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B306 & B315
• The goal of the lesson is that students will develop systema=c ways to explore and approach problems. Students will understand that a number can be made up of a variety of combina=ons.
Today you are going to the Maple Lane Carnival. Your parents have given you 25 :ckets to spend on rides and food. There are four rides and two food stands in which you can spend your :ckets. The prices are: • Popcorn stand-‐ 1 :cket • CoCon candy stand-‐ 2 :ckets • Big slide-‐ 2 :ckets • Ferris wheel-‐ 3 :ckets • Motorcycle ride-‐ 4 :ckets • Dragon roller coaster-‐ 5 :ckets You must figure out two different ways you would want to spend your :ckets.
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Suppose you are going to the carnival again. This =me you have 30 =ckets and there are four rides. The roller coaster costs 9 =ckets, the carousel costs 8 =ckets, the Ferris wheel costs 7 =ckets, and the Funnel cake stand costs 1 =cket. What are two different ways you can spend all of your 30 =ckets?
“Welcome one and all to the Maple Lane Carnival!”
-‐Ques=ons we asked: -‐Has anyone ever been to the carnival
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-‐Spent their =ckets at the rides while we walked around (8 minutes)
-‐Discussion (5 minutes) -‐Planned how to spend their =ckets (10 minutes)
-‐Spent their =ckets again to see if their plan worked (8 minutes)
-‐Gathered at carpet -‐Discussed methods students used -‐Two students presented their methods
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• 15 out of the 17 students in the class have been to the carnival • Even though two students have never been to the church carnival, they had been to a carnival
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• When you have gone to a carnival, have you always been able to go on every single ride you wanted to?
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• This data tells us that many students have been to the carnival and have not been able to go on all the rides they wanted to
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Slide Ferris Wheel Motorcylce Ride
Roller Coaster
Merry Go Round
Fun House
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wheel, motorcycle ride, and roller coaster the most • Found out that the roller coaster at the carnival was the Dragon Roller Coaster
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• Students liked the motorcycle ride and the dragon roller coaster the most. • It was close between the other four rides, but more students liked the slide and the Ferris wheel.
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• Many students have been to this carnival, if not a carnival at one point
• During the community walk we saw posters and found out it was the same week as our field experience week 3
• Afer talking to our students, we found out that many students go with their families
• Afer collec=ng data, we designed rides that the kids loved
• One student in our class successfully developed a strategy for managing her =cket use:
Four students developed a strategy but were unsuccessful in using all 25 =ckets. • One example:
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• Time constraints • There was not enough =me to introduce the lesson, explain the task, and discuss their work