The latter will be important for graphing circles on most graphing utilities. Students will need to know the parts of a circle (particularly the radius and the center), and will also need to be able to re-write a two-variable equation (i.e. The Entry Event: Before things really kick off, I'll give the students a few warm-up problems to assess and activate their prior knowledge. (If you couldn't tell, I have an affinity for silly acronyms.) Succeed, and your forces will be able to destroy the enemy fleet. Your task is to devise a way to pinpoint the exact location of a H.I.D.D.EN.
submarine is from any of your naval stations. In fact, you are only able to determine the distance a H.I.D.D.EN. submarines are capable of avoiding nearly all types of radar detection. The enemy has developed a new type of submarine known as a Hyperbolic Invisibility/Deep Dive ENgine, or a H.I.D.D.EN. The Scenario: You are the commander of a mighty naval fleet in the middle of international waters. (Although the task is not quite the same as the classic board game.) This task involves understanding and graphing equations of circles. Of course, as with anything I haven't tried in class yet, it's a work in progress. I think (and hope) the students will have fun with it it's not particularly all that "real-worldy," and it definitely needs refinement, but I gotta start somewhere. (Yes, I just said "happily" and "curriculum mapping" in the same sentence.)īelow is one PrBL task that I've been working on for a graphing unit this school year. However, our project was finally completed this past spring, so I have been happily spending the summer working on PrBL-related curriculum mapping for my Pre-Calculus and Advanced Pre-Calculus classes. It was certainly a worthwhile endeavor I'm very proud of what our awesome math team has accomplished, and I think our students will greatly benefit from what we've done so far.Īt the same time, this pretty much meant I had zero time to work on any PrBL stuff, especially with moving from teaching Geometry to teaching Pre-Calculus at the same time.
For the past couple of years, our math team spent a huge deal of time and energy on a complete overhaul of our four-year math curriculum in order to more strongly align it with ACT College Readiness Standards. I've been dying to incorporate more PrBL tasks into my classroom.
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