You Want Me to Do What to That Matrix?
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Author:
YVETTE AKRIDGE
System: Andalusia City School: Andalusia City Board Of Education
General Activity Information
Activity ID:
2549
Title: You Want Me to Do What to That Matrix?
Digital Tool/Resource: Scalar Multiplication Google Slideshow
Web Address – URL:
Overview: This learning activity will be used to introduce scalar multiplication and is intended for a Before Activity. The students will watch the Scalar Multiplication video to learn how to multiply a scalar into matrices. This activity will lead to learning how to add, subtract, and multiply scalar matrices with appropriate dimensions.
This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
Associated Standards and Objectives
Content Standard(s):
Mathematics 3. Multiply matrices by scalars to produce new matrices.
Unpacked Content
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
Given a matrix, use scalar multiplication to produce a new matrix and interpret the value of the new entries. Teacher Vocabulary:
Knowledge:
Students know:
The aspects of a matrix with regard to entries, rows, columns, dimensions, elements, and subscript notations. Skills:
Students are able to:
Write percents as decimals. Increase or decrease an amount by multiplying by a percent (i.e., increase of 10% would multiply by 1.1). Understanding:
Students understand:
Multiplying a matrix by a scalar affects every element in the matrix equally.
Scalar multiplication is a tool that allows all elements of a matrix to be changed in a simple manner. Diverse Learning Needs:
Essential Skills:
Learning Objectives: ALGII.3.1: Define scalar.
ALGII.3.2: Multiply a matrix by a scalar.
Prior Knowledge Skills:
Basic multiplication facts.
Identify a matrix.
Multiply each element by a given scalar.
Learning Objectives: Students will be able to multiply matrices by scalars to produce new matrices.
Strategies, Preparations and Variations
Phase: Before/Engage
Activity:
This activity will be used at the beginning of a scalar multiplication lesson.
The students will watch the Scalar Multiplication video to introduce matrices multiplication (this can be done as a whole group or assigned through Google Classroom).
After the completion of the video, the teacher should display the Scalar Multiplication Practice and have the students work the problems.
The teacher will circulate around the room to check for understanding of scalar multiplication.
Once the teacher has verified students’ understanding of scalar multiplication, he/she should teach students how to add, subtract, and multiply scalar matrices with appropriate dimensions .
Assessment Strategies:
The students should write their answers to the Scalar Multiplication Practice in their math journals or on a sheet of paper.
The teacher will assess the students by checking their responses and can correct mistakes or misunderstandings.
Advanced Preparation: Students will need to know about the dimensions of matrices.
Students will need their journals or a piece of paper to complete the Scalar Multiplication Practice .
The teacher will need to make sure there is an Internet connection (WiFi) and devices to use if he/she chooses to assign the video and practice through Google Classroom.
Variation Tips (optional): The Scalar Multiplication video and Scalar Multiplication Practice could be assigned through Google Classroom.
Notes or Recommendations (optional):
Keywords and Search Tags
Keywords and Search Tags:
matrices, multiply, multiply matrices, scalar, scalar multiplication
