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Goals
and Objectives
Students will...
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be introduced
to tangrams and explore their characteristics.
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know the
basic geometric shapes that make up the tangram puzzle.
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make observations on the pieces formed and compare how
they are related to each other.
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explore patterns and shapes with the tangram pieces.
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recognize and
apply flips (reflections), slides (translations), and
turns (rotations).
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use spatial
memory and spatial visualization skills.
Students will
also...
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carry out the
writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising,
editing, postwriting.
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create a
three to five paragraph story.
Results
As a result of
completing the Web-Quest, the students will have produced
the following:
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completion of
the Tangram Worksheet
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completion of
two geometry assessments with a printout of scores
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a figure or
picture made from the seven tangram pieces
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a 3-5
paragraph original story about their tangram picture
New
Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards
STANDARD
3.2 (Writing) All students will write in clear,
concise, organized language that varies in content
and form for different audiences and purposes.
A.
Writing as a Process (prewriting, drafting,
revising, editing, postwriting)
STANDARD 4.2
(Geometry and measurement) All students will develop spatial
sense and the ability to use geometric properties,
relationships, and measurement to model, describe and
analyze phenomena
A.
Geometric Properties
2.
Identify, describe, compare, and classify polygons.
B. Transforming Shapes
1. Use a translation, a reflection, or
a rotation to map one figure onto another
congruent figure.
STANDARD 8.2 (Technology Education) All
students will develop an understanding of
the nature and impact of technology,
engineering, technological design, and the
designed world as they relate to the
individual, society, and the environment.
B.
Design Process and Impact Assessment
Credits
Scavo, T (1996, August 5).
Constructing Your Own Set of Tangrams. Retrieved
April 20, 2008, from A Math Forum Web Unit Web site:
http://mathforum.org/trscavo/tangrams/construct.html
(September 1999). Tangrams.
Retrieved April 20, 2008, from Web3000.com Web site:
http://www.myweb3000.com/tangramgame.html#practice
Extra practice. Retrieved
April 20, 2008, from Houghton Mifflin Math Web site:
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmm/practice/5/ep5_06.html
Russell, D (2008). Tangrams.
Retrieved April 20, 2008, from About.com:
mathematics Web site:
http://math.about.com/od/geometr1/ss/tangram_2.htm
Classroom resources graphic
organizers. Retrieved April 20, 2008, from Houghton
Mifflin Education Place Web site:
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/
State Standards for New
Jersey:
http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/index.html
All
Images taken from Microsoft Office ClipArt
Author: Gina M.
Graziano
 Email
Last Updated:
05/12/2008 |
