Tau Beta Pi MindSET

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Tau Beta Pi MindSET
UF GatorTRAX
What Makes A Module?
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AlgebraWorks Module (Grades 3-6)

• Patterns, Inequalities and Equations

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What Is a Module?

• A module is a standalone set of everything needed
  to complete a MindSET educational activity

• Objectives
• Presentation
• Worksheets
• Teacher solutions
• Materials list
• Suggestions

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Getting Started

• Our goal is to teach concepts in MATH
• Identify a target age group
• Look at what is already available
• MindSET modules, AlgebraWorks, Algeblocks, etc.
• Identify a concept or set of concepts to be
  taught
• Use available course curricula

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Sunshine State StandardsGrades 3-8

• Grades 3-5
• Understand and apply multiplication and division
• Understand fractions and fraction equivalence
• Properties of two-dimensional shapes
• Connect fractions with decimals
• Describe and analyze two- and three-dimensional
  shapes
• Grades 6-8
• Understand multiplication and division with
  fractions and decimals
• Use ratios and rates with multiplication and
  divisions
• Write, interpret, and use mathematical
  expressions and equations
• Understand proportionality and similarity
• Understand equations involving rational numbers
• Solve linear equations
• Analyze and solve linear functions

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Sunshine State StandardsGrades 3-8

• Grades 3-5
• Understand and apply multiplication and division
• Understand fractions and fraction equivalence
• Properties of two-dimensional shapes
• Connect fractions with decimals
• Describe and analyze two- and three-dimensional
  shapes
• Grades 6-8
• Understand multiplication and division with
  fractions and decimals
• Use ratios and rates with multiplication and
  divisions
• Write, interpret, and use mathematical
  expressions and equations
• Understand proportionality and similarity
• Understand equations involving rational numbers
• Solve linear equations
• Analyze and solve linear functions

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Teaching About Functions

• Every function has a rule, i.e. f(x) 2x 3
• Understand concept of
• input ? transformation ? output
• Every transformation follows that functions rule
• We must identify and apply that rule to various
  inputs

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Teaching About Functions

• Teach students how to identify a pattern
• Use patterns of shapes
• Teach students how to relate a pattern to the
  rule of a function
• Use patterns of numbers
• Teach students how to predict future outputs of a
  function once they know the rule
• IN / OUT tables

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Pointers

• Never underestimate the kids
• Maximize number of volunteers
• Use all available resources
• Teacher resources
• Modules made by other TBP chapters
• Input from other societies
• Keep it cheap and reusable
• Kids break things

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Advantages of Outsourcing

• Advantages to you
• Publicity on campus
• More sources of creative input
• More volunteers at events
• More time for expansion

• Advantages to them
• Publicity in community
• Service event related to engineering
• More kids than they could get
• Little or no expense
• Partial ownership of final product

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Questions?

• GatorTRAX Website
• http//www.ufgatortrax.com
• Contact Info
• Dan Duncan
• ufgatortrax_at_gmail.com