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“Instruction Involving Modeling and Multidisciplinary Approaches”. Lincoln University The Math Science Partnership of Greater Philadelphia Pedagogy Learning Seminar. Prof. Kenneth A. Parker, Ed. Dept., Lincoln University. Activity #1. Let’s divide into 2 groups. Pick a recorder.
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“Instruction Involving Modeling and Multidisciplinary Approaches” Lincoln University The Math Science Partnership of Greater Philadelphia Pedagogy Learning Seminar Prof. Kenneth A. Parker, Ed. Dept., Lincoln University
Activity #1 • Let’s divide into 2 groups. • Pick a recorder. • Your task: I’m going to give you an orange. Write down as many characteristics or traits of this orange as you can think of. • How many did your group list?
Activity #1 • Your new task: I’m going to give you a different kind of orange. From your 1st list, cross off any characteristics or traits that could not be used to describe this orange. • How many does your group have now?
Activity #1 • Your final task for this activity: Look at the following picture of an orange. From your 2nd list, cross off any characteristics or traits that could not be used to describe this orange. • How many does your group have now?
In your groups, respond to the following: • Scientifically or mathematically speaking, what was the point of this activity? • What implication(s) can we make regarding modeling from this activity? • Why is modeling important for our students?
Through activity #2, we want to be able to do the following: • Describe rainbows. • Name the colors of a rainbow. • Use science and mathematics to describe what makes a rainbow.
I. Close your eyes, and think about the last time you saw a rainbow. • I will be asking you to describe this experience. • Can you remember what you were doing? • Did it occur at a particular time of day? • Was your experience positive or not so positive?
Do you remember this? All the colors of the rainbow are on the color wheel!
Red,Orange, Yellow,Green,Blue, Violet y R o G. B i v To help us remember the order of the rainbow we can think of Roy G. Biv.
Red,Orange, Yellow,Green,Blue, Violet Roy G.Biv
III. What causes a rainbow? Brainstorm • Do rainbows occur at certain times during the day? • If we are standing together in a field, is it possible for you to see a rainbow at the same time that I don’t see your rainbow? • Are there other things that can cause a rainbow?
Rainbows in the sky are usually caused from the sun shining through raindrops.
The light goes in one side of the raindrop, bounces off the back side of the raindrop, and comes back out of the front, broken up in to colors.
The Sun has to be low enough in the sky for the light to hit the raindrops and come back to you at an angle of almost exactly 42 degrees! inscribed angle
This is why rainbows usually occur in the morning. or late afternoon
This is also why it is possible for you to see a rainbow that I don’t see if I’m standing near you.
Other things can also cause rainbows. Engine oil A hose bubbles a waterfall
IV. What is our rainbow legend? Brainstorm
At the end of a rainbow, there is a pot of gold. (European/Western myth)
In the middle latitudes of the earth, (temperate zone), where storms travel from west to east, rainbows are usually seen when a storm is over. temperate zone temperate zone Therefore, cultures of these countries see rainbows as symbols of “good luck”.
In the tropics of the earth, where storms travel from east to west, rainbows are usually seen before a storm arrives. tropics Therefore, cultures of these countries see rainbows as signs of “impending doom”.
The Multi-disciplinary Approach Standards of the disciplines organized around a theme Which disciplines (subject areas) were addressed in this activity? Social Studies – geography, other cultures Science – physics, meteorology Mathematics – geometry Language Arts – written and oral expression
