Mathicity Friday Feedback Session

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Mathicity - Friday Feedback Session
OVERACHIEVERS

• Team Leader Stacy Dunn
• Team Members Goldeen Bell
• Patricia Dymowski
• Noor Khan
• Kyle Miller
• Sookki Min
• Zarina Qadir

This material is based upon work supported by the
National Science Foundation under grant No.
EEC-0502174. Any opinions, findings, and
conclusions or recommendations expressed in this
material are those of the author(s) and do not
necessarily reflect the views of the National
Science Foundation.
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Module Enhancements

• History of electricity
• Safety and electricity
• Do an electricity Webquest
• Co-teach with science teacher
• Learn about series and parallel circuits

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Module EnhancementsEngineering Design

• Students create a generator
• During the design projects students would have to
  pick which types of generators (look at
  pros/cons/costs)

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Module EnhancementsScientific Inquiry

• Students question and investigate pros and cons
  of different power sources
• Expand on electricity in general and types of
  electricity

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Module Enhancements Ethics

• Teamwork
• Different types of generators and affects on our
  environment
• Conservation of Energy Survey

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Modification for grades K-4

• KWL Chart
• Word Wall Vocabulary volt, electricity, line
  load
• Instead of equations use inequalities
• Modify truck activity so students will portray
  trucks and hubs, then transfer the concept to any
  form of electricity
• Safety in using electricity
• Design safety posters

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Modifications for grades 5-8

• Discuss the 3 Bus system without using equations
  (Model higher level math)
• Study the history of electricity
• Study safety in using electricity

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Resource Page

• Images taken from
• http//www.kyotoaction.com/electricity.htm
• http//www.cobb.k12.ga.us/Simpson/Teacher20Sites
  /Teacher20Sites/Electricity20and20Magnetism20W
  eb20Page.html
• http//www.boolsite.net/images/wallpapers/Design_A
  rt/Electricity.jpg
• http//www.cartoonstudio.co.uk/Pages/EMEsafetypost
  ers2.html
• http//www.cartooncottage.com/
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein

Life is good for only two things Discovering
mathematics and teaching Mathematics! Simeon
Poisson