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Search and Rescue Activity Lesson PlanSearch and Rescue Activity Lesson Plan
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West Contra Costa Unified School District
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Grade
8th - 10th
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Math
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1 hr
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Year
2015
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Search and Rescue Activity

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Get your classes moving and practicing sequences at the same time! Learners move about the room solving problems and finding their solutions. Problems include both recursive and explicit formulas and both geometric and arithmetic sequences.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

the recursive formula, arithmetic sequences, geometric sequences, linear

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Use as a review before an assessment
  • Create collaborative groups with similar levels of pupils; allow time to work with the lower level groups

Classroom Considerations

  • Activity requires some prep time in advance

Pros

  • Provides scaffolding ideas to support different levels of learners
  • Each example is different in its expectations
  • Includes all necessary materials and an answer key with descriptions

Cons

  • None

Common Core

HSF-BF.A.2

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