Today I actually came up with a problem that was at least somewhat interesting to my students (of course the picture of dog they saw helped). I did the typical "I am going to fence in my yard. The length is 30ft more than the width...." The twist that I put on it though that seemed to interest my students was that I asked them to compare fencing options that I had looked up on Lowe's website. I told them that they needed to give me a good reason to choose their option. It was interesting to see students work together and really discuss what the best option was. Of course I am not really in the market for a new fence, but they didn't need to know that.
Overall, I was happy with the results of the assignment. I just need to think of other situations that would interest my students. Any ideas?
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That sounds really interesting and I am sure that the comparison shopping appealed to them. You know my son's teacher assigned for homework for each student to come up with their own real (or made up) problem and then she used that in their homework- it was pretty cool.
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