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Appropriate Grade Levels: 6-8
Implementation Time:
One class period (45 minutes to one hour) required for basic exercise and for students to begin work on their memos and graphs.
An additional class period may be desired to debrief students.
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Materials Needed:
Teaching notes for “Terry Hansen” case study,
Student copies of “Terry Hansen,”
Notepaper for students to use when calculating answers and writing memos,
Graph paper for students to use when creating graphs
Career Pathway: Business & Management
Subject Area: Mathematics
Learner Outcome(s): What will happen for learners as a result of this lesson?
Students will explore a career opportunity in international trade. They will use problem solving approaches to investigate and understand mathematical contant. They will develop and apply a variety of strategies to solve a multistep, nonroutine problems. They will use their reading and listening skills to interpret and evaluate mathematical ideas. They will apply reasoning processes with special attention to spatial reasoning and reasoning with proportions and graphs. And they will demonstrate their knowledge of the pervasive use and power of reasoning as part of mathematics.
Washington State Essential Academic Learning Requirements: How will students learn?
- Mathematics: Students will demonstrate their ability to perform basic mathematical operations on rational numbers, including their ability to work with percentages and ratios; will organize and display data in appropriate graphical forms; will demonstrate their ability to use mathematics to investigate a problem; will organize and interpret relevant information from multiple sources; will use reading, listening, and observation skills to access and extract mathematical information; and will investigate the use of mathematics within a career context.
(EALR’s 1.1, 1.4, 2.1, 2.3, 3.1, 4.1, 5.3)
- Communication: Students will demonstrate listening and observation skills to gain understanding; will practice communicating ideas clearly and effectively; will demonstrate communication strategies and skills to work effectively with others; and will analyze how communication is used in career settings.
(EALR’s 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.4)
- Writing: Students will practice writing clearly and effectively. Students will practice writing for career applications, producing technical and non-technical documents using resources from career settings.
(EALR’s 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.4)
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