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Fraction Contraption Workbook  

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Unit Title (?)Choose a title that draws attention to and describes your hands-on, applied academic project.

Fraction Contraption Workbook

Related Disciplines (?)List the type of courses that might use this unit (i.e. Algebra 1, General Science, Shop, Drafting, & Pre-Engineering.)

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Project Author's Name (?)The name of the lesson author

Jono Schwartz

Brief Project Description (?)help other teachers decide if this project is something they can do, please briefly indicate the equipment and materials they'd need to do this project. For example, you might need a mill, lathe, protractors and 4x2x0.25 pieces of aluminum for each student. Note that you can attach detailed material and equipment lists below.

This workbook was developed for a workshop to prepare instructors to teach measurement, probability, fractions, decimals, and percent in their classrooms using the Fraction Contraption game.
The theme running through the workshop was that fractions are fun, useful, and have to be practiced.
How to teach each skill using the Fraction Contraption game will be presented, including teacher procedures, student activities, assessments, and a discussion regarding how to fit the game into the classroom flow. The game can be used in the K-12 setting, including any Career Technical Education class that uses math. The primary ingredient of Fraction Contraption’s success is that is provides time to play/practice in a non-threatening environment.

Materials & Equipment Required (?)help other teachers decide if this project is something they can do, please briefly indicate the equipment and materials they'd need to do this project. For example, you might need a mill, lathe, protractors and 4x2x0.25 pieces of aluminum for each student. Note that you can attach detailed material and equipment lists below.

Rulers, Fraction Contraption

Textbooks (?)List any textbook references for this lesson.

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Time for Lesson (?)What is the realistic amount of time students require to do this project? Again, this helps others in deciding how to fit this project into class hours.

The workbook contains multiple activities that require different amounts of class time.

Links & Resources (?)links to other useful web sites for ordering materials, showing as examples of the concept being used in industry, giving demonstrations on an online movie and providing other similar resources.

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