Learning+Model+Rationale

I am using project-based learning model

This teaching strategy is very useful in my opinion for many reasons. First, it will use small groups with roles defined so that every student is held accountable and assessed accordingly. In doing this the students will learn real-world life skills necessary for future jobs that they will have as well as the content that the project is being centered around. When this project was used in a classroom the students were just introduced to trig functions and where a little confused about why we were going to jump into a project about something they were not comfortable with yet. But, as the few exploratory days went by the students began to realize that this material was not as hard as they had first thought and that they actually knew more about it than they gave themselves credit for. Second, since this project uses real-world data that the students are familiar with I feel it creates that link between mathematics and our natural world more so because the students are going to use a function to represent an everyday occurrence. And to be able to accomplish this is powerful. Also along these lines is the technology part of the project where they will have to collaborate together online to create a presentation that is pleasant, but also gets the information across to the audience.
 * My rationale:**



Links:
 * [|NetPBL] - good resource for collaboration online of project-based learning.
 * [|PBL] - learn how to create a project, see others projects, and look at current research
 * [|checklists] - this site has some different applications based on grade level and content

Examples: media type="youtube" key="UsbvRyj7hao" height="349" width="560" media type="youtube" key="FA0Bg-O9vXg" height="349" width="425"
 * [|Down the Drain]
 * Video of the experts talking about PBL:
 * Cell Biology video: