CBL group

Saturday, April 29, 2006

Welcome to the computer based learning group.

You are given 30 minutes time to complete all the tasks. If you have completed any one of the tasks, go ahead to do the tasks that you have not attempted.

Station Activity 1

Exploring further the properties of geometrical shapes.

Use GSP and accompanied worksheet to achieve objective.
Some questions:
Is a square a parallelogram?
Is a parallelogram a square?
Is a rhombus a parallelogram?
Is a parallelogram as rhombus?

Station Activity 2: Video Segment 1, Scene 1

Da Ming and Xiao Ming had problems sharing a piece of cake. What was the problem?

Click on the comments to suggest how you could make sure that the cake was shared equally.

Station Activity 2: Video Segment 1, Scene 2

Da Ming and Xiao Ming wanted to exchange a piece of sandwich with one another. However, Xiao Ming complained that Da Ming isn't fair to him. Find out why it isn't fair?

Click on the comments to write down one thing you have learnt from this scene.

Station Activity 2: Video Segment 2

One rich landlord had 3 boxes of gold. He gave 3 men half of the gold pieces in each box. However, they did not get the same amount of gold pieces. Why is that so?

Click on the comments to write down why its important to understand the concept of fractions.

Station Activity 3

Now that you have done the first two activities, challenge yourself to 2 games that I am going to suggest to you.

Game 1: Hi-Lo Fractions
Game 2: Fraction Run

If you have time, visit this link to find out how geometrical shapes are prevalent in our environment.