Students Student Collaboration Students will work in groups of 2 to 4 to create problems for other students to solve. Goals Students will work together to create math problem situations using algorithims and strategies from the third grade math curriculum. Objectives Students will integrate media objects such as text, graphics, video, animation, and sound to represent and convey math problem solving situations. Significance of project Meaningful integration of technology skills withcore math curriculum. Students make decisions about how to approach problems.
Students use strategies, skills and concepts in finding solutions.
2.1 use estimation to verify the reasonableness of calculated results 2.2 apply strategies and results from simpler problems to more complex problems 2.3 use a variety of methods such as words, numbers, symbols, charts,graphs, tables, diagrams and models to explain mathematical reasoning. 2.4 express the solution clearly and logically using appropriate mathematical notation and terms and clear language, and support solutions with evidence, in both verbal and symbolic work 2.5 indicate the relative advantages of exact and approximate solutions to problems and give answers to a specified degree of accuracy 2.6 make precise calculations and check the validity of the results from the context of the problem. Students move beyond a particular problem by generalizing to othersituations. Student Activities Research Component Students will visit website that have a variety of problems for students to study and solve. They will also study problem solving techniques as a routine part of the core math curriculum.