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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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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Individual Geometric Designs and Sketchup

The 6th grade Pre-Algebra students used Sketchup to create a 3D scene from a notebook draft of a 2D scene. The scene needed to have 20 different geometric figures, such as hexagons, obtuse angles, parallel lines, etc. The students had to label the different geometric figures in their 3D scene. Once they finished, the students created different scenes and exported their work as a movie. This assignment took four class periods to complete.