Foundations+presentation

Point of Pride: Teachers from 2 disciplines coordinated their lessons on linear equations and incorporated technology:

Data from PSSA showed students had difficulty with concepts around linear equations/slop Students in PSSA/SAT math prep were reviewing linear equations/slope with Math teacher Chemistry/Physical Science teacher was using slope to demo science concepts; they did a joint project which incorporated technology:

1) Comic Life - a. Students investigated the concept of slope using this website:

http://www.mathwarehouse.com/algebra/linear_equation/interactive-slope.php

b. They found images in "real life" that demonstrated slope (find one!)

c. Using the comic life slope template and the above site, they completed the estimations and reflections about their slope image

2) Science- Gas Laws Charles Law At constant pressure, the volume of a given quantity of gas is directly proportional to the absolute temperature : V T (in Kelvin)

Students worked in small groups on online gas law simulations: http://www2.hn.psu.edu/cgi-bin/ideal.cgi?measure=temp&argas=add&AMoles=0&RMoles=0&Volume=5&Temp=120.4&Press=1&Moles=1

Using excel, graph the results of the simulation using a scatter plot; add the trend line and the equation Label the chart, x axis, y axis; Using the information you see in the graph, describe Charles' law.
 * Volume (ml || Temperature (K) ||
 * 30 || 27 ||
 * 35 || 77 ||
 * 40 || 127 ||
 * 45 || 177 ||