LPU

So far in class these groups have presented their lesson plan for understanding, my group happened to be one of them. Our lesson focused on area formulas. When we first chose this topic we thought it would be a fairly easy lesson to create, but after we met with Dr. Reins our opinions quickly changed.
We could not figure out how to teach a lesson that would have our students coming up with the are formula themselves. We met several times and felt frustrated because letting students explore and find things on their own is a hard thing to do. In junior high we were taught formulas by copying them off the board and then taught which numbers get plugged where, so naturally we felt scared.
After another meeting with Dr. Reins we felt comfortable with our lesson, but were still unsure if our classmates would understand what we were asking them to do. The day of our presentation things went smoothly and we did just fine, but without our planning and preparation it would not have went as smoothly.
All in all I enjoyed our lesson. It was a great way to practice project based learning. I now know I am capable of teaching the "new" way and look forward to actually implementing it into my classroom some day.