Technology Lesson Plan Ideas

Lesson Plan Idea #1

Target Audience: 7^th grade math students

Big Idea: I am going to utilize CPS to help students review for a quiz. A jeopardy type game can be used so every student gets to practice their skills while still having the element of competition.

Goal: The goal of this lesson is to help students to review the material for their exam and to know what they still need to study for their exam.

Possible Resources:

• Textbook
• Internet

Lesson Plan Idea #2

Target Audience: Pre-algebra students (8^th graders)

Big Idea: The students are learning about relations in class. Relations can be represented as ordered pairs, on a graph or in a table. To have students check their graphing skills, graphing calculators are a perfect way for the students to see on a standard axis how the relation should appear.

Goal: The goal of this lesson is to have students represent relations in the three different forms and to utilize the graphing calculator to check their graphs.

Possible Resources:

• Textbook
• Internet

Lesson Plan Idea #3

Target Audience: Geometry students (high school)

Big Idea: Students will combine their knowledge of geometry and sketchpad to make an animated Ferris wheel. Students will practice their skills while doing something out of the ordinary. Let’s face it, geometry can get pretty boring so anything teachers can do to make it more interesting will help the students be more engaged in the lesson.

Goal: The goal of this lesson is for the students to have fun with sketchpad while practicing their geometry skills and applying their knowledge of sketchpad.

Possible Resources:

• Textbook
• http://mathforum.org/dynamic/jrk/ferris_dir/
• Geometer’s Sketchpad