Math+Week+4

=__ **Problem-Based Learning: Shelving Your Own Bookstore** __=
 * Students will:
 * be given "x" amount of dollars to shelf and furnish a bookstore
 * a themed interest of their choice
 * genre (number of books in each genre will be shown in pie graph) *set requirements
 * audience (number of books for beginning readers, intermediate readers, teens, adults will be shown in a graph) *set requirements
 * price out books on websites (Amazon & others) & record title, author, genre, audience, and quantity on an Excel spreadsheet
 * use Excel to:
 * document how money was spent
 * organize furniture & books purchased (title, author, genre, audience)
 * cite sources via hyperlink
 * create graphs
 * use drawing or design tool to create a bookstore store layout (investigate design tools: Google SketchUp, My Deco 3D Room Planner, Floor Planner, Conlin's Room Planner, etc.)


 * Possible ELA Integration**
 * learn how-to add books into a virtual TBR pile or book Wish List
 * include one or more Caldecott & Newbery winners in the store, as well as an additional book award winner
 * make an audio advertisement (radio podcast or video podcast) for the bookstore...reveal at a culminating event?
 * read one of the books in the store & complete a book review
 * make a billboard-esque Glog showcasing the bookstore
 * write a short piece that fits with the bookstore theme & will be shared at an end of institute Read Around
 * == Objectives: == || == Essential Question: == ||
 * 1. Demonstrate understanding and use of various problem solving approaches and research skills.

2. Use Excel to organize data, create graphs, and present mathematical information.

3. Create a persuasive advertisement.

4. M ake internal thinking visible and public for other students and teachers by creating and contributing math screencasts to the "How Did You Do That?" Ruth Fox Digital Library.

5. Develop computation skills and statistical thinking in the context of problem-based learning. || ====How can we get students to analyze complex, real-world scenarios and construct and use mathematical models to interpret and solve problems? ==== ||


 * == Assessment Pieces: == ||
 * "HDYDT" Clips ||
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 * Day 1: PBL: Shelving Your Own Bookstore **
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 * Day 2: PBL: Shelving Your Own Bookstore **
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 * Day 3: PBL: Shelving Your Own Bookstore **
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 * Day 4: Celebrate & Share PBL Final Projects & Contributions to the RF "HDYDT" Digital Library **
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