Skip to content

The Meatball problem

Lesson Account: A problem-solving lesson using the concepts of volume, capacity and surface area. Subject: Mathematics. Age of students: 14-15 years. Hardware: iPads – with Internet access – for students Interactive whiteboard. Software: Google forms (student response system), Showbie (connected classroom technology),         Explain Everything (optional). Functionalities of Technology: Sending and Displaying. Time needed:…
Read more

Time-Distance graphs in tablet-using classrooms

Lesson Account: A sequence of 3 lessons using using NetSupport School. Subject: Mathematics. Age of students: 14-15 years. Hardware: Tablets and teacher PC (both with internet connection), Interactive Whiteboard. Software: NetSupport School, Maple TA, OneNote. Functionalities of Technology: Processing and analysing, Providing an interactive environment. Time needed: 3 x 60-90 minutes. FaSMEd partner: Ecole Normale…
Read more

Time-distance graphs with Showbie

Lesson Account: A lesson using the application Showbie to collect and display student responses. Subject: Mathematics. Age of students: 14-15 years. Hardware: iPads and interactive whiteboard. Software: Showbie application. Functionalities of Technology: Sending and displaying. Time needed: 1 hour. FaSMEd partner: The University of Nottingham. Summary The lesson focused on developing students’ understanding of distance-time…
Read more

Time-distance graphs with applications

Lesson Plan: A lesson using applications to collect and display student responses (Socrative, Classflow, Plickers or Showme). Subject: Mathematics. Age of students: 11-14 years. Hardware: Tablets (iPad 1 per class or student). Software: Socrative or Classflow + Apple airserver OR Showme and Reflector OR Plickers. Functionalities of Technology: Sending and displaying, Processing and analysing. Time…
Read more

Time-distance graphs with IDM-Tclass

Lesson Plan: A sequence of lessons using the connected classroom technology, IDM-TClass. The lessons start with some tasks on the interpretation of a given time-distance graph and develop through the matching between graphs and stories and the construction of graphs associated to specific stories. Subject: Mathematics. Age of students: 10-14 years. Hardware: Tablets, pc, IWB…
Read more

Time-temperature graphs

Lesson Account: A sequence of 10 lessons using a student response system. Subject: Science (Physics) & Mathematics. Age of students: 12-13 years. Hardware: Clickers, Teacher PC, Micro-document camera, Projector. Software: Je lève la main (student response system). Functionalities of Technology: Sending and displaying, Processing and analysing. Time needed: 10 x 60 minutes. FaSMEd partner: Ecole…
Read more

Who has the juiciest apple? / Wer hat den saftigsten Apfel?

Lesson Plan: Planning, performing and recording an experiment about the surface-to-volume ratio. Subject: Fach: Science (Biology). Naturwissenschaften (Biologie). Age of students: Alter der Lernenden: 12-14 years. 12-14 Jahre. Hardware: Tablets. (or Laptops, or PCs). Software: PowerPoint. Functionalities of Technology: Funktionalitäten der Technologie: Providing an Interactive Environment. Bereitstellen einer interaktiven Lernumgebung. Time needed: Benötigte Zeit: at…
Read more

Formative assessment in Science and
Mathematics Education (FaSMEd)
The Research Centre for Learning and Teaching
Newcastle University
NE1 7RU
UK

Email: fasmed@ncl.ac.uk