For your hook, consider introducing the olympic question. Have students maybe try to solve it via trial and error and see how difficult it is. This will get them into the lesson and curious for an easier way to solve it.
- Use Olympic as hook - Instead of standing at the front of the class to review substitution and elimination have the students attempt the Olympic problem using those methods (T-P-S) and they will see how long it takes (if they can even do it), that can be your intro to matrices - Really cool Olympics idea - The relay needs more thought because I think that the idea is awesome but you have to take into account the students that will struggle
For the hook, I think using the theme of the winter Olympic is a great idea. It will work well for building up to the rest of the lesson. I think it would be good if you could include clicker activity or TEDEd module lesson. The rest of your lesson is good.
- Like the matrix bobsled example - Maybe just make sure that students have a full understanding of basic matrix operations beforehand. - I really like the idea of starting an example problem at the beginning and learning how to solve it as the class goes on
The olympic question is a really good idea. The concept of matrices is one that is often difficult for students to grasp (since it is usually introduced at the very end of grd 12 calculus, and is a fairly new concept to them), so making it relevant is a great way to hook the students.
I like that you picked the Olympics theme, it's relevant to worldly events coming up, and it will keep students focused. I also like your bobsled activity.
- I didn’t think there could be applications for simplifying matrices, but good for you for coming up with the Olympic example. - the Bobsled activity is really well done. You’ve incorporated group work, peer feedback, and collaborative learning, which is excellent.
- Like the use of relating it to the Olympics/ current event - The bobsled activity is a great way to assess which students are not grasping the concept. - There should be a follow up activity after the bobsled one that allows each student to answer a problem, to allow each student to have more practice with the concept.
The Olympic themed questions are really cool, this is a good application to what can otherwise be a dry topic. You also do a good job of introducing disequilibrium (like we talked about in Physics!) from which students are more motivated to learn a new concept.
- Students may need additional practice - Careful is students don't bring headphones (i.e. bring extras like Robin does) - I like the names of your activities and the incorporation of the Olympics - Great amount of technology
I like the idea of letting them struggle through the Olympic problem at the start. It would engage them and make them appreciate there is a much better way to attain a solution.
I really like how you incorporated Olympics into the lesson, I really couldn't think of a real-world application at all for this topic when I was teaching it. Also, it's a great idea to have the students 'struggle' a little with it and then tell them there is a way to solving these. Module was also great to get the students to have some understanding before starting the lesson.
I think you should have 4 questions for the group work, so students aren't just sitting around waiting for that paper to come back. Students will have exposure to 4 different questions and would have to figure out what's happening and do different row-reductions.
- In case students do their homework you may want to be prepared to review the homework in a little more detail before you begin the lesson - Clicker questions are a great idea for a fun and inclusive classroom - Great idea for a bobsled activity and it is a great opportunity to continue circulating and assess the students knowledge
- Starting with a basic 2 variable question is good to see if they at least understand substitution and elimination; showing that larger systems are tougher - I think you should solve the same 2 variable question and show how they will come to the same result - I wasn't here for the presentation, but I'll assume the bobsled consolidation is a team event where they got to collaborate to solve a problem. Works.
For your hook, consider introducing the olympic question. Have students maybe try to solve it via trial and error and see how difficult it is. This will get them into the lesson and curious for an easier way to solve it.
ReplyDelete- Use Olympic as hook
ReplyDelete- Instead of standing at the front of the class to review substitution and elimination have the students attempt the Olympic problem using those methods (T-P-S) and they will see how long it takes (if they can even do it), that can be your intro to matrices
- Really cool Olympics idea
- The relay needs more thought because I think that the idea is awesome but you have to take into account the students that will struggle
For the hook, I think using the theme of the winter Olympic is a great idea. It will work well for building up to the rest of the lesson. I think it would be good if you could include clicker activity or TEDEd module lesson. The rest of your lesson is good.
ReplyDelete- Like the matrix bobsled example
ReplyDelete- Maybe just make sure that students have a full understanding of basic matrix operations beforehand.
- I really like the idea of starting an example problem at the beginning and learning how to solve it as the class goes on
The olympic question is a really good idea. The concept of matrices is one that is often difficult for students to grasp (since it is usually introduced at the very end of grd 12 calculus, and is a fairly new concept to them), so making it relevant is a great way to hook the students.
ReplyDeleteI like that you picked the Olympics theme, it's relevant to worldly events coming up, and it will keep students focused. I also like your bobsled activity.
ReplyDelete- I didn’t think there could be applications for simplifying matrices, but good for you for coming up with the Olympic example.
ReplyDelete- the Bobsled activity is really well done. You’ve incorporated group work, peer feedback, and collaborative learning, which is excellent.
- Like the use of relating it to the Olympics/ current event
ReplyDelete- The bobsled activity is a great way to assess which students are not grasping the concept.
- There should be a follow up activity after the bobsled one that allows each student to answer a problem, to allow each student to have more practice with the concept.
The Olympic themed questions are really cool, this is a good application to what can otherwise be a dry topic. You also do a good job of introducing disequilibrium (like we talked about in Physics!) from which students are more motivated to learn a new concept.
ReplyDelete- Students may need additional practice
ReplyDelete- Careful is students don't bring headphones (i.e. bring extras like Robin does)
- I like the names of your activities and the incorporation of the Olympics
- Great amount of technology
I like the Olympic example rather than just a random system of equations. Go bobsled activity ( good way to live up the work after lesson).
ReplyDelete- I like the Olympics example. It ties it to real world and shows students the usefulness of the concept
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of letting them struggle through the Olympic problem at the start. It would engage them and make them appreciate there is a much better way to attain a solution.
ReplyDeleteYou incorporated technology very nicely into this lesson. I really like the Olympic activity. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI really like how you incorporated Olympics into the lesson, I really couldn't think of a real-world application at all for this topic when I was teaching it. Also, it's a great idea to have the students 'struggle' a little with it and then tell them there is a way to solving these. Module was also great to get the students to have some understanding before starting the lesson.
ReplyDeleteI think you should have 4 questions for the group work, so students aren't just sitting around waiting for that paper to come back. Students will have exposure to 4 different questions and would have to figure out what's happening and do different row-reductions.
- In case students do their homework you may want to be prepared to review the homework in a little more detail before you begin the lesson
ReplyDelete- Clicker questions are a great idea for a fun and inclusive classroom
- Great idea for a bobsled activity and it is a great opportunity to continue circulating and assess the students knowledge
- Starting with a basic 2 variable question is good to see if they at least understand substitution and elimination; showing that larger systems are tougher
ReplyDelete- I think you should solve the same 2 variable question and show how they will come to the same result
- I wasn't here for the presentation, but I'll assume the bobsled consolidation is a team event where they got to collaborate to solve a problem. Works.