Problem Based

1. Fractions
1. The following fraction task will be projected on the board using the Explain Everything app, my iPad, and my AppleTV:
1. You and your two friends want to have a pizza party. One friend says that they're going to eat 3 slices of pizza. The other says that they're only going to eat two. You decide that you're going to eat 4 slices. The pizza has 12 total slices. Please answer the following questions.
1. What fraction of the pizza will your first friend eat?
2. What fraction of the pizza will both of your friends eat?
3. What fraction of the pizza will be left over after all of you finish eating?
2. Students will then get into groups of three and develop a plan for solving the problem. They can decide if they want to draw it out, use manipulatives, etc.
3. Students implement their plan and work on solving the problem. The teacher will walk around and assist any groups.
4. Groups will present their findings to the class using the Explain Everything app. The teacher will lead a class discussion and ask students what they could've done differently, how they could improve their plan, and what are the benefits of having different ways to solve the same problem.
2. Citizenship
1. The teacher will show 1-2 videos to the students about bullying. Then she'll ask the students how we could help stop bullying in our school/class for the next week.
2. Students will be put into groups of 3-4 to develop a plan to solve the problem. The teacher will walk around and help any groups that need it. She'll remind students that the plan needs to be a week long plan, and that they should have some way of showing that they're following the plan.
3. Students will follow their designed plans. The teacher will help students document their implementation and will ask questions throughout the week to remind students to follow the plans.
4. Students will create 30 second videos evaluating how following their plans helped reduce bullying or promoted kindness in the school/class. These videos will be shown to the class.
3. Water Conservation
1. The teacher will show an infographic on the importance of conserving water. Students will then be presented with the problem of how to conserve water. Students will be asked to conserve water during the entire Water Cycle Unit.
2. Students will be put into groups of 3-4 to develop a plan to conserve water. The teacher will walk around and help any groups that need it. She'll remind students that the plan needs to be something that they can do for several days and hopefully for the rest of their lives. She'll also remind them that they should have some way of showing that they're following the plan.
3. Students will follow their designed plans. The teacher will help students document their implementation and will ask questions throughout the Water Cycle Unit to remind students to follow the plans.
4. Students will create an infographic that demonstrates how following their plans helped conserve water. The infographics will be posted throughout the school.