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Designing Candy Cartons

Lesson Plan: A problem-solving activity involving 3D shapes and nets. Subject: Mathematics. Age of students: 11-14 years. Hardware: iPads (1 per class or student). Software: Socrative or Classflow, Apple airsever or Showme and Reflector software. Functionalities of Technology: Sending and Displaying, Processing and Analysing. Time needed: 3 hours. FaSMEd Partner: University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Summary:…
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Developing a sense of scale

Lesson Plan: A problem-solving activity involving students recognising the relationships of direct proportions. 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 needed: 2-3 hours. FaSMEd…
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Microorganisms

Lesson Plan: An inquiry based lesson including an experiment about preventing bacteria spreading. Subject: Science. Age of students: 10-13 years. Hardware: PC & Tablets with internet connection, Interactive Whiteboard, Projector, Mini-Whiteboards. Software: Smartboard software – SMART Notebook, Socrative – Interactive clickers system, Spreadsheet (Excel). Functionalities of Technology: Sending and Displaying. Time needed: 2 x 90…
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Security Cameras

Lesson Plan: A problem-solving activity about optimisation involving the construction and calculation of areas and the comparison of percentages. 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….
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Selling Soup

Lesson Plan: A problem-solving activity about proportional relationships and the ratio concept in the context of maximising profit. 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….
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Sharing costs travelling to school

Lesson Plan: A problem-solving activity about understanding the ratio concept and mathematical reasoning. 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 needed: 2-3 hours. FaSMEd…
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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…
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Walking a Graph

Lesson Plan: A lesson using motion sensors for understanding time-distance graphs. Subject: Mathematics. Age of students: 11-12 years. Hardware: Computer with Pasco data logger and echo sound sensor. Software: Pasco SparkVue software. Functionalities of Technology: Processing and Analysing. Time needed: 90 minutes. FaSMEd partner: Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Summary: The objectives of this…
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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