MTT

I found a lesson plan integrating math and science together. The lesson involves monitoring how much water a student’s household uses in one Saturday. With this information the students will then research an average household’s water use and compare it to theirs. Also they are asked to brainstorm ways to lower the water use. The math comes into play with their use in the Excel software. I found this lesson off of the Microsoft website, which also has lots of other lesson plans based on different content areas. The lesson plans are very detailed and include great handouts. Microsoft claims that both middle school and high school students could work on this lesson, however, in my opinion, I think it would work better at the middle school level. The goal for the lesson is that students understand and apply concepts and procedures from probability and statistics. This is better than using a plain chalkboard because it students are able to see graphs and relate them to a set of their own data. Also it allows for student exploration of the excel program.  Here’s the website for the water lesson: waterlesson