Activity Title

Are We There Yet?

Goal/Objective

Lesson Outline -

Prior Knowledge Needed

Student should know how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.

Student should know how to substitute numbers for variables.

Materials, Text, Media, Handouts

• Use of overhead projector
• Transparencies
• Calculator
• Maps
• Ruler
• Pen
• Paper

Introduction

Roll-playing activity

• Husband/wife/three children, ages 5, 7, 11 and dog traveling in a station wagon from Houston to New Orleans.
• Students will act out a typical setting of what goes on when traveling long-distance by car. Five-minute dialogues with the ending "Are we there yet?"

Vocabulary

• Distance
• Rate
• Speed
• MPH
• Time
• Speedometer
• Kilometer
• Mile
• Variable

Activity

Instructor will model word problems that involve finding the distance, rate, and time. Using the overhead projector, the instructor will show a word problem and ask open-ended questions to allow the student to determine what is known, relevant, and to be found.

Extension / Enrichment Activity

Evaluation Activity

Create a ten-question test involving distance, rate, time.

Real-Life Connection

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Bridges Accommodations

Working in groups and giving extra time to finish activity.

Benchmark Assessment

Passing is defined as 80% of the test.