Grade Level: 8 - 10
Subject: Mathematics and Music
Learner Outcomes:
- Students will develop an understanding of equivalent fractional values using a coordinate plane
- Students will connect fractional values to music notations.
- Students will apply their understanding of equivalent fractional values by playing a game
Duration of Lesson: 1 - 2 class periods (approximately 90 minutes)
Materials:
- Student worksheet for coordinate plane graphing activity
- Colored markers and a straightedge
- Student worksheets for Fraction Math...Bingo game
- Teacher materials for Fraction Math...Bingo game
Technology Tools/Courseware:
- Internet access capabilities
- PowerPoint demonstration capabilities
Teacher Notes:
Each of the activities described can be extended or abbreviated according to individual student needs and levels.
Procedures:
Activity #1: PowerPoint demonstration of graphical representation of fractional values and their equivalents will be shown. Demonstration includes connections of fractional values to music.
Activity #2: Students will do a related graphing activity outlined on Graphing Fractional Families worksheet.
Activity #3: Using the game, Fraction Math...Bingo, the instructor will assess student understanding of fractional values and their equivalents. The activity worksheets will explain the game rules , provide a gameboard , and provide related problems/answers.
Modifications:
The instructor may need to review graphing ordered pairs in the coordinate plane.
Enrichment Activities:
Activity #2 can be extended to include higher order thinking skills outlined in the book, Action with Fractions, AIMS Education Foundation , 1998
Evaluation/Assessment:
Students will graph fractional families and demonstate understanding of
fractional values by playing Fraction Math...Bingo.
National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics Standards
:
- Problem solving
- Communications
- Reasoning
- Connections
- Modeling
- Investigate relationships
- Represent graphically
- Appreciate value of mathematical notation
- Develop number sense
- Develop and use ordering
- Extend understanding of whole numbers
West Virginia Instructional Goals and Objectives :
- A M1.11 Collect, organize, and interpret data using graphs, charts,
- AM2.3 Applications, such as graph interpretation, will be utilized
- AM2.6 Analyze a given set of data for the existence of a pattern, represent
- A2.2 Continue to review the concept of slope of a line
- A2.19 Solve problems using non-routine strategies
- AGP.3 Use order relationships to compare, order or locate fractions
and tables
the pattern graphically
State and National Standards for Music:
Process Workplace Goals:
Authors:
Kathleen G. Corbett
Barbara S. Lockhart
Judith C. Shew
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