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The objective of our blog is to share information about how we integrate our technology curriculum into the subject area curriculum. The foundation of this effort is the methodology of team teaching the lessons with the Middle School subject area teachers. Each post describes a particular lesson, the software used, some of the skills that were targeted, and the number of days that were spent in the lab.
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Saturday, November 22, 2008
Fractions and Excel
The 6th Grade Math class used Excel to examine concrete graphical representations of the abstract concept of fractions that they were studying in class. Students made two worksheets: in the first sheet, they constructed a calculator that could add fractions (as long as the sum was less than one) and display the addends and the sum with pie charts. On the second sheet, the students made a slider that showed the difference between pairs of fractions which added up to 50/50. The students took one class to finish this lesson.
