| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Module | Walking graphs |
| Teaching Hours | 65-80 min |
| Grade Level | 6-8 |
| Brief Description | In this module, students investigate graphs of functional relationships in the context of movements of their own bodies. The physically experienced situation "Walking Graphs" describes the relationship between the distance to a fixed point/sensor and the time in which a movement is completed. Students experience this situation enactively through real walking in front of a sensor in the classroom as well as digitally with GeoGebra. The understanding of graphs is enhanced by the possibility to link a physical situation (motion) directly to the visually perceivable information in the graph (slope, y-axis intercept). The learning process is supported by embodiment, i.e. the interaction of perception and movement in the sensorimotor system of the human body. |
| Design Principles | |
| Functional Thinking | |
| Learning Goals |
- Enhancing the qualitative understanding of functional relationships.
- Students are able to find corresponding graphs for specific situations and vice versa.
- Students know which graphs cannot be walked.
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