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Bio:
Katrina transitioned from rural Arkansas to urban life. She started in business then pursued education career. Entering her 13th year at CPS, teaches geometry at Taft High School. She earned her Bachelor's in Organizational Management and a MBA, Masters in Secondary Education, MSIS, Administration/Supervision and Director of Special Education Certification.
Narrative of Amazing Teaching Moment:
The activity is designed to connect the student’s real world experiences with geometric concepts. This activity begins with presenting the students with a map of the area around Taft High School. The students must be able to locate the “x axis” and “y axis. In addition, the students must be able to locate various streets and intersections. Next, they are given a series of destinations. The students need to locate various points on the map. Next, the students must determine the midpoint based on a given set of locations. Once located, the students must calculate the distance between the various points through the use of the distance formula. In addition, the students must calculate total distance traveled. This activity could incorporate many different aspects. The students can utilize this information to calculate calories being burned while walking or jogging. The students can determine the cost of public transportation based on the various locations being visited. In addition, the students could calculate the number of gallons of gas being used by their personal car during their travels. Furthermore, the students could calculate the amount of time needed to travel by bicycle. This activity could be taken a step further by determining the total cost of travel during their outing. In addition, they can calculate the amount of time needed to travel by walking or jogging, bicycle, public transportation, and automobile. Next, the students could provide determine the possibility of a faster route based on the locations of the traffic lights, stop signs, and congestion of the streets. Finally, the students could justify their decisions by providing the calculations needed to make the determinations. This provides many directions to layer the activity to provide rigor for the students.
Hashtags:
#MSUrbanstem, #Geometry, #Distance, #Polygons, #GoogleEarth, #GoogleMaps, #Maps, #SMARTBoard, #MSUaha, and #Graph
Big 5 Themes of an amazing STEM lesson:
Katrina transitioned from rural Arkansas to urban life. She started in business then pursued education career. Entering her 13th year at CPS, teaches geometry at Taft High School. She earned her Bachelor's in Organizational Management and a MBA, Masters in Secondary Education, MSIS, Administration/Supervision and Director of Special Education Certification.
Narrative of Amazing Teaching Moment:
The activity is designed to connect the student’s real world experiences with geometric concepts. This activity begins with presenting the students with a map of the area around Taft High School. The students must be able to locate the “x axis” and “y axis. In addition, the students must be able to locate various streets and intersections. Next, they are given a series of destinations. The students need to locate various points on the map. Next, the students must determine the midpoint based on a given set of locations. Once located, the students must calculate the distance between the various points through the use of the distance formula. In addition, the students must calculate total distance traveled. This activity could incorporate many different aspects. The students can utilize this information to calculate calories being burned while walking or jogging. The students can determine the cost of public transportation based on the various locations being visited. In addition, the students could calculate the number of gallons of gas being used by their personal car during their travels. Furthermore, the students could calculate the amount of time needed to travel by bicycle. This activity could be taken a step further by determining the total cost of travel during their outing. In addition, they can calculate the amount of time needed to travel by walking or jogging, bicycle, public transportation, and automobile. Next, the students could provide determine the possibility of a faster route based on the locations of the traffic lights, stop signs, and congestion of the streets. Finally, the students could justify their decisions by providing the calculations needed to make the determinations. This provides many directions to layer the activity to provide rigor for the students.
Hashtags:
#MSUrbanstem, #Geometry, #Distance, #Polygons, #GoogleEarth, #GoogleMaps, #Maps, #SMARTBoard, #MSUaha, and #Graph
Big 5 Themes of an amazing STEM lesson:
- Student Generated Questions - When crafting questions themselves, students become invested and examples are authentic. Students develop confidence in new topics when able to step into the teacher role.
- Real World Examples and Applications - Lessons include concrete examples students have been exposed to in their day-to-day environment. This hooks the students and assists conceptual understanding.
- Kinesthetic Component - STEM learning incorporates movement or other types of hands-on activities which deepen understanding of a concept.
- Cooperative Learning - STEM learning requires different opinions and views for discussion. A cooperative group of students with different backgrounds will provide the different views.
- Multiple Modalities - Involves providing diverse presentations and experiences of the content so that students use different senses and different skills during a single lesson.