Angle Comparisons

Recommended Grade: 3

Curriculum Expectations:

Geometry and Spatial Sense

* to identify right angles and to describe angles as greater than, equal to, or less than a right angle

Learning Goal:

We are learning to recognize and describe angles bigger than, smaller than and equal to a right angle, otherwise known as a carpenter angles so that we can identify benchmark angles

Required Supplies:

Ipad
Blockly App
Dash
Tape
Pencil and Paper

Instructions or Directions:

Step 1: Download Blockly App if you have not already done so from the App Store

Step 2: Turn on Dash and connect to Bluetooth

Step 3: Place Dash (by an angle) on marked out shape that has been made with tape

Step 4: In the "Drive" tab, choose between turn right or turn left

Step 5: Once selected, choose how many degrees you would like Dash to turn

Step 6: Hit Play

Reflection Questions:

1. What challenges did you encounter when having Dash turn and follow the outline on the carpet?

2. What can you tell me about a right angle?

3. Where else do you see right angles in everyday life?

4. Why do you think that right angles are used so often in everyday life?

5. How do you know if an angle is bigger or smaller than a right angle? Explain

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