons • Interrogating Data by Random Sampling • One Year Makes a Differences • Long Run • One and One Equals Win • Exploring Bivariate Data • Lines of Fit • Say It with a Survey • Linear Modeling
Student Activity (DOC or PDF) Teacher Notes (PDF) Nspire Activity (TNS)