Mathematics

= MATHEMATICS =

=Technology =
 * Internet: GIZMO Polling Neighborhood activity from the ExploreLearning website ([|http://www.explorelearning.com])

=** Curriculum Standard ** =

8th Grade- 1.G.6- Estimate, compute, and solve problems involving real numbers, including ratio, proportion, and percent, and explain solutions.

=** Description ** = Students will complete a neighborhood phone survey poll that will produce yes/no answers. Using the collected data, students will then compare answers, trends, and estimate polling results through the GIZMO interactive program.

= Supporting Research = //The Maine Impact Study for Technology in Mathematics//, found on GIZMO's ExploreLearning website, states that students who learned math through online interactive manipulative lessons, had a better number sense and outperformed students in a control group. Maine's Department of Education (2008). Maine Impact Study for Technology in Mathematics (MISTM). Retrieved March 11, 2010 from ExploreLearning's Research Website: [].

=** Tried & True or New & Innovative? **= New & Innovative- Combining the visual and interactive format of the GIZMO polling activity, students will be using math and technology skills to learn new concepts.