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Lesson Plan Project Overview: Does Location Matter?

__Title:__ What will the unit project be for Does Location Matter?

__Description__: This lesson will give students an overview of the unit Does Location Matter?

__Duration__: 1- 55 minute period

__Learning Objectives__: Students’ prior knowledge of transformations will be assessed. Students’ will have clear expectations of the unit projection. __Materials__: Hard copy of transformation quiz –BrainPOP

__Step by Step Procedure__: 1. Students will receive a quiz on transformation to assess their prior knowledge. 2. Students will see a short video and take the interactive quiz on transformations. 3. Students will receive a copy of the newsletter/newspaper introducing them to project base learning. Students will share out clear expectations defined by the project rubric. 4. Students will see examples of students' portfolios created in this unit and the rubric used to assess the work.

__Grade Level(s)__: 9th -11th Grades

__Support Materials__: Rubric for unit project, hard copy of transformation quiz from Brain POP, and BrainPOP website [|http://www.brainpop.com] PowerPoint : What will the unit project be for Does Location Matter?

__Related Standards__: Standard MST3: Mathematics (1997) Students will understand mathematics and become mathematically confident by communicating and reasoning mathematically, by applying mathematics in real-world settings, and by solving problems through the integrated study of number systems, geometry, algebra, data analysis, probability, and trigonometry.

Standard MST3: Mathematics (2005) Students will: understand the concepts of and become proficient with the skills of mathematics; communicate and reason mathematically; become problem solvers by using appropriate tools and strategies; through the integrated study of number sense and operations, algebra, geometry, measurement, and statistics and probability.

__Submitted By__: Patricia Jackson-McCollough