1' The Question

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1. The Question

• How is math
• important to
• your future?

Graphics Microsoft Office Online
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Lesson designed by Sue Henderlong Fall 2007
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2. The Task

• Why do you need to
• remember math
• concepts after the
• test is over?
• When will you ever
• use math in your life
• outside of school?

http//www.math.harvard.edu/knill/mathmovies/swf/
maandpakettleaddition.html
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3. The Student Activity
Pick 2 careers that interest you. Use the
following websites to help determine how math
will apply to these career choices.
http//www.mathguide.com/issues/whymath.html6 h
ttp//www.yahoo.com/ (type in career
choice) www.google.com (type in career
choice) http//www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/Math97/lan
caree.html http//www.math.ucdavis.edu/kouba/Mat
hJobs.html http//www.cln.org/themes/careers_math
.html
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4. Assessment

• You will be writing a four paragraph essay. Two
  paragraphs will describe how math applies to the
  two career choices that you made. The last two
  paragraphs, will  describe at least four
  different ways that math applies to the daily,
  weekly, and/or monthly operations of your
  home.    

How will I be graded on my essay?
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5. Rubric
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6. Taking a deeper look at the importance of
math in your life

• Students often ask, Why do I need to learn
  this? or When will I ever use this?
• Use the following links to learn more about why
  you need math and how math will have an important
  impact on your future successes.
• http//mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.why.math.html
  
• http//www.mathguide.com/issues/whymath.html

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7. Standards Benchmarks

• Language Arts
• Content Standard 2 All students will
  demonstrate the ability to write clear and
  grammatically correct sentences, paragraphs, and
  compositions.
• 1. Write fluently for multiple purposes to
  produce compositions, such as stories, reports,
  letters, plays, and explanations of processes.
• Content Standard 10 All students will apply
  knowledge, ideas, and issues drawn from texts to
  their lives and the lives of others.
• 1. Make connections between key ideas in
  literature and other texts and their own lives.
• Content Standard 11 All students will define
  and investigate important issues and problems
  using a variety of resources, including
  technology, to explore and create texts.
• 3. Organize and interpret information to draw
  conclusions based on the investigation of an
  issue or problem.
• Math
• Content Standard 3 Students investigate
  relationships such as equality, inequality,
  inverses, factors and multiples, and represent
  and compare very large and very small numbers
  (number relationships.)
• 5. Apply their understanding of number
  relationships in solving problems.
• Technology
• 5-1. Students use technology to locate,
  evaluate, and collect information from a variety
  of sources.
• 6-1. Students use technology resources for
  solving problems and making informed decisions.

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8. Teacher Tips

• This lesson can be adapted for grades 6th
  through 8th. Before you start the lesson, open
  the floor up for a discussion by asking students
  if they think math is important. Why or why not?
  What math concepts or skills might they need in
  later life if any?

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9. Bibliography

• Citations for URLs
• http//www.mathguide.com/issues/whymath.html6
• http//www.yahoo.com/
• www.google.com
• http//www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/Math97/lancaree.htm
  l
• http//www.math.ucdavis.edu/kouba/MathJobs.html
• http//www.cln.org/themes/careers_math.html
• http//www2.oakland.edu/users/campbell

• Citations for Graphics/video
• http//www.math.harvard.edu/knill/mathmovies/swf/
  maandpakettleaddition.html
• Microsoft office online
• www.Classroomclipart.com
• http//www.animationlibrary.com/animation_download
  /29525/

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