In case you are trying the MARS MAP Classroom Challenges for the first time, it is recommended that you read the Brief Guide for teachers and administrators before you get started.
Before the lesson students attempt the problem individually. You then review their work and write questions for students to answer to help them improve their solutions.
At the start of the lesson, students work alone, answering your questions.
Students are then grouped, and work collaboratively on the same task.
In the same small groups, students are given some sample solutions to comment on and evaluate.
In a whole-class discussion, students explain and compare the different solution strategies they have seen and used.
To help you assess how well students are able to solve quadratics in one variable.
To help you identify and help students who have the difficulty of making sense of a real life situation and deciding on the math to apply to the problem.
To help you identify and help students who have the difficulty of solving quadratic equations by taking square roots, completing the square, using the quadratic formula, and factoring.
To help you identify and help students who have the difficulty of interpreting results in the context of a real life situation.