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Who Wants to be a Millionaire Mathematician?
Summary:
This is a great way for the students to review for TAKS. It allows the students to engage in a competitive activity while answering math questions.
Grade Level:
• Target Grade: 6
• Upper Bound: 6
• Lower Bound: 6
Time Required: 30 minutes
Activity Team/Group Size: Teams of 4-8 students is optimal
Materials:
• “Who Wants to be a Millionaire Mathematician?” power-point
Lesson Plan:
• Remind the students of the game “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?”
• Break the students up into teams of 4-8 students per team.
• Each team is to designate a team captain who will be in charge of writing the team’s answer down
• Each team will work out the solution to the question, have the team captain record it, and the instructor will check each team member’s answer.
• If the answer is correct, the team receives that many points. If the answer is incorrect, the team receives no points.
• Proceed with the questions.
• If there is a tie at the end, a challenging question should be given until one team is clearly the winner.
Authors:
Graduate Fellow Name: Betsy Childs
Teacher Mentor Name: Angela Monsavais
Date Submitted: April 30, 2008
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