BADGE DAY

OBJECTIVE: WORK INDEPENDENTLY WITH A PARTNER OR GROUP TO COMPLETE BADGE TASKS WITHOUT INSTRUCTION.

Time: 1 or more periods

Materials: Textbooks, reference books, teacher generated materials, information researched by students etc.

Procedure:

1. Students choose one of the tasks that must be completed in order to get a badge.
2. Students work together with partners or groups to complete the task.
3. Students occasionally use the teacher as a consultant, but generally work on their own to complete the task.

NYS Standards for Lesson Plan 9

Standard 7—Interdisciplinary Problem Solving

Key Idea #2 Solving interdisciplinary problems involves a varity fo skills and strategies, including effective work habits; gathering and processing information; generating and analyzing ideas; realizing ideas; making connections among the common themes of mathematics, science and technology; and presenting results.