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The use of direct instruction is all too common in classrooms nowadays, especially in math. That’s why I use hands-on activities. What becomes a problem is the cost. Purchasing supplies for even a single class can be costly, especially when you have 99 students. By donating to this project, you will not only help provide the means for these hands-on activities, you will ultimately help to increase their academic achievement. Most of the materials I have requested will be used in Magic Bag Activities. Each student will receive a Ziploc bag containing toothpicks, plastic “grids”, straws (coffee), Patty Paper, index cards, and an instruction sheet. The first activity has students use two index cards to create intersecting planes. They’re asked to draw the following on the cards: 1) three coplanar but non-collinear points and 2) two noncoplanar lines intersecting at point X. The second activity has students use the plastic “grids” and toothpicks to modeling the following: 1) two parallel planes, 2) two lines perpendicular to the same plane, 3) a line parallel to two intersecting planes, and 4) a line intersecting two intersecting planes. The third activity students use straws to determine all possibilities for the number of points of intersection for: 1) two lines, 2) three lines, 3) four lines, and 4) five lines. To check their work, they’re asked to make a drawing for each possibility. The last activity of the Magic Bag, students use Patty Paper to discover various postulates, such as the perpendicular bisector. The remaining materials are used for a triangle and angle activity. The shoe laces are cut and glued onto the end of the straws in a small loop. Three straws (drinking size) are connected using the loops to form a triangle. Students then slide the straws to make various size triangles.

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The use of direct instruction is all too common in classrooms nowadays, especially in math. That’s why I use hands-on activities. What becomes a problem is the cost. Purchasing supplies for even a single class can be costly, especially when you have 99 students. By donating to this project, you will not only help provide the means for these hands-on activities, you will ultimately help to increase their academic achievement. Most of the materials I have requested will be used in Magic Bag Activities. Each student will receive a Ziploc bag containing toothpicks, plastic “grids”, straws (coffee), Patty Paper, index cards, and an instruction sheet. The first activity has students use two index cards to create intersecting planes. They’re asked to draw the following on the cards: 1) three coplanar but non-collinear points and 2) two noncoplanar lines intersecting at point X. The second activity has students use the plastic “grids” and toothpicks to modeling the following: 1) two parallel planes, 2) two lines perpendicular to the same plane, 3) a line parallel to two intersecting planes, and 4) a line intersecting two intersecting planes. The third activity students use straws to determine all possibilities for the number of points of intersection for: 1) two lines, 2) three lines, 3) four lines, and 4) five lines. To check their work, they’re asked to make a drawing for each possibility. The last activity of the Magic Bag, students use Patty Paper to discover various postulates, such as the perpendicular bisector. The remaining materials are used for a triangle and angle activity. The shoe laces are cut and glued onto the end of the straws in a small loop. Three straws (drinking size) are connected using the loops to form a triangle. Students then slide the straws to make various size triangles.

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