ModellingTasks LessonsAssessment Reflecting Lessons

ModellingTasks LessonsAssessment Reflecting Lessons ICT

Lessons ICT 3 CompetenciesMethodsContent In this sub-module you will consider how ICT can be used as a tool to assist with mathematical modelling. Objectives

Lessons ICT 4 CompetenciesMethodsContent You will have considered how pupils can use:  graph plotters  spreadsheets  dynamic geometry software to assist with mathematical modelling. Outcomes

Lessons ICT 5 CompetenciesMethodsContent Use your Teacher dairy to:  Identify the ways in which you currently use technology in your teaching  Consider how you think technology might be used by your students when mathematical modelling  Identify any professional development needs you may have regarding using technology. Teacher diaries

Lessons ICT 6 CompetenciesMethodsContent Key ways in which technology can be used as a tool when modelling:  exploring many situations quickly (for example, carrying out iterations, looking at lots of configurations of spatial situations)  exploring how functions might be used to model data  varying parameters of a situation (altering assumptions on which a model is based) Technology as a tool

Lessons ICT 7 CompetenciesMethodsContent Race Four modelling problems Fencing Garage door Cooling cup

Lessons ICT 8 CompetenciesMethodsContent Work on one of the modelling problems:  try to think about how groups of students of different ages/ abilities might approach the problem (for example, younger students may avoid an algebraic approach by carrying out calculations in a methodical way)  consider how you think technology could be used by your students when working on the problem  if possible, use technology to assist you. Activity 1

Lessons ICT 9 CompetenciesMethodsContent Race Four modelling problems Fencing Garage door Cooling cup

Lessons ICT 10 CompetenciesMethodsContent Race In a school playground there are two trees: one is small and one is large. There is also a straight fence. A group of pupils organise a race: each pupil starts at the small tree, then has to touch the fence before running to the large tree to complete the race. Where is the best place for a pupil to touch the fence? This task was inspired by the following paper: Petit S. (2006): Le tilleul et le marronier. Bulletin de l’APMEP n°466 p. 597

Lessons ICT 11 CompetenciesMethodsContent Simplifying assumptions:  both trees lie on a straight line parallel to the fence  pupils run at the same speed throughout the race (therefore we need to find the shortest distance that pupils run)  it takes no additional time for pupils to touch the fence and change direction of running  …..?

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Lessons ICT 16 CompetenciesMethodsContent … developing the model …. for example, consider  the trees are not at the same distance from the fence  pupils run each leg of the race at a different speed (for example, they run to the fence twice as quickly as away from it)  …. ? Real-world problem Mathematical problem Mathematical solution Real solution

Lessons ICT 17 CompetenciesMethodsContent Fencing You have 10 metres of fencing and need to fence your pet rabbits in a run. You can use two existing walls in a corner of a garden to form two sides of the run. What arrangement will give the rabbits the maximum area in which to exercise?

Lessons ICT 18 CompetenciesMethodsContent Simplifying assumptions:  the walls are very long  the walls meet at right angles  the sides of the fence are parallel to the walls – making the rabbit run rectangular  …..?

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Lessons ICT 22 CompetenciesMethodsContent An alternative approach using spreadsheets – possibly leading to an algebraic approach width length

Lessons ICT 23 CompetenciesMethodsContent width length

Lessons ICT 24 CompetenciesMethodsContent width length

Lessons ICT 25 CompetenciesMethodsContent … developing the model …. for example, consider  that there is only one wall  the walls are not at right angles  …. ? Real-world problem Mathematical problem Mathematical solution Real solution

Lessons ICT 26 CompetenciesMethodsContent Garage door How close to an “up-and-over” garage door can you park a car? This is an important issue for architects to consider when they design a house – they may need to save space!

Lessons ICT 27 CompetenciesMethodsContent Garage door How do garage doors work? rod pivots fixed point slides up and down

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Lessons ICT 30 CompetenciesMethodsContent … developing the model …. for example, consider  different positions of the pivoting rod  Different lengths of garage door  …. ? Real-world problem Mathematical problem Mathematical solution Real solution

Lessons ICT 31 CompetenciesMethodsContent Cooling cup How can you mathematically model the temperature of a cup of tea as it cools? Does the model work for other situations? For example, can detectives use this to calculate when a murder took place by taking the temperature of the corpse?

Lessons ICT 32 CompetenciesMethodsContent TimeTemperature (minutes)(deg C)

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Lessons ICT 35 CompetenciesMethodsContent … developing the model …. In this case it is useful to consider  the validity of the model  perhaps explore this with other liquids as they cool  …. ? Real-world problem Mathematical problem Mathematical solution Real solution

Lessons ICT 36 CompetenciesMethodsContent In this sub-module you will consider how ICT can be used as a tool to assist with mathematical modelling. Objectives

Lessons ICT 37 CompetenciesMethodsContent You will have considered how pupils can use:  graph plotters  spreadsheets  dynamic geometry software to assist with mathematical modelling. Outcomes

Lessons ICT 38 CompetenciesMethodsContent  exploring many situations quickly (for example, carrying out iterations, looking at lots of configurations of spatial situations)  exploring how functions might be used to model data  varying parameters of a situation (altering assumptions on which a model is based) Technology as a tool Key ways in which technology can be used as a tool when modelling:

Lessons ICT 39 CompetenciesMethodsContent Use your Teacher dairy to:  Reflect on what you have learnt when doing this sub- module  Identify ways in which you think you could now develop lessons in which students could use technology as a tool to assist them with mathematical modelling. Teacher diaries