My Design Idea

Implementing some of the things that we are learning in class has been quite fun.  I actually do most of my lesson planning while driving in the car.  My project today was to come up with a fun way to implement solving proportions, using a technology, and try to follow the desing process.

ACTS

• So, my authentic problem was for the student to create a big giant or a little giant that was proportional to the people on this planet.  It's not real, but it the concept is there.
• The outcome is that the students have a drawing that their group creates.  On their drawing they are to label the dimensions that would help define how big their giant is.  (foot size, height.....)
• The thinking skills involved are that they need to find the best dimensions that would help describe the size of their giant.  Why did they choose those dimensions?  How did they come to their conclusions?
• I used a math engine called Wolfram Alpha. 

 SSCC

• In the SSCC face that the students are held accountable for they had to use the search engine to get the correct data.  They must type in what it is exactly that they are looking for.
• Once this occurs, the engine produces a massive amount of statistics based on the parameters given.  They need to sort through this data and figure out which is most suitable for their project.
• They are to create a drawing with dimensions that will help display their findings.
• Finally, the student communicates the dimensions of their data through mathematical equations that they've set up as a group.  Showing the work that they are using will in turn verify their results.