Project Based Learning Unit

Unit Calendar Quadratics (PBL)

Day 1 Project Launch: Rocket Competition Entry Doc Group Contracts Exploring Graphs of Quadratics Day 2 Warm Up Group work: Part 1 Tasks Workshop: Quadratics Quadratics Practice Day 3 Warm Up Lesson on Factoring Factoring Practice Group Work: Part 1 Tasks Day 4 Warm Up Review Factoring Group Work: Finish Part 1 Tasks Vertical Motion Activity Day 5 Warm Up Review Vertical Motion Quiz

Project: Rocket Competition

Day 6 Group Work: Start Part 2 Tasks(This equation will not be factorable, so students will need to know the quadratic formula - however, let them struggle before you show them how to do it!) Lesson on Quadratic Formula Day 7 Warm Up Group Work: Part 2 Tasks Group share: Methods for finding the maximum height Day 8 Day 9 Warm Up Lesson on Completing the Square Practice Problems Literacy Scaffolding Group Work: Finish Part 2 Tasks Day 10 Review Completing the Square Finish Project Work on Report

Literacy Task Do you know Really Know What a Quadratic Function is?

Literacy Task & Scaffolding Project: Rocket Competition

Day 11 Group Work: Finish Project and Report Day 12 Project Due Review Day 13 Project Presentations Project Debrief Day 14 Day 15

FAL: Forming Quadratics

FAL: Forming Quadratics

Project: Rocket Competition

Day 16 Lets Take a Cruise Problem Knows/Need to knows Group Time Day 17 Lets Take a Cruise Problem Journals Quadratic Formula & the discriminant Revisit Mr. Ts Problem, Rolling soda Bottle, etc. and use the quadratic formula Day 18 Test Unit Debrief

Formative Assessment Lesson

Problem: Quadratics