Part 4: Creating an Assignment Using the Web

This is an open-ended assignment to get you comfortable with using the Web and hypertext as a teaching tool. The end product should be a lab that would be appropriate for high school students. Think carefully about how the Web and hypertext can be used to improve your students' educational experience.

Use the following guidelines:

• Your lab should cover some aspect of geometry. The word geometry may be liberally interpreted, but you should definitely cover some mathematical topic.

• Write your lab in html. Your lab should be something that works better with hypertext than merely using a handout. For example, if there are many new terms, have the words link to their definitions. With your project, you will need to write a short explanation of how hypertext improves this lab over handing out sheets of paper.

• You should include figures. You will learn about creating mathematical figures using the software in future weeks. You may also wish to include sound and movies.

• The lab should involve your group using some software. This might be in the creation of figures, or you could actually present the software in the lab. The software can either be from class or software that you find on the internet. For examples see the links under Lists of Software to Download in Part 2. For example, you may want to include Sketchpad sketches. You may only want to use Sketchpad to create images.

• Find one or more Web pages relevant to the topic that you have picked. Make sure they are an at appropriate level. As part of your lab, design a list of questions or other appropriate assignment around these documents. For examples see the links under Specific Examples in Part 2. To find other pages, you should also browse through the items under the Indexes and Lists of Lists, as well as using Search Engines.

The Geometry Center Home Page

Author: Evelyn Sander
Comments to: webmaster@geom.umn.edu
Created: Jun 09 1996 --- Last modified: Jul 31 1996