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Title - Community - Teamwork lesson
By - Marie Allen
Primary Subject - Social Studies
Secondary Subjects - Language Arts, Other
Grade Level - 3-6
Community Unit Table of Contents:
Teamwork lesson
Subject: Math
TSW: Demonstrate an understanding of how to cooperate with others to accomplish a goal.
Standards:
2M-E1. Construct, read, analyze, and interpret tables, charts, graphs and data plots
PO 2. Interpret and analyze data from graphical representations and draw simple conclusions from bar graphs
Activities:
Paperclip gum challenge. Working in their learning teams (4-5 students), each team will be handed a paper bag containing the following items: a piece of chewing gum, a piece of paper, 10 paperclips, a piece of string, and five circular stickers. Give them five minutes to make the longest object, without talking at all. Afterwards, have students use a tape measure to measure their object. Graph results on board. Look at the longest, shortest, and middle (median). Discuss what was easy and what was hard about creating their object. How did they communicate? What would they have done differently?
Materials: 2 packs chewing gum, 70 paperclips, ball of string, and 30-35 circular stickers
Assessment: Student journal reflection on above questions and what they learned about working together.
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