AQR Weekly Lesson Plans
Wednesday/ Thursday
Tuesday
Monday
Stage 3 – Learning Plan: September 29 – October 2
Objective 5: Solve problems with large quantities that are not easily measured.
Objective 2:: Communicate with orally and in writing making accurate and clear
presentations of solutions to problems
Activities:
 Students present Fermi Questions to class.
Assessment: PPT Presentations, Students turn in notebooks
Objective 5: Solve problems with large quantities that are not easily measured.
Activities:
 Framing Questions: How many telephone numbers does your family have? Do you
think we will ever run out of telephone numbers?
 Students discuss the idea of running out of phone numbers.
 Take a poll to find different area codes for phone numbers students know from memory
and record the lis.t.
 Pairs or 3’s: Questions 1 – 2
 Review Fundamental Counting Principle
 Pairs or 3’s: Questions 3 – 4; Post results and find mistakes in each other’s work.
 Whole-Class Discussion
 Independently answer Question 5
Assessment: Question 5
Materials: Student Activity 3 – “Not Enough Numbers”
Objective 6: Apply, compare, and contrast ratios, rates, ratings, averages, weighted
averages, or indices to make informed decisions.
Activities:
 Warm-Up: Show students the number on a tire (P245/75R16). Have them identify the
meanings of parts of the numbers they know.
 Framing Question: If you put a set of tires on your car that is not the same size as the
tires your car came with, how are the car’s odometer and speedometer readings
affected?
 Groups of 3: Questions 1 – 4, then Whole –Class discussion
 Pairs: Questions 5 -7 (students justify their responses)
 Independently: Reflection Question 8
Assessment: Question 8
Materials: Student Activity Sheet 5 – “Changing Tires”
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