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Second Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan for Monday April 11th Grade Level: 5th grade Area of Study: Math, research day Duration: 1 hour

Objective: Students will be able to research roller coasters using their classroom computers with their assigned partner. Students will be able to find the length, duration, and speed of three roller coasters of their choice. If students finish their research they will calculate the mean, median, mode, and range of the speed, length, and duration.

Standards: KUSD Standard A: Mathematical Process-problem solving Standard B: Number operations and Relationships-number concepts/computation

Rationale: The main goal of this lesson is for our students to start and finish their research on the roller coaster madness project. The students will get in to pairs and get a laptop for them both to share. They will research three different roller coasters and record the speed, length, and duration of all three. If they have time they will begin finding the mean, median, mode, and range of the speed, length, and duration.

Materials: -Laptops -Pencil -Notebook -Calculator

Introduction: //Good morning again class! Today is going to be a fun day for all of us! We are going to do our research on roller coasters! Sit next to your partner and you will get you all a computer and then we will begin our research day.// Procedure: -Today is specifically a research day. -We will begin by putting the students into partners. -They will get a computer for both of them to share. -They will look around the internet for three roller coasters that are their favorite. -Once they have found three they will record the: -speed -length -duration -We will remind them they are allowed to look at more than three and then narrow down their research to only three roller coasters. -If students do this quickly they will have the chance to begin finding the: -mean -median -mode -range -of the speed, length and durations.

Assessment: Today we will assess the students on how well they follow directions. Were they able to stay on task? Were they able to find the correct information (speed, length, duration)?