Lesson Overview: This activity could be used as a debrief lesson after a day such as "Asking For Courage." It might have particular relevance for math and science teachers, as students will use various graphs to both practice literacy skills and grapple with issues related to social (in)justice.
Lesson Overview: Using news articles (see below), students will analyze the sampling methods and potential sources of bias in real world studies .
Here are the 3 (abridged) news articles:
Project Overview: Each student first reflects upon their own social identities. They then choose a social identity group of which they are not a member that they would like to understand more fully through both reading and statistical analysis. They read an article and gather values of a quantitative variable related to the chosen social identity group for each state. Students ultimately construct two histograms to display the distribution of the variable across two different groupings of states.
Student Reflections:
Project Overview: After learning about straight edge and compass constructions, students watch the TED Ed The Complex Geometry of Islamic Design. Each student first observes objects with Islamic geometric design in and around their community. They then create an original Islamic geometric design that is accurately drawn, aesthetically pleasing, and tessellates completely. Here's the full project description.
Student Reflection:
“This was my favorite project of the year! I had never heard of Islamic design before, and now I see it everywhere and know the math involved.” Project Overview: Each student writes a story about themself or their life in which 2 quantities vary in relationship to one another. Students then draw a matching graph that accurately reflects the story’s changes.
Activity Overview: Make a quick video in which you tell me all about your name. Here are some possible talking points:
Variations of the Activity:
Teacher Reflection: This activity was a happy accident that I will intentionally repeat in the future! I found that students spoke more freely on camera and shared more about themselves than I would have thought to ask. |
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