Geometric+Solids+using+CompassLearning+(3rd+Grade)

by Margaret Lobert and Chris Pugh

=Standards= CFU 0306.4.3** - Classify lines and segments as parallel, perpendicular, or intersecting.
 * Math
 * SPI 0306.1.6** - Identify and use vocabulary to describe attributes of two- and three-dimensional shapes.


 * Language CFU 0301.3.2** - Write for a variety of purposes: to entertain, persuade, inform, demonstrate knowledge, answer questions, tell a story, respond to literature.


 * ISTE NETS**
 * 1c.** **Creativity and Innovation** - use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues.
 * 1b.** **Creativity and Innovation** - create original works as a means of personal or group expression.

=Lesson= Before the lesson, the teacher will login to Compass Learning on their computer that is connected to the document camera and type 40822 into the Activity Preview box to pull up the Handbook for "Attributes of Solid Figures".

TSW...
 * 1) Open Safari and type "compass.cmcss.net" in the address box, then press RETURN. (If teacher has downloaded the desktop icon [[file:CompassLearning Odyssey.zip]] for CompassLearning to the student computer and made Safari the main browser, the students can double-click the icon to go to the login screen.)
 * 2) Type login information of PowerSchool number for username then first and last initials plus the last 4 numbers of their social security number for a password.
 * 3) Click LOGIN.
 * 4) Click on the Math Toolkit icon, then click the MATH button and finally the SOLID SHAPER toolkit.
 * 5) Click on the 3-D SHAPES tab.
 * 6) Click and drag the dilation factor slider to enlarge the cube in the workspace.
 * 7) Click on the face of the cube to select, then click a color tile to color the face. Make note of the shape of the face and the number of faces as they are colored.
 * 8) Click on the drop-down menu change to another shape and repeat. (Note: The rectangular prism is incorrectly labeled as a square prism.)