Weight on Mars

The following is a description of how I used (for my Math Concepts II course for pre-service teachers) Robin A. Ward 's activity titled Fractions, Decimals, and Gravity.

  1. Reading assignment was given in which key terms were investigated. The assignment was as follows:
"Look up in a textbook or the Internet the definitions weight, mass, gravity, weightlessness. Write up the definitions and related them to one another."
  1. I modified the information given in the activity and created a handout, which was given to students.
  2. The handout can be given as an out of class activity or an in-class individual or group activity.

-E. DeLaVina, January 2002

 

MathGoodies Intro to Probabilities website

For my Math Concepts II course, in a classroom with a computer and projector, I used this website at an initial presentation to introduction to probabilities. Note each student was given a hard copy of the content of the website. Each topic was consistent with our textbook.

-E. DeLaVina, February 2002

Discovering Patterns

I used Emily Mason's Discovering Patterns Activity in Math Concepts I course. We were in a technology classroom. I created an Excel demonstration handout, which I discussed in class. The students worked in pairs on the activity and it was followed up by a homework assignment, called follow up on Discovering Patterns.

-E. DeLaVina September 2002

Simulating Basketball free-throw (Excel)

I used Lisa Petraitis and Jeff Walraven's Mathematical Investigation with Excel Activity in Math Concepts I course. We were in a technology classroom. I created an introductory handout (and short video), which I discussed in class. The students worked in pairs on the activity, but were not using the graph effectively. Instead they were simply employing trial and error, thus I created a second handout (discussed again in class) on using the graph more effectively.

-E. DeLaVina September 2002

Practicing Roman Numeral Addition

I used AAAmath website Addition of Roman Numerals Activity in Math Concepts I course. We were in a technology classroom. I created a handout with instructions for reaching the webpage, directions for collaborative exercise and printing the 2nd page of the website. The activity was very easy for the students; it took them much less than the 10 minutes that I allotted for the practice of 20 addition problems.

-E. DeLaVina November 2002