Teresa Watson


Lesson Plan Summary #1: Polygon Capture
June 22, 2009, 12:12 pm
Filed under: Summaries/Reviews

 Polygon Capture:

“In this lesson, students classify polygons according to more than one property at a time. In the context of a game, students move from a simple description of shapes to an analysis of how properties are related. This lesson was adapted from an article which appeared in the October, 1998 edition of Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School.”
  Learning Objectives
  “Students will:

  • precisely describe, classify, and understand relationships among types of two- and three-dimensional objects using their defining properties
  • create and critique inductive arguments concerning geometric ideas and relationships
  • progress from description to analysis of geometric shapes and their properties”

Link:  http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/middle-school-math-science/2008/10/27/lets-talk-teaching-games-in-math-class/

**This looks like SO much fun!
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Teresa,
This lesson does seem like it would be fun. Making math fun! Yea!!

Comment by klhardee June 23, 2009 @ 8:31 pm
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I think we all need a little bit of fun in the classroom. Remember those teachers who never did? They seemed like big grouches. I don’t want to be a grouch.

Comment by watsonta June 24, 2009 @ 8:29 am
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