Description: This app lesson will develop middle school students’ algebra understanding.
Instructional Objective: Students will demonstrate their algebra understanding by creating their own word problems and algebra posters.
Step 1: Students will watch instructional videos on the necessary algebra concepts in the Khan Academy app.
Step 2: Students will practice the algebra concepts of multiplication and division in the My Math Flash Cards App.
Step 3: Students will use the Evernote app to write a word problem. Students will share their word problem with a partner to check if it can be solved and makes sense.
Step 4: Students will use Scoodle Jam to create a poster comprised of a word problem they created, along with illustrations demonstrating how to set up the equation and all the steps necessary to solve the problem. Students will share their posters with classmates to solve.
Inspired by Amanda Addy