H20RUS

Title: Follow the River

Grade Level: Eighth

Subjects: Math, West Virginia Studies

Learner Outcomes: Students will calculate an estimated length for six of the eighteen major rivers of West Virginia.

Time Frame: One 50-minute class.

Materials: West Virginia Official State Highway Map, rulers, and string

Technology Tools/Courseware: calculators, computers with Internet

Teacher Notes: Students need to be trained to access the Internet and have signed an Acceptable Use Policy. Students need to be familiar with solving proportions and working with calculators. Students will work in pairs.

Procedures: 1). Each student pair is given a West Virginia Official State Highway Map, a
calculator, a piece of string, and a ruler.

2). Students are to calculate an estimated length of at least six of the
eighteen major rivers of West Virginia using the given tools.

3). Students will complete the River Length Table with information calculated.

4). Students will check estimated lengths by going to Huntington District Corps of Engineers and/or Pittsburgh District Corps of Engineers.

Modifications: The teacher to assist all ability levels will pair students.

Enrichment activities: 1). Students could plan and compute complete costs for a trip along one of the major rivers of West Virginia.

2). Students could explore the navigation maps provided by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District and Pittsburgh District.

Evaluation/Assessment: Completion of the River Length Table, rubric.

West Virginia Instructional Goals and Objectives (IGOs) and other standards:

West Virginia IGO's: Math: 8.9, 8.10, 8.11, 8.13, 8.8.18, 8.50

West Virginia Studies: 8.32

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards: 1-5, 7-10, 12, 13

References: West Virginia Official Highway Map http://www.state.wv.us/wvdot/centers/driving_center/maps&travel/orderhwymap.htm

Mathematics: Applications and Connections Course 3,Glencoe McGraw-Hill, 1999 edition
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/mac/mathnet/course3/index3.html

Texas Instruments Workshop Loan Program http://www.ti.com/calc/docs/loan.htm

Created by:

Diane Stilwell Kimberly Fowler Darialouise Collins
South Middle School

Other Lessons in Unit:

Social Studies:    Go with the Flow
                            Rolling, Rolling, Rolling Down the River
                            Splish, Splash, I was out on a raft
                            What's that Smell?

Science:               Rolling, Rolling, Rolling Down the River
                            Water U Graphs
                            What's that Smell?

Math: Water U Graphs
What's that Smell?