Teacher:  Jana Chowns   

School:  Sherrouse Academic Center

Title:  Hotel Infinity 
 
Subject:  Mathematics

Grade Level:  6 - 8 

Overview: 
The teacher will read a story of Hotel Infinity to the students. The students will have to design in detail their Hotel Infinity. The students will use computers with a paint program to design their Hotel. 

Approximate Duration: 55 minutes

Content Standards:
Number and Number Relations
In problem-solving investigations, students demonstrate an understanding of the real number system and communicate the relationships within that system using a variety of techniques and tools.

Benchmarks:
N-1-M
demonstrating that a rational number can be expressed in many forms, and selecting an appropriate form for a given situation (e.g., fractions, decimals, and percents); (1,2,3,4)
N-5-M
applying an understanding of rational numbers and arithmetic operations to real-life situations; (1,2,4)

Grade-Level Expectations (GLEs):
Grade 6
5. Decide which representation (i.e., fraction or decimal) of a positive number is appropriate in a real-life situation (N-1-M) (N-5-M)

Grade 7
9. Determine when an estimate is sufficient and when an exact answer is needed in real-life problems using decimals and percents (N-5-M) (N-7-M)

Grade 8
6. Identify missing information or suggest a strategy for solving a real-life, rational-number problem (N-5-M)

9. Find unit/cost rates and apply them in real-life problems (A-5-M) (N-5-M) (N-8-M)

Interdisciplinary Connections:
Business Education : Standard 6
The student will demonstrate the ability to use standard equipment found in a variety of modern offices.

Educational Technology Standards:
Identify and define computer and networking terms (e.g. modem, file server, client station, LAN, Internet/Intranet, data storage device).
Demonstrate the operations of a computer (e.g., touch-keyboarding skills, save, organize and back-up files) and other peripheral devices (scanner, digital and video cameras, VCR, laser disc player) at an intermediate level.

Objectives:
The learner will use the computer to build and design their Hotel Infinity. The learner will correct terminology for the computer.

Lesson Materials and Resources:
Copies of the story of "Hotel Infinity"
Bulletin Board to hang their Hotel Infinity designs.

Technology Tools and Materials:
Hardware:  Computer, printer, mouse, monitor, floppy disk,
Software:  Paint program

Background Information:
Students should be familiar with the computer and printer and functional with a mouse.
Learn Vocabulary words for the Unit.
Infinity, finite, one-to-one correspondence, transfinite arithmetic

Lesson Procedures:
1. Read the Story of Hotel Infinity.
2. As the teacher reads, students should try to picture the hotels & rooms in their minds.
3. Brainstorm with the children how the hotel looks - the lobby, the other rooms, the hallways, the buses, the landscape outside, does it have a pool.
4. Next, the students will use the computer with paint program to draw their Hotel infinity. The detail is in the design. The hallway, pool, landscape, lobby, buses, checking/out counter should all be included in the design.
5. The students will present their hotel design and how the hotel works and operates. The presentation will be take as a oral grade on conciseness and organization of the hotel.
6. Their Hotel Infinities will be displayed on a bulletin board outside the teachers classroom.
Assessment Procedures:
The students will be assessed on the presentation of their Hotel Infinity. The students will be graded on the components of the rubric. They must meet the needs of the rubric for an A, B, C, D, or F.

Accommodations/Modifications:
The teacher will allow more time for certain students. The teacher will also have a magnifying screen for the computer.
----- written by Jana Chowns


Reproducible Materials:
Hotel Infinity
Hotel Infinity Rubric

Explorations and Extensions:
The students may enhance their hotels with the use of the paint program. The more the utilize the software on the computer the more they can adapt to the skill and understanding of the hotel concept.

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