Formative Assessments for Unit

Throughout the unit, we used daily journal entries that we called "logbooks," an emoji exit ticket and 2 digital class quizzes during the unit. The journal met two purposes--providing multiple chances for low-stakes writing within the discipline of mathematics and helping students create a way to see how their learning progressed over the course of the unit. In addition, using an emoji exit ticket was a simple way to look into how students felt about their learning so far. Lastly, the digital class quizzes helped us quickly check for previous knowledge as well as for understanding after lesson instruction. Moreover, the quizzes also provide instant feedback to students.

Logbook Questions

1. What do you know about parachutes and what do you want to know about parachutes

2. What is your definition of a force and what are some forces you know about?

3. What are some forces you encountered last night?

4. Explain the process you used to determine surface area

5. What will be a more effective parachute, one with more surface area or less and why ?

6. What effect do you think shapes will have on the parachute decent time? 

7. What are some creative ways you could present your findings 

8. What have you learned during this unit? 

Quizzes

1. Forces

   1. https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/8023642b-0825-465b-a2f1-9745c93852b3 

2. Parachute

   1. https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/f7b3054e-2067-49a7-87fc-91a90b0f993c 

Assessment used to gauge student interest in the unit