Dissect the Crazy Triangles

Welcome: Dissect the Crazy Triangles
Description: In this unit we are going to enter the world of crazy triangles in an attempt to rationalize its secrets and the secret segments inside of it. With a lot of instructional videos, fun activities using graphic organizers, wiki-links, scripts and surveys. The aim of using the webQuest is create an anxiety- reduced environment. WebQuests increase student motivation. When students are motivated, they are likely to put in more effort, and their minds are more alert and ready to make connections. My WebQuest tasks are designed to address problems or issues that exist in the real world, which makes the task authentic. In this WebQuests, students use real, timely resources instead of dated textbooks and materials that are only presented from one point of view. WebQuests are often cooperative in nature, requiring students to take on roles where they are part of a team that must accomplish the task. They have to become experts on a certain topic and share this information with their group. They know their teammates are counting on them to contribute to the completion of the final task. Because they know their results will be shared with others wiki pages, they know they have a real, sometimes worldwide audience. One of the key reasons for using WebQuests is that they prompt higher-level thinking (critical thinking, analysis, synthesis and inference skills). The questions posed to students require more than just finding and spitting back information. They must take the information they research and transform it into something else, thus also improving the student
Grade Level: 6-8
Curriculum: Math
Keywords: midsegment-perpendicular bisector-angle bisector-median-altitudes
Author(s): Houssam Bohlok