THE VOYAGE
October 15th - 17th
October 15th
Learning Target: The
learner will use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the distance sailed by C.C
given his starting and end points.
In-Class: Learners will see my modeling of how to use the Pythagorean Theorem with a map and using it to find the distance between two points. They will then do the same thing to find the distance sailed by Columbus from Portugal to America.
Lesson:
In-Class: Learners will see my modeling of how to use the Pythagorean Theorem with a map and using it to find the distance between two points. They will then do the same thing to find the distance sailed by Columbus from Portugal to America.
Lesson:
October 16th
In-class: Learners will continue their work with using the Pythagorean Theorem to find distances sailed by Christopher Columbus. This time however, instead of focusing on the long journey from Portugal to America, we will focus on the many short trips he took between islands in the Caribbean. Using these many short distances, learners will find the total distance sailed in the entire trip.
October 17th
In-class: To end the week on an exciting note, we will have an enrichment activity where I bring in sailors' navigation tools and discuss how these tools were used. I will show and tell, as well as allow students to use the tools and show how sailors used geometry and the stars to find their location on maps. We will also use maps and other resources including but not limited to the Pythagorean Theorem to simulate how sailors in Columbus's time had to navigate.