Multimedia in Muller's Curriculum
Lesson Plan by Ellen Francois         1998

Grade level: 6th grade

Primary curricular area:  Math

Connected curricular areas: Art

Curriculum objective: To identify points, lines, planes, rays, segments, congruent segments, intersecting and parallel lines, and skew lines.

Time Line: 2-3 class periods.
Resources:  Geometry Blaster CD by Davidson
                                   ìExploring Mathematicsî text
                                    Worksheet

Activities:
Students will use the Geometry Blaster CD as an introduction to geometric terms.  Students will begin with the Geometry Handbook section where they will be guided through tutorial lessons that have examples, diagrams, and explanations of terms to be used.  After students have successfully completed the tutorial lessons they will try the problems given to check for mastery.

On day two students will identifying examples in the classroom that suggest different geometric figures and respond to teacher directed questions.  Here are some examples:

 What is the intersection of two lines?
 What is the intersection of two planes?
 What do you need to name a line?
 Why must one endpoint  of ray be written first?

Then students will complete practice and problem solving activities on pages 162-163. When they are finished they will exchange books with their neighbors.  They will check each others work after a verbal or written (on the board) reply is given.  After all the problems have been discussed, students will return books so the errors may be corrected.

Assessment:
 Students will be given a worksheet on basic geometric terms.  They will draw a diagram for each term and place appropriate symbols above letters that name each diagram.

Enrichment:
Students can do the activities on the Geometry Blaster CD and play the    interactive games.  They can use the tanagrams to solve geometric puzzles and  the Geoboard to design their own geometric figures.

Students can create three-dimensional figures using rolled-up newspaper or   any discarded order books, magazines,  and masking tape. They can use   diagrams from their textbook, books on geometric figures, and any geometric   software program for reference. Students will construct the sides of their figure   by tightly rolling one or two sheets of paper from one corner to the other    securing it with masking tape or clear tape. Then they will place the sides   together according to the type of shape they are making and secure them with   tape.  These projects can be displayed in the class room and for a math fair.
 

Navigation guide for Teachers:
 1.   Install program on to the computer in advance and place program on the Launcher.
 2.   Review the activities in the Resource menu on the program.
 3.   Decide on the areas that will be used by the students.

Navigation guide for Students:
 1.    Place the CD in the CD-ROM drive.
 2.   Click on the Geometry Blaster Icon on the Launcher, then double-click the Geometry
        Blaster Program icon.
 3.   Start with the Geometry Handbook in their Resource menu (click on the book).
 4.   Go through each tutorial lesson by following directions on CD.
 
 
 
 

Click the Schoolhouse to return to the Main Menu. Click the Notebook to return to the Lesson Plan Menu.