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INTRODUCTION UNIT 1:

GROWTH & MATH MINDSETS DAY 3

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Math for the Real World

  • Ask your neighbor “how are you doing today?”

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Objectives

  • I will learn how visual models can help me understand math.
  • I will learn how math can be applied in the real world.
  • I can learn to have a growth mindset instead of a fixed mindset.

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Video: Boosting Math

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Discussion

  • What was the most shocking thing you learned about our brains in this video?
  • What is a fixed mindset and how can we change to a growth mindset?
  • What are some things that make our brains grow?

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Everyone can learn math �to the highest levels

Struggle and mistakes �are really important

Believe in yourself

Math is a visual �and creative field

Speed is �not important

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Activity: Flower Garden

We just learned in the video that math is a lot about �visualization and figuring out patterns. In the activity, we’re �going to imagine we’re a landscaper building some flower gardens.

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Flower Garden Activity

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Imagine, a city planner hires a landscaper to design a flower garden to �beautify the city. The landscaper plants flowers in a square pattern.

To protect the flowers from the wind and being stepped on by pedestrians, �the landscaper plants shrubs all around the flower garden. Every Spring, the landscaper expands the garden.

The diagram below shows the pattern of flowers and shrubs for the first four years.

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Flower Garden

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  • How do you see the pattern growing?

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Flower Garden

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  • What would year 5 and year 6 of the garden look like?
    • How many shrubs will the n=5 garden have? How many flowers?

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    • How many shrubs will the n=6 garden have? How many flowers?

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Flower Garden

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  • As the landscaper expands the garden, will the number of flowers or �the number of shrubs increase more quickly? �Justify your response with a visual.

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Wrap-Up

Take a couple minutes to reflect on these questions.

  • In this lesson we learned how a landscaper might use math in their job. Can you think of any other jobs or careers that can use math like this?
  • Why is it actually good for our brains to struggle and make mistakes?

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