The Cube

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Question:

How could this lesson be remixed to teach reflection and mirroring?

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Core/Curricular Competencies

• Critical thinking / creative thinking / communication / understanding / defining / idea sharing. 

• Computational thinking.

• Digital literacy.

• Drafting.

• Media Arts.

• Computers and communication devices.

 

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Content

• Angle measurement and classification.

• Understanding rules for increasing and decreasing patterns. 

• Operating with integers, construction, views and nets of 3D objects.

• Perfect squares and cubes.

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Goal

To introduce basic angle and distance measurement to build basic shapes. To combine these skills with the creation of an Art project.

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Time

Two-45 minute classes

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Materials Required: 

Hopscotch (tablet only)

 

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Lesson Plan

Lesson Adapted From: Hopscotch draw lesson

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Outline:

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1. Have all students go here: http://www.visnos.com/demos/basic-angles

2. Place these 9 angles on the board and go through each one together: (answers here)

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a) 0         b) 45        c) 90        d) 135        e) 180

f) 225     g )270      h) 315       i) 360

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Activity:

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1. Have all students in their own accounts on Hopscotch.

2. ​Place the videos below on your projector and follow along on Hopscotch, making sure to pause at each important point:

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​Extension:

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Why stick with cubes? How about rhombus, trapezoids and kites? 

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