Name: ______________________ Date Assigned: _____ Due Date: ______

My Special Number: A Mathematical Multimedia Project

Student Task Sheet

Task #1: Unit Vocabulary Flashcards

This task is to be competed on days 1 and 2, after the completion of

Investigations 1 to 3 in the Prime Time (Lappan, Fey, Fitzgerald, Friel, &
Phillips, 2006) unit. To complete this task, please follow each step listed
below.

1. Visit www.rememberize.com and open a free account using

your school or home email address.
2. Create flashcards for the vocabulary terms from this unit (see
the list below- a total of 22 flashcards). For each card, be sure
to write an accurate and complete definition and provide a
mathematical example.
3. Save the cards to “my sets” and begin learning them by
clicking “learn.”
4. Continue to learn the cards over the next several days until
your score reflects 90% accuracy or better for the entire set
(mastery of at least 20/22 words).
5. Create a link on your classroom wikipage to your flashcard set
for future studying and to share the flashcards with others.

* See the ‘Flashcards Rubric’ for grading details. *

Vocabulary list

• 1. abundant number 12. greatest common factor

• 2. common factor 13. least common multiple
• 3. common multiple 14. multiple
• 4. composite number 15. near-perfect numbers
• 5. deficient number 16. odd number
• 6. dimensions 17. perfect number
• 7. divisor 18. prime factorization
• 8. even number 19. prime number
• 9. exponent 20. proper factors
• 10. factor 21. relatively prime numbers
• 11. factor pairs 22. square number
Task #2: Connecting your Special Number using Glogster

This task is to be competed on days 3 through 6, simultaneously with

classroom instruction of Investigation 4 in the Prime Time (Lappan, et al.,
2006) unit. To complete this task, please follow each step listed below.

Days 3 and 4:

1. Using your chosen special number, create a brainstorm web

that explains the following in pictures and/or words:

• Why the number was chosen

• Three connections you can make between the number
and your life
• Three connections you can make between the number and
your school or community
• Two connections you can make between the number and
our society/the world
• Two interesting facts about the number

2. Begin searching Google images, taking digital pictures, and/or

searching images on www.glogster.com/edu to find images
that describe the items on your brainstorm web. Save these
files on a flash drive or email them to your school email
account for use on Days 5 and 6.

Days 5 and 6:

3. Log-in to www.glogster.com/edu using your existing account

and create a Glogster to display the connections you made to
your number. Your Glogster must include all of the
requirements from the brainstorm web and must include at
least one video file or sound file.
4. When you are satisfied with your Glogster, embed it into your
classroom wikipage.

* See the ‘Glogster Rubric’ for grading details. *

Task #3: Special Number Descriptive Wordle

This task is to be competed on days 7 and 8, after the completion of

Investigation 4 in the Prime Time (Lappan, et al., 2006) unit. To complete
this task, please follow each step listed below.

1. Using the vocabulary from this unit as defined by you on your

www.rememberize.com flashcards, complete the questions on
the ‘Task #3 Special Number Question Sheet’ worksheet as
they relate to your special number.
2. After the questions are completed, visit www.wordle.net to
create a word cloud using the words that describe your
number. You must include:

• The appropriate word from each question in Section A

• The lists of numbers that describe your number for each
question in Section B (when creating the Wordle, use a ~
in between each number and disable the ‘remove
numbers’ option under the ‘language tab’ for the numbers
to display correctly)

3. When you are satisfied with your Wordle, embed it into your
classroom wikipage.

* See the ‘Wordle Rubric’ for grading details. *

Task #4: Special Number Digital Story

This task is to be competed on days 9 through 14, at the conclusion of entire

the Prime Time (Lappan, et al, 2006) unit. To complete this task, please
follow each step listed below.

Days 9 and 10:

1. Complete the questions on the ’Task #4 Special Number

Question Sheet’ worksheet as they relate to your special
number.

Days 11 and 12:

2. Begin planning your digital story by completing the digital story

outline using the ‘Task #4 Digital Story Planning Sheet’
worksheet. You must include the following visuals in your
digital story:

• Each page needs one visual that shows or explains the

identified topic of the page. This is the picture that will
appear as your voice thread defines the word, tells how it
relates to your special number, and explains the concept
or describes the strategy used.
• Five (5) visuals must be either uploaded digital pictures
from a digital camera or must be retrieved from Google
images (be sure to save the files on a flash drive or email
them to your school email account)
• Five (5) visuals must be pictures or drawings created by
you and scanned as digital files (be sure to save them on
a flash drive or email them to your school account)

Days 13 and 14:

3. Log-in to www.voicethread.com using your existing account.

4. Upload the ten (10) image files, in order, as they appear on
your ‘Task #4 Digital Story Planning Sheet’ worksheet.
5. Refer to the ’Task #4 Special Number Question Sheet’
worksheet and use it to describe the concept of each digital
story page using complete sentences.
6. When you are satisfied with your Digital Story, embed it into
your classroom wikipage.
 *See the ‘Digital Story Rubric’ for grading details. *

Task #5: Multimedia Project Sharing Day

This task is to be competed on day 15 as all students have completed their

projects. To complete this task, please follow each step listed below.

1. Visit at least six of your classmates’ wikipages and view all four
of their multimedia creations. Comment one positive statement
about each classmate’s work on his or her page.
2. Share your wikipage link with as many friends and family
members that you can to share your informative work with
others!
Writing Mechanics

• Grammar
• Punctuation
• Capitalization
• Sentence Structure
• Citations
• Web Page instructions followed

Scoring:

I will score your work on a 4 point scale:

4+ Exemplary Response

• Complete with clear, coherent explanations

• Shows understanding of the mathematical concepts and procedures
• Satisfies all essential conditions of the problem and goes beyond what is
asked for in some unique way.

4 Complete Response

• Complete with clear, coherent explanations

• Shows understanding of the mathematical concepts and procedures
• Satisfies all essential conditions of the problem

3 Reasonably Complete Response

• Reasonably complete; may lack detail in explanations

• Shows understanding of most of the mathematical concepts and
procedures
• Satisfies most of the essential conditions of the problem

2 Partial Response

• Gives response; explanation may be unclear or lack detail

• Shows some understanding of the mathematical concepts and
procedures
• Satisfies some essential conditions of the problem

1 Inadequate Response

• Incomplete; explanation is insufficient or not understandable

• Shows little understanding of the mathematical concepts and procedures
• Fails to address essential conditions of the problem

0 No Attempt

• Irrelevant response
• Does not attempt a solution
• Does not address conditions of the problem
 My Special Number
Uses special number to demonstrate skills
Poor
1 pts The student was
missing several components of the criteria
Mathematical Poor
concepts Shows little understanding
50 % Demonstrate all of the mathematical
seven concepts in your concepts and application.
presentation
Fair Good
3 pts The student met most 5 pts The student met and
or exceeded the critera
Fair Good
Shows understanding of 5 or Shows understanding of all
more of the mathematical seven mathematical
concepts and application. concepts and application.

Visual/Oral Poor Fair Good

Presentation The student completed a The Visual Product is eye The Visual Product is eye
35 % Visual Product and visual Product, but did not catching and easy to catching and easy to
orally present your share the project with the understand. But the understand. The student's
project to the class. class. student's oral presentation oral presentation was easy
class. was hard to understand at to follow.
times.

Conventions Poor Fair Good

10 % edit work for The students had 3 or more The student had 2 or less The student did not have
grammar, punctuation, convention errors. convention errors. any convention errors.
and spelling errors.

Time Management Poor Fair Good

5 % Due Dates were Did not meet any of the due Most due dates were met. All Due dates were met.
met. dates.