Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Lesson Plan: Rubik's Cube





WHAT
HOW LONG
MATERIALS
BRIDGE
Look at this thing!  Don't you wish  you could solve it?  Impress the ladies with your rubik's skills!
30 seconds
Rubik's Cubes
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will be able to solve a rubiks cube (hopefully).


TEACHING OBJECTIVES
Get everyone to break down the cube into a step-by-step process, rather than a daunting whole.


PRE TEST
Have you ever solved a cube before?  Do you know the vocabulary of the cube?
30 seconds

PARTICIPATORY LEARNING
Students will follow my lead through the many steps of solving the cube. They will also learn to translate written cube notation into movements.
8 minutes

POST TEST
Students will attempt to solve the cube independently and fail because it can't be learned in 10 minutes.  But maybe they'll take it home and try again. 
1 minute allotted during lesson.  Really, it'll take them much longer.

SUMMARY
There will be no summary because they'll still be working on it when class ends.  Cubing is never finished.  Even when you solve it, you just scramble it up again and try to do it faster.


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