Fitz D Pieces Exploration - Teacher's Guide Menu

Step 1. INTRODUCTION

Step 2. MATERIALS ORGANIZATION AND DISTRIBUTION

Step 3. STARTING THE WORKSHOP (5 minutes)

Step 4. THE WORKSHOP - THE FITZ D PIECES EXPLORATION (1 hour 30 minutes)

(:-) THE DOME OF KNOWLEDGE (5 minutes)

(:-) I. SETTING THE THEME FOR THE EXPLORATION - THE LEGEND OF FITZ D PIECES (2 minutes)

(:-) II. INTRODUCING DR. SUPER'S TRIANGLES - GEOMETRIC THINKING -- DISCUSSING ANGLE MEASURES (10 minutes)

(:-) III PRE-ALGEBRAIC THINKING --FINDING SIDE RELATIONSHIPS (15 minutes)

(:-) IV. ALGEBRAIC THINKING -- EXPRESSING THE SIDE RELATIONSHIPS IN ALGEBRAIC TERMS (20 minutes)

(:-) V. RELATING ALGEBRA AND GEOMETRY -- FINDING AREA AND PERIMETER OF THE PUZZLES (10 minutes)

(:-) VI. MORE GEOMETRIC AND ALGEBRAIC THINKING -- AREA AND PERIMETER OF FITZ D PIECES (10 minutes)

(:-) VII. NUMERICAL THINKING -- LINKING ALGEBRA AND GEOMETRY WITH NUMERICAL COMPUTATION (15 minutes)

(:-) WRAPPING UP THE PRESENTATION - BABYLONIAN TABLET (5 minutes)

ARE THERE SUMMARY TABLES ON SIDE LENGTHS, PERIMETERS AND AREAS?

ARE THERE SOME OTHER SUGGESTED CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES?

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