Mrs.+Lenfesty

Quadrilateral Wiki/Lesson:

One of the units that I include in my Pre-AP Geometry curriculum is Quadrilaterals. I decided that I wanted each group to create a wiki page dedicated to each of the four quadrilaterals. Each group learned about their polygon, discovered and explored the properties and then decided what information they wanted to include on their wiki page.

Keeping to the true sense of a wiki the students were assigned a specific quadrilateral and responsible for creating a wiki page dedicated to that shape. They had to create their shape, decide on the important properties of their shape and an example of a problem that uses one of their properties.

Objective/SLE's:
 * 1) Explore and verify the properties of Quadrilaters.
 * 2) Solve problems involving polygons.

Student created projects: You can view the student created wiki pages here http://solveforwhy.wikispaces.com/Polygons and then clicking on any of the quadrilateral links.

Reflection: After completing this project I discovered that they were many different ways in which I would change the activity for the following year. 1. I'd really like to see the students incorporate more of the interactive GeoGebra sketches into their wiki. I want the other students to be able to interact with the wiki. 2. I need to identify individual group roles first, make them outline their learning and then go to the technology last.