Date
Subject/Period
Math
Teacher H Finn
Starter
Review application of the Pythagorean
Theorem in word problems (up for 5
minutes)
Start the Alice world and the Pythagoras
will walk the students through the steps for
Applying the Pythagorean relationship
twice to find the interior diagonal of a
rectangular prism.
Exit Slip
Do ticket out the door questions:
Are we good?
What do we need to work on?
What did we master?
Homework
Using the animation and code given,
students can create an animation for a
similar problem with a rectangular prism
with different dimensions.
Essential Question (?)
Can I apply the Pythagorean Theorem in three dimensional problems?
Goal/ Essential Standard
MA2010(8) 22. Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to
determine unknown side lengths in right triangles
in real-world and mathematical problems in two
and three dimensions.
Objective introduce the exponent and multiplication rule
Applications of the Pythagorean Theorem
Learning Target: “I Can”
I can create a simple animation of a solution to a three dimensional problem using the Pythagorean Theorem
Instructional Strategies:
Hands on with a computer
Student grouping: individual or groups of two
Check for student understanding throughout the lesson through questioning.
Overview/Annotation:
Students will use Alice to make an animation in order to help visualize the steps to finding the interior diagonal
distance from top to bottom of opposite sides of a rectangular prism. This type of problem can be solved by using
the Pythagorean relationship to find the length of the diagonal of the base of the rectangular prism. Once this is
known, it can be used with the height of the prism to solve the problem by applying the Pythagorean relationship
one more time.
Students can write code for a fade in and
fade out for each scene change.