End of Unit Research Project
After completion of the similar triangles lessons and mini-unit, students should be equipped with a great deal of knowledge and deep conceptual standing of similar triangles. This research project will require students to pull together all they have learned throughout this unit into a comprehensive research paper. This paper will require students to do research on a career that has similar triangle application in real-life. This could include carpenters who use similar triangles in building houses. Students will have to find sources that will help them better understand their chosen career and how it relates to similar triangles. They will use this research to write a persuasive research paper convincing one of their peers why their chosen career has real-life application and how it relates to similar triangles.
I chose this particular research paper because I believe it helps connect everything that was learned in the unit as well as helps students dig into research. It also helps students work on their reading and writing skills by reading articles and writing a persuasive research paper including everything they have learned about similar triangles. This research project will be a great way for students to demonstrate their understanding of the unit as well as demonstrate their abilities to read and write effectively.
I chose this particular research paper because I believe it helps connect everything that was learned in the unit as well as helps students dig into research. It also helps students work on their reading and writing skills by reading articles and writing a persuasive research paper including everything they have learned about similar triangles. This research project will be a great way for students to demonstrate their understanding of the unit as well as demonstrate their abilities to read and write effectively.
Learning Targets:
- I can do research to find a career that has similar triangle application in the real-world
- I can find reliable sources that will help me form a persuasive research paper
- I can write a persuasive research paper that includes reliable sources
- I can explain how similar triangles are related to my chosen career