Patterns, Variables and Functions: Integrated, Project-Based, Science and Mathematics Inquiries for Diverse Fifth and Sixth Grade Learners
Created on: August 10, 2008
Website Address: https://library.curriki.org/oer/Patterns-Variables-and-Functions-Integrated-Project-Based-Science-and-Mathematics-Inquiries-for-Dive
More Actions
- Share Collection
- Flag as inappropriate
- Print this collection
Reviews - Patterns, Variables and Functions: Integrated, Project-Based, Science and Mathematics Inquiries for Diverse Fifth and Sixth Grade Learners
Curriki Rating
This resource was reviewed using the Curriki Review rubric and received an overall Curriki Review System rating of 3.00, as of -0001-11-30.
Janet Pinto
July 11, 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Patterns, Variables and Functions: Integrated, Project-Based, Science and Mathematics Inquiries for Diverse Fifth and Sixth Grade Learners
- Introduction
- Goals
- Overview
- Rationale
- Context
- Assessment
- Inquiry One: The "Infinite" Across the Disciplines
- Inquiry Two: Discovering Relationships Among Variables
- Inquiry Three: Describing Change Using T-Charts, an Introduction to Functions
- Inquiry Four: Introduction to Exponents
- Inquiry Five: Describing Functions and Solving for Variables
- Inquiry Six: Magic Squares
- Inquiry Seven: Variables and Functions We Notice in the World
- Inquiry Eight: Using Graphs, Words and Pictures to Describe Functions
IN COLLECTION
Project-based learning stations that help students bridge observations to algebraic concepts through semester-long inquiries (each inquiry takes about a week). Once the class has completed the eight inquiries, the teacher may guide them through the inquiries again, exploring new patterns, variables and functions at a more complex level.
Collection Contents
Introduction
by Sarah ZainfeldStudents learn science and math through opportunities to see and describe patterns in the world using learning stations, group work, and self-paced reflection journals
Goals
by Sarah ZainfeldDesign philosophy of the Patterns, Variables and Functions Unit
Overview
by Sarah ZainfeldSelf-paced, inquiry-based learning
Rationale
by Sarah ZainfeldFifth and sixth grade students benefit from activities that allow them to build on their own intuitive sense of the way the world works. …from the Patterns, Variables and Functions Unit
Context
by Sarah ZainfeldThroughout the school year, the concept of the "infinite" may have arisen across the disciplines …from the Patterns, Variables and Functions Unit
Assessment
by Sarah Zainfeld...assessment for this unit is built into each lesson...…from the Patterns, Variables and Functions Unit
Inquiry One: The "Infinite" Across the Disciplines
by Sarah ZainfeldIt is the goal of this inquiry to introduce students to many instances within the disciplines (besides math, alone), in which the concept of "infinite" appears. After students have completed all eight inquiries, they cycle back and start on this one again,choosing a new question and group from which to base the rest of the eight inquiries that follow.
Inquiry Two: Discovering Relationships Among Variables
by Sarah ZainfeldThis inquiry presents students with opportunities to use their intuitive definitions of patterns, the infinite, and variables, while exploring the properties and relationships of objects in a variety of contexts.
Students move from actual physical experience with objects (variables) and their relationships (functions), toward a symbolic notion of the concepts.
Inquiry Four: Introduction to Exponents
by Sarah ZainfeldStudents learn the function of an exponent
Inquiry Five: Describing Functions and Solving for Variables
by Sarah ZainfeldStudents will see relationships between variables and functions in order to solve equations.
Inquiry Six: Magic Squares
by Sarah ZainfeldUnderstand and use variables in a symbolic way.
Inquiry Seven: Variables and Functions We Notice in the World
by Sarah ZainfeldMake connections between observed phenomena in the world and math vocabulary
Demonstrate relationships between objects or events and the variables, factors, functions or patterns that describe them.
