Demonstration or Mini-Investigation Report
Teacher’s Name_____Donna Schleicher______ Grade Taught_____8______
Date of Implementation___10-5-07_______ Number of students 12
Check One: Student hands-on mini-investigation ___X_
Teacher-led demonstration____X_
Provide a one or two -sentence description of the activity. Include the data used and the analysis tool.
(Example: I used ImageJ to demonstrate its capacity to make an animation. I used previously downloaded GOES images that showed a recent storm.)
Students used digital cameras to find and photograph circles in everyday life. We then downloaded the pictures onto our laptops. The Image J program was introduced and students opened pictures and measured both the diameters and circumferences of their circles. Information was then entered into a table.
Comments (Optional):
(Example: This introduced ImageJ and got students interested in one of the functions of the software. They will use ImageJ for the first time in the computer lab next week.
_Most students are comfortable using digital cameras. They really enjoyed the search for circles. I took the introduction of Image J slowly so that they could follow and hopefully use this program to explore the relationship that the circumference and diameter of a circle have.
Teacher’s Name_____Donna Schleicher______ Grade Taught_____8______
Date of Implementation___10-5-07_______ Number of students 12
Check One: Student hands-on mini-investigation ___X_
Teacher-led demonstration____X_
Provide a one or two -sentence description of the activity. Include the data used and the analysis tool.
(Example: I used ImageJ to demonstrate its capacity to make an animation. I used previously downloaded GOES images that showed a recent storm.)
Students used digital cameras to find and photograph circles in everyday life. We then downloaded the pictures onto our laptops. The Image J program was introduced and students opened pictures and measured both the diameters and circumferences of their circles. Information was then entered into a table.
Comments (Optional):
(Example: This introduced ImageJ and got students interested in one of the functions of the software. They will use ImageJ for the first time in the computer lab next week.
_Most students are comfortable using digital cameras. They really enjoyed the search for circles. I took the introduction of Image J slowly so that they could follow and hopefully use this program to explore the relationship that the circumference and diameter of a circle have.
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