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Objective(s)
Students will use the Internet to research mathematic facts.
Students will refine searching skills.
National Standards
Mathematics: (8)organize and consolidate their mathematical
thinking to communicate with others; express mathematical ideas
coherently and clearly to peers, teachers, and others.
Summary
Students will complete a scavenger hunt of questions focused
on geometry facts. Students will search the Internet for solutions
and express answers completely with references to the URLs.
Technology and/or Materials Needed
- Computers with Internet access
- Teacher-created Scavenger Hunt
- Prerequisite: Searching skills
Implementation Time Frame
Approximately four 45-minute class period
Activities
Teacher should design the scavenger hunt prior to the lesson
by composing questions dealing with the current math subject,
i.e. geometry. Possible questions could be:
- What is the meaning of transversal?
- Why are radians preferable to degree measures?
- Is it possible to produce a 78-sided polygon? Why or why
not?
- Can an angle be trisected? Why or why not?
Questions from the web site, Dr.
Math may be used to help write the scavenger hunt.
After passing out the scavenger hunt to students, a question
should be selected from the list to complete together and model
a complete answer. Each question should be answered in three
parts: the answer to the question, URL used to find answer, and
explanation of how answer was found.
Students should work independently to complete the questions.
Time requirement should be based on how many questions are provided.
Assessment
The scavenger hunt may be assessed by evaluating the completeness
of the handout--how many were answered and answered correctly.
Each URL does not need to be checked.
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