Kate McEachern Education 200 Curriculum Design Project

Students will use mathematical skills and concepts to make and justify decisions and predictions, to pose questions from data and situations and to formulate and solve problems. (Connecticut State Frameworks) Students will add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals in real life scenarios. Students will be exposed to and interact with peers’ creative ideas, various ability levels, both gender types and diverse ethnic backgrounds. Students will be able to convert percents to decimals, find percents of whole numbers, and the percent one number is of another number. Students will be able to calculate sales tax and gratuity for given sums and make change.

Weekly Plan MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday *Teacher will introduce concepts of percents and decimals *Students will try/complete practice problems *Teacher will review concept learned yesterday and link it to the real world – Restaurants *Teacher will discuss percents and decimals in terms of tax and gratuity *Teacher explains each part of a bill using an example on the board or overhead projector *Students will be put into pre-selected groups and given menus *Students will work cooperatively formulating a bill *Students will answer questions based on the activity *Students will work individually creating simple addition and multiplication problems involving and/or decimals *Students will work in groups formulating new questions *As an evaluation of the students knowledge, they will solve a complex problem using the concepts learned this week. *Students will be picked at random to present their bill and questions/answers to class

Students are put into pre-selected groups where they each receive restaurant menus and blank restaurant bills. Students are put into pre-selected groups where they each receive restaurant menus and blank restaurant bills. Within the groups, each student will decide what he/she would like to order. The groups will fill out the bill appropriately according to what each member of the group would like to order. Within the groups, each student will decide what he/she would like to order. The groups will fill out the bill appropriately according to what each member of the group would like to order. The groups will have to work cooperatively to answer specific questions about their bill. The groups will have to work cooperatively to answer specific questions about their bill. What would the total bill be if the tax on the food was 5% and gratuity is 15%? What would the total bill be if the tax on the food was 5% and gratuity is 15%? How much would each member of your group have to pay if the bill was split equally among all of you? How much would each member of your group have to pay if the bill was split equally among all of you?

Chicken Chow Mein5 30 General Tso’s Chicken 6 70 Beef With Broccoli 6 00 Boneless Spare Ribs

In the same groups, students will work together to create word problems combining each member’s ideas. In the same groups, students will work together to create word problems combining each member’s ideas. Students will be assigned a category of addition/subtraction or multiplication/division of decimals and percents. They will work individually creating a few word problems involving their assigned topic. Students will be assigned a category of addition/subtraction or multiplication/division of decimals and percents. They will work individually creating a few word problems involving their assigned topic. –They will also be responsible for finding the answers to each of their problems. Students will be chosen at random to present their bill and questions/solutions they created Students will be chosen at random to present their bill and questions/solutions they created

How much change would you get if you bought two egg rolls and pork fried rice and gave $10? If the bill came to $20 and there was a 5% tax how much would the total bill be? If you ordered Curry Chicken and Wonton soup and there was a 5% tax and 10% gratuity, how much would the bill be? If you paid with $20 how much change should you receive?

As a quiz, students will have to answer questions based on a pizza menu. As a quiz, students will have to answer questions based on a pizza menu. If there are 20 students in the class, and each student eats two slices of pizza, how many pizza’s should be ordered? If there are 20 students in the class, and each student eats two slices of pizza, how many pizza’s should be ordered? How much would it cost? (not including tax or gratuity) How much would it cost? (not including tax or gratuity) How much should be given for a tip? How much should be given for a tip? If tax is 5% and gratuity is 10% how much would the total bill be? If tax is 5% and gratuity is 10% how much would the total bill be? How much should each member of the class pay? How much should each member of the class pay? As a reward for good test scores, a pizza lunch will be provided