601 A Look at the OGT: Constructing Standards-Based Assessment Questions Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 7–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: "As an Ohio educator, you probably wonder at times how the questions for the Ohio Graduation Test are developed. You've likely written many such questions for your classes, but like most teachers, you probably struggle to find four plausible choices for multiple-choice questions.... Projects: Writing 6-12 Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: When students play the Factor Trail game, they have to identify the factors of a number to earn points. Their opponent can also earn points by checking their solution for possible errors.... 603 Fibonacci Nim: Static Nim Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: Static Nim is the classic game in which two players take turns removing a specified range of tokens from a pile of tokens, the winner being the player who removes the last token. This "lesson" presents a detailed analysis of the strategies underlying Nim and several variations of the game. Several proofs of the strategies are provided.... Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 5–6 Professional Commentary: The idea behind this lesson is to practice coordinate graphing of points using a Bingo-style game. ORC has recommended this site for this idea, not the lesson per se.... 605 Proving (a Theorem) and Disproving (a Theory): Applying the Pythagorean Theorem to Real Life Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 7–10 Professional Commentary: Though written in the format of a lesson, this resource is more valuable as a source of information on two different ideas -- equity in mathematics and applications of the Pythagorean Theorem. In the first part of the lesson, students share thoughts about careers and gender roles.... 606 Hassan's Pictures - Linear Programming and Profit Lines Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: This lesson asks students to find the feasible region in a linear programming problem, to graph a family of profit lines, and to find the optimum point -- the point on the feasible region that will produce the greatest profit. The problem is a nicely realistic context, but the lesson assumes that students already understand linear programming... Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–10 Professional Commentary: This interactive content resource challenges students to order 14 common substaces from low (acidic) to high (basic) pH. Students have up to three attempts to correctly order the substaces.... 608 The Crucible: Timeless Persecutions Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: This content resource is an activity for use following the study of The Crucible by Arthur Miller. The activity addresses the themes of intolerance, dissent, and protest, and it provides links to information about various persecutions that occurred much later than the Salem persecutions.... 609 What Is a Number System?: Number and Operations Session 1 Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 8–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This 3-lesson unit on the real number system is written for teachers but includes problems and activities that can be used with students in grades 8-12. The unit uses a finite number system and interactive number lines to illustrate properties of the infinite real number system.... 610 Meanings and Models for Operations: Number and Operations Session 4 Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–5, Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This 3-part unit examines various conceptualizations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers and then of integers. Typical textbook problems are used to illustrate each conceptualization.... |