In class we did an interactive group learning activity with geometric shapes. There were five different stations set up around the room and there were groups of 4-5 people at each station, the groups were randomly selected by our professor. The first station that my group went to had you cut out shapes and then fold the paper into a 3D geometric shape. There were only four different shapes at this station, a pyramid, cube, tetrahedron, and an octahedron. We used these 3D models to fill out notecards we were given before we began this activity. Each notecard asked you to draw a picture, state the number of vertices, faces, edges and then to name the shapes of the faces of each figure. Having the physical shape in your hand made it easier to see each vertice, edge, and face, thus making it easier to fill out our notecards. I liked this activity because I am a hands on learner so building the shapes brought a lot of excitement and interest for me in this one station. We also had a couple of stations that we used iPads for the given activities. I liked that there was technology incorporated into the learning as well as low-tech learning.
Another activity that really stood out to me in this group learning was a station that had nine shapes that we were supposed to match to the correct name. We were then given a packet to fill out the number of vertices, faces, edges, types of shapes in the faces and then we were to provide an example of where we would see it in real life. This was, again, something that appealed to my love for hands on learning, because we were able to grab the shapes, move them to make filling out the chart and seeing the shapes a lot easier for me. I also really liked that it had us think of where we would see these different shapes in real life. It really made me think and realize that some of the shapes that seemed unusual when I first saw them aren't really that unusual.
https://illuminations.nctm.org/activity.aspx?id=3521
I am a sophomore in college, and I feel that this is an awesome type of group learning activity for any grade or age group.
Hi Devin,
ReplyDeleteWow, this assignment in class is so cool! I love how it was interactive and used low-tech to show different shapes. The explanation of this assignment was really easy to follow because I'm on the online class and we don't do these types of assignments, so to be able to see what goes on, this is awesome! I could so use this in my future classes. Nice job!
Good job on your blog Devin! Its really nice and your post are nicely written. I loved dong the centers! I enjoyed every activity and thought they where all super helpful. One thing I liked about them was the different difficulties of the activities, some were fun and some really made us think. Another thing I liked about the centers was how some were on the iPads and some were 100% hands on. I can't wait until I can make up different lessons with centers in my classroom!
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