Lesson Plan

Time What is the teacher doing? What are the students doing?

10 mins Start off with giving the students time for Exploring the site, learning as
students to log on and play around with much as they can about what it
Sketchometry.org and explore the site. Open can do, as well as its limitations.
sketchometry on your computer/smartboard.
Teacher will walk around during this time to
make sure the students are on task.

15 mins With Sketchometry up on the smartboard,
lead an in-depth discussion of site (What did
you try? What can we do? What are some
limitations? What can you relate to class?
What questions do you have?). Discuss
shape vocabulary as we stumble upon
anything worth discussing.
Spitting out anything they noticed
they could and couldnt do, what
they tried, what they know, what
they relate to class; Asking
questions they have about the
site.

20 mins Orchestration of a collaborative checklist (on Working individually completing

teachers projector) of things to do in checklist in Sketchometry.
Sketchometry: Students can ask others for help.

- Plot 5 points
- Connect two points with a line
- Measure the length between two points
- Graph y = x
- Construct an angle
- Measure an angle
- Construct a regular polygon
- BONUS: construct a circle using the
f(x) Plot feature

Teacher walks around and asks guiding

questions about how the students are using
the site.

5 mins With Sketchometry up on the smartboard, Students volunteer to explain how

perform a quick runthrough of the checklist they completed each task.
and how the groups completed it. Teacher
calls on a different student for each task on
the checklist.
25 mins Worksheet is distributed to be completed in Complete worksheet in groups of
groups of 2 or 3. Tell class they have 25 2 or 3.
mins to complete. Teacher walks around
guiding students and answering any
questions students have.

15 mins Go over questions from worksheet on Students volunteer to explain how

smartboard. Go over any more they completed each question.
questions/misconceptions students have.

90 mins