Socratic Seminar by Thomas Duffy
   
     
   
       
 

Subject Area: Mathematics

Grade Level: 4th to 8th

Overview:
The students are posed the problem, “ What could be the solutions to the equation, xy=36, where x and y are factors.”

The students create a table of ordered pairs from the factor pairs. The ordered pairs are plotted and the graph is analyzed

Standards:

4th grade
Number sense 4.1
Algebra and functions
5th grade
Algebra and functions 1.1, 1.2. 1.4, 1.5
6th grade
Algebra and Functions 1.2, 3.2
7th Grade
Algebra and Functions 1.1,, 1.4, 1.5, 3.0, 3.1
8th Grade Algebra
1.1 Students use properties of numbers to demonstrate whether assertions are true or false.

 

"Teacher Double Feature"
A competitive grant opportunity provided through a partnership between the Contra Costa County Office of Education and Pacific Bell.

 
   
 
   
 


Contra Costa County Office of Education
77 Santa Barbara Rd.
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523

May 2002