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Wise Learn Math Modeling The Three Little Pigs

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This unit is a Math Routine to use with a Literacy Unit about The Three Little Pigs. I included student work and projects. I created this slideshow to share with the students as we went through each routine. The routines revolve around the construction of houses. This was used in a first-grade classroom. The students persevered to solve the Lego brick problem although it may have been more difficult than first-grade standards.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy, Unit of Study

Author: Stefanie Miller-Ahmed

Mathematical Modeling: Making Bird Feeders

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The Making Bird Feeders project emphasizes a culturally responsive approach to math modeling instruction. By tapping into students’ funds of knowledge and diverse mathematical thinking; opening access to high cognitive demand activities with high supports; and promoting collaboration and collective action to solve problems, mathematical modeling provides an enriching space for students and their teachers to thrive.  We used the Mathematizing the World routine and Know and Need to Know routine to promote critical thinking as students worked together to analyze and solve real world situations that lead to a Making Task in which students had to figure out how many egg cartons were needed so that our class could make bird feeders.  This lesson and routines were modified from EQSTEMM resources https://www.eqstemm.org/home

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Cynthia Cuellar Rodriguez, Angela Daniels, Jacqueline Glosson, Lisa Gladney

Math Modeling: Making Picture Frames

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Mathematical modeling has the potential to “re-humanize” mathematics (Gutierrez, 2018) by providing students opportunities to make mathematical connections to themselves and the world around them.  The Making Picture Frames  project emphasizes a culturally responsive approach to math modeling instruction. By tapping into students’ funds of knowledge and diverse mathematical thinking; opening access to high cognitive demand activities with high supports; and promoting collaboration and collective action to solve problems, mathematical modeling provides an enriching space for students and their teachers to thrive.  We used the Mathematizing the World routine to promote critical thinking as students worked together to analyze and solve real world situations that lead to a Making Task in which students had to figure out how many popsicle sticks were needed so that our class could make picture frames for our caregiver.   This lesson and routines were modified from EQSTEMM resources https://www.eqstemm.org/home 

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Cynthia Cuellar Rodriguez, Nicole Johnson-Finkley

Popcorn Anyone?

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The Popcorn Anyone project emphasizes a culturally responsive approach to math modeling instruction. This allows students to apply their diverse mathematical thinking and knowledge to real-life situations. The 7th and 8th-grade students were starting a popcorn microeconomy. They needed to problem-solve and decide how much popcorn would be needed to feed 200 students. This project includes the Mathematizing the World routine and the Know and Need to Know routine to promote critical thinking as students worked together to analyze and solve real-world situations. This led to a Making Task where students had to figure out how much popcorn was needed to feed 200 people

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Kim OBrien

Math Modeling - Planning A Celebration Meal

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In this lesson students will learn about what is a balanced and healthy meal from around the world.  They will then try their hand at creating a school lunch for the quarter end celebration that is balanced and healthy.  Students will supply the cooks with a recipe to follow that has been increased to accomodate the grade level as well as the potential cost to prepare that meal.  By engaging in a decision matrix a single lunch will be presented to the principal and kitchen staff for consideration.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Authors: Karen Mittelstaedt, Kristina Nora, Jill Rauwerdink, Beth Harms

Math Modeling- Vending Machine Problem

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In this lesson,  students will learn about what nutrition requirements a school needs to abide by for snacks and drinks for a middle school vending machine.  Learners will work together to come up with additional options that are cheaper and healther for a local middle school's vending machine.  By engageing in a decision matrix, one new snack and one new drink will presented to the principal.  

Material Type: Learning Task, Lesson Plan

Authors: Jill Rauwerdink, Karen Mittelstaedt, Kristina Nora, Beth Harms

Nathaniel's Kite Project

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Mathematical modeling has the potential to “re-humanize” mathematics (Gutierrez, 2018) by providing students opportunities to make mathematical connections to themselves and the world around them. Nathaniel's Kite Project emhasizes a culturally responsive approach to math modeling instructions.  By tapping into students’ funds of knowledge and diverse mathematical thinking; opening access to high cognitive demand activities with high supports; and promoting collaboration and collective action to solve problems, mathematical modeling provides an enriching space for students and their teachers to thrive.  We used the Mathematizing the World routine and the If I Knew Then I Could routine to promote critical thinking as students worked together to analyze and solve real world situations that lead to a Making Task in which students had to figure out how much material and the cost of making class tetrahedron kites. 

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Cynthia Cuellar Rodriguez, Dreanna Cummings, Wendy Tucker