Lesson Idea Focus

Lesson Title Can YOU Figure It?

Content Area Suitable for a 10th Grade Geometry Class
Content Standards MGSE9-12.G.CO.8 Explain how the criteria for triangle congruence
(ASA, SAS, and SSS) follow from the definition of congruence in terms
of rigid motions. (Extend to include HL and AAS.)
Technology ISTE Standards:
Standards 1.1.c – Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and
improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety
of ways.
1.4.d – Students exhibit a tolerance for ambiguity, perseverance, and
the capacity to work with open-ended problems.
1.5.c – Students break problems into component parts, extract key
information and develop descriptive models to understand complex
systems of facilitate problem-solving.
Integrated CanFigureIt.com
Technology
Reference or https://canfigureit.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/
Supporting CanFigureIt_Triangles_lesson-plan-1.pdf
Resources This resource was used as an inspiration for my lesson plan. If I can log
in and get an account as a teacher on CanFigureIt.com I will definitely
seek to use this in my field placement next week!
Bloom’s Taxonomy Remembering
Levels Understanding
Applying
Integration Level This particular lesson is a LoTi Level 3. I believe it could be adapted
into a higher LoTi level with some minor adjustments to the
conclusion of the lesson.
Universal Design This technology is beneficial for the UDL because it can offer different
Rationale means of representation and expression for the students. Students
may select the claims they wish to justify. The students will be offered
2 different formats for their justification. One can be through
screenshotting the finished proof on CanFigureIt.com. The second will
be writing down their proofs on physical paper. Both of these will be
uploaded to a word document. If students do not wish to express their
answers through writing. They will be responsible for presenting the
other students proofs out loud, and justifying the claims made. This
gives students multiple means of expression for their answers.
This content will also be taught using different forms of
representation. One will be through helpful videos on
CanFigureIt.com. The instructor will also teach audibly and visually
after the exploration section. After the direct instruction (or recap)
 the students will have the opportunity to re-explore. The website is
more tactile in nature because you can select angle by clicking them
or play around with different possibilities.
Lesson Idea The standards will be taught first through an exploration of the
CanFigureIt congruence proofs. Students will explore the proofs and
make connections before the teacher expressly talks about triangle
congruence proofs. The students have knowledge of congruence and
proofs, so the only new concept is applying these to triangles. The
exploration will begin with the teacher giving instructions to explore
the proof numbers on the board. The students will be allowed to
converse and work in groups. Once they feel confident with about 2-3
proofs, they will screenshot or write down their proofs and submit
them to a class word document folder.
The teacher will then select a few of the examples to discuss and
justify. The students who wish to express their knowledge verbally will
go over the proofs with the class and explain if they think the proofs
are justified or not. The class will conclude with the teacher
connecting ideas the students share and explaining the main objective
of the lesson. That is, what proves triangles are congruent? The
students will reflect upon this question and submit their answers as an
exit ticket for the class. This will inform the teacher where the class is
at or what they need extra assistance/differentiation on.
Since the majority of this lesson is social and exploratory, the goal will
be for the students to reach higher levels of thinking. The online
content will be able to answer the simple questions students often
ask, so they can dig in deeper to the content.
Design Reflection These activities will hopefully allow the students to access deeper
levels of understanding since they are exploratory in nature. As I
planned this for introducing a new concept, there is plenty of room to
grow with this subject. The following few lessons could cover the
triangle congruence theorems and congruent parts theorems. I do
believe that other low-tech ATs like physical manipulatives could help
with this project.