3-Act tasks have changed my teaching practice. I don't do them everyday but I know when I do them my students super engaged. The purpose of 3-Act tasks are to engage the students in the entire problem solving process and immerse them in rich thinking activities that feel more real to them. Dan Meyer has written about the how’s and why’s of 3-Act tasks. He has also deconstructed the process with blog posts that even include video of his methods.
He has also created a google doc of 3 Act tasks with US Common Core standards so you can sift through and figure out which ones will work for you.
Another educator Andrew Stadel has created this google sheet with some tasks.
Finally Kyle Pearce has some as well.
Try one out and let me know how it goes!
Scott
https://tapintoteenminds.com/3act-math/giant-rubber-duck/#task
ReplyDeleteHi Scott,
Thank you for posting! I enjoy Dan Meyer- he's innovative and motivating. I posted a link above that follows the 3 Acts algorithm. It shows a picture of the CN tower, adjacent to the tower is a rubber duck. The question was how many rubber ducks tall would fill up the CN Tower. It's received a number of hits and is now becoming the event of the summer, as they will be placing a large rubber duck in the waters facing the CN Tower on Canada Day.
This 3 Acts Task is perfect for the Intermediate math course as it includes Grade 6-8 Number Sense and Numeration strand, and aligns with the Grade 9 Number Sense and Algebra Strand.
https://tapintoteenminds.com/3act-math/giant-rubber-duck/#task
ReplyDeleteHi Scott,
Thank you for posting! I enjoy Dan Meyer- he's innovative and motivating. I posted a link above that follows the 3 Acts algorithm. It shows a picture of the CN tower, adjacent to the tower is a rubber duck. The question was how many rubber ducks tall would fill up the CN Tower. It's received a number of hits and is now becoming the event of the summer, as they will be placing a large rubber duck in the waters facing the CN Tower on Canada Day.
This 3 Acts Task is perfect for the Intermediate math course as it includes Grade 6-8 Number Sense and Numeration strand, and aligns with the Grade 9 Number Sense and Algebra Strand.